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Melons for the Passionate Grower |
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Melons for the Passionate Grower |
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by: Amy Goldman
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.61 EAN: 9781579652135 ISBN: 1579652131 Label: Artisan Languages: Manufacturer: Artisan Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: May 25, 2002 Publisher: Artisan Studio: Artisan Editorial Review: Product Description: 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, an Heirloom Gallery, 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. The book includes recipes, gardening how-to and sources for seeds for heirloom melons. Amazon.com Review: Your local market probably carries only honeydew, cantaloupe, and watermelon, but it's the heirloom melons of the world that contain both remarkable succulence and the critical germ plasm that may ward off future plant diseases. Amy Goldman's tribute to the magnificent family of melons, Melons for the Passionate Grower is both a celebration of the rich gifts of these fruits and a cautionary tale of how many of these treats nearly went extinct. Before you get too caught up in the gorgeous photos and fascinating histories of these gems, note the seed company list at the end of the book--you can try to grow all the plants you read about. The introductory section includes detailed instructions on hand pollination, ripening, and a few recipes like watermelon salad with onion, pepper, oil, and vinegar in addition to the sweet melon. The pages that fall in the middle are mini temples devoted to individual melons. Often romantic histories are included next to the glossy photos--who can resist tales of the Hungarian noble who wrapped her beloved sweet melons in her furs? With varieties like the slender, crunchy Snake and the astonishingly sweet Bidwell Casaba, learning about these glorious fruits will keep you fascinated for the rest of your gardening days. --Jill Lightner Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Handsome, but did not have a lot of selections that are in my supermarketThe book is wonderful to look at, but was missing most of the varieties that are available in my supermarket with the names they are sold by. I enjoyed it very much, but I still wonder about many melons that are not easily found in the book. I am a gardenere and a consumer, and wanted to know about growing and eating and still do. Rating:  - DisappointingI love reading about and growing heirloom plants. They're truly fascinating, beautiful, and tasty. I bought this book expecting a real feast for the eyes and mind, but the photos were way too dark! It's a shame that the sole unique feature and main reason to purchase was executed so carelessly. This might not bother anyone else but I was quite disgusted. There are a few interesting bits of history here and there but author has an amazingly regrettable habit of throwing out trendy French words without explaining what they mean. There were moments when I couldn't decide what the author was more passionate about, informing the public at large about rare and beautiful melons or trying to look good. Total poseur. All in all I feel very strongly that I wasted my money on a poor product and wouldn't recommend it. Rating: - Coffee Table book for Melons!The pictures make this a coffee table book for melons. They are beautiful. Not a "how to" garden book, but still enjoyable to read. Rating:  - You'll never be the same!I never dreamed a book about gardening could be so profoundly inspiring. The photographs are award winning quality but it is Amy Goldman's inspiring text that makes this book so remarkable. Your heartbeat will quicken as you search her seed sources for these little known melons. It will be hard to wait until next spring when you can "spring into action". The French will no longen be the only ones to enjoy the delights of these culinary treasures.
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