Melons for the Passionate Grower

By Amy Goldman

Book Overview

This year's heirloom tomato is a melon Acclaimed gardener Amy Goldman, known to viewers of Martha Stewart and PBS, is a dedicated seed saver working to preserve fast-disappearing varieties of heirloom melons. Her book, "Melons for the Passionate Grower, " is a celebration of the speckled, bumpy, oh-so-sweet world of the melon--from Minnesota Midget and Georgia Rattlesnake to Ali Baba and Sweet Siberian. Here she profiles more than one hundred varieties, each showcased in a full-color photographic still life recalling eighteenth- and nineteenth-century botanical paintings and engravings. Goldman also offers expert advice on cultivating and selecting your own melons, as well as the rudiments of seed saving.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579652131
• ISBN13: 9781579652135
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Artisan
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.7" x 7.3"