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Before retiring, Coonse worked on an herb farm run by her family. Drawing on a good deal of research as well as her own considerable expertise, Coonse devotes her very readable handbook solely to alliums. In the opening chapter she presents historical background and lore, then she poses the questions her customers used to ask regarding identification and growing conditions for onions, garlics, and leeks. Cultural requirements are discussed in depth, and all sorts of helpful tips are included. This guide fills a special niche in gardening collections. Alice Joyce
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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.
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This review is from: Onions, Leeks, and Garlic: A Handbook for Gardeners (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series) (Hardcover)
I found this book to be very informative. Excelent for the beginner gardner to the most seasoned. I recommend this book very highly. Worth many times it's price when considering that time is money and this book saves you time with cut to the chase facts easy understood details.
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This review is from: Onions, Leeks, and Garlic: A Handbook for Gardeners (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series) (Paperback)
This is a great reference for avid gardeners. It's easy to use and just what I was looking for. Wished it had a resource list of where to purchase the best garlic and onion sets.
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This review is from: Onions, Leeks, and Garlic: A Handbook for Gardeners (W. L. Moody Jr. Natural History Series) (Paperback)
Without doubt this is a very solid book on onions but I got it to read about leeks since the title implied that it would cover them well. There is very little information given on leeks and so it was a disappointment. Of course, much of information on onions applies to leeks, but not everything. As a book for the gardener exploring the many onion varieties, it can be recommended and is full of wisdom, but those of us wanting the perfect vegetable soup that relies on leeks will need to search elsewhere.
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onion tribe, culinary jewel, common onion, common garlic, common chives, onion crop, neck rot, onion varieties, pink root, basal rot, tree onion, underground bulbs, onion plants, growing onions, bunching onion, elephant garlic, outer scales, onion patch, top bulbs, black mold, herb farm, potato onion, onion seed, click beetle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Slightly Short, Hortus Third, Aggregatum Group, Slightly Medium, Medium Brown Globe Pungent Very, New Mexico, Brown Globe Pungent Long, Proliferum Group, Texas Grano, Kurrat Group, Leaves Bulbs Habitat Natural Range, New Brunswick, North America, May July, May June, Medium Yellow Flat, Yankee Peddler Herb Farm New!
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onion tribe, culinary jewel, common onion, common garlic, common chives, onion crop, neck rot, onion varieties, pink root, basal rot, tree onion, underground bulbs, onion plants, growing onions, bunching onion, elephant garlic, outer scales, onion patch, top bulbs, black mold, herb farm, potato onion, onion seed, click beetle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Slightly Short, Hortus Third, Aggregatum Group, Slightly Medium, Medium Brown Globe Pungent Very, New Mexico, Brown Globe Pungent Long, Proliferum Group, Texas Grano, Kurrat Group, Leaves Bulbs Habitat Natural Range, New Brunswick, North America, May July, May June, Medium Yellow Flat, Yankee Peddler Herb Farm New!
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