CONFUSED ABOUT TODAY'S HEIRLOOM VARIETIES?
Don't be. Now you can have all of the answers you need, right at your fingertips --straight from the leading 19th century garden authority, Fearing Burr Jr.
This facsimile reprint of Burr's 1865 second edition contains detailed varietal descriptions of nearly 1,100 heirloom plants, many of which are still available today.
"It may still be the greatest vegetable book ever written."-- Margaret Roach, Garden Editor, Martha Stewart Linging
"Burr's descriptions are the principal criteria against which we at Old Sturbridge Village measure new-found heirlooms for inclusion in our recreated 19th century kitchen gardens."-- Christie White, Old Sturbridge Village in American Horticulturist
"An indispensable addition to the libraries of garden historians and preservationists."-- Peggy Cornett Newcomb, Monticello
"Fascination. Invaluable for 'keying out' heirloom varieties, and for ascertaining thier purity. We are much indebted to Keith Crotz (The American Botanist) for making Burr's classic available."-- HortIdeas
Get the Facts on today's heirloom varieties, straight from the man who wrote the book on them -- in1865!
Printed on acid-free paper with a sewn binding to withstand many years of heavy use.
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