The Gourd Book

by Charles Bixler Heiser

Book Overview

Humankind has had a long and intimate association with gourds, and one of them, the bottle gourd, or calabash, may have been man's first cultivated plant. Although grown in the United States today primarily as ornamentals, in other parts of the world gourds have many other important uses. With charming text and stunning black-and-white photographs, The Gourd Book provides fascinating scientific information and folklore about these remarkable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806125721
• ISBN13: 9780806125725
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"