Onions-Leeks- and Garlic: 19 (W. L. Moody, Jr., Natural History): A Handbook for Gardeners - Softcover

Coonse M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890966761 ISBN 13: 9780890966761

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2006

Synopsis

As familiar a kitchen staple as onions, leeks, and garlic are, many gardeners have scores of questions about growing them. How do the species differ? How and when should you plant and harvest them? How hardy are different varieties and how do they adapt to different climates? What insects and diseases attack them, and how can you combat them? Until now, answers to such questions had to be gleaned through trial and error, or in bits and pieces from numerous (sometimes unreliable) sources. Onions, Leeks, and Garlic: A Handbook for Gardeners offers the first comprehensive, carefully researched source of scientific and practical information for the gardener, professional market grower, supplier, or nursery. It provides a unique guide to members of the Allium family, including complete information on their history and development, families and species, planting, harvesting, disease, and drying and storing. The book describes the many species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars of onions commonly grown for food, along with their botanical names. Wild onions regarded as common fare on many tables are also discussed. For years Marian Coonse answered these questions one at a time as they came from the customers of the herb farm she and her husband owned. From this experience came both her recognition of the need for a complete reference book and her knowledge of the bulbs she writes about. As a result, this attractive handbook is comprehensive enough to serve as a reference work for professional market gardeners, yet written in a style simple and clear enough for amateur gardeners as well. Gardeners will want to stow it in their baskets before they head for the garden or the seed store.

About this title

About the Author:

MARIAN COONSE owned and operated the Yankee Peddler Herb Farm, near Brenham, Texas, where she still lives. In addition to raising onions and answering customers' questions for many years, she has written many gardening articles, which have been published in a wide range of U.S. gardening magazines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0890966761
• ISBN 13: 9780890966761
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156