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The compleat squash : a passionate grower's guide to pumpkins, squash, and gourds

Author: Amy Goldman; Victor Schrager
Publisher: New York : Artisan, ©2004.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The Compleat Squash reveals the nuances and diverse personalities of common and uncommon pumpkins, squashes, and ornamental gourds. One hundred fifty different specimens - the most extensive collection ever compiled - are captured in luminous color portraits by award-winning photographer Victor Schrager. From the garden behemoth Atlantic Giant to the vegetable revolution created by the common supermarket zucchini,  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Goldman, Amy.
Compleat squash.
New York : Artisan, ©2004
(OCoLC)689920583
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Amy Goldman; Victor Schrager
ISBN: 1579652514 9781579652517
OCLC Number: 55595969
Awards: Short-listed for James Beard Foundation Book Awards (Reference Boty) 2005
Short-listed for James Beard Foundation Book Awards (Photography) 2005
Description: 214 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Contents: Visions of pumpkins and squashes --
Growing miracles --
How to grow pumpkins and squashes --
Harvesting pumpkins and squashes --
Hand pollination --
Saving seeds --
Squashes, glorious squashes --
About the squashes --
Cucurbita maxima --
Cucurbita moschata --
Cucurbita pepo --
Cucurbita argyrosperma --
Rare flavors --
Seed sources --
Advocacy groups --
Bibliography --
Acknowledgments --
Index.
Responsibility: Amy Goldman ; photographs by Victor Schrager ; foreword by Kent Whealy.
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Part photo book, part vegetable exploration, "The Compleat Squash" reveals the untold nuances and personalities of pumpkins and squash. More than 150 luminous color photographs are accompanied by  Read more...

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