Product Description

Acclaimed gardener Amy Goldman is a dedicated seed saver working to preserve fast-disappearing varieties of heirloom melons. Her book, Melons, and 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-colour 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #906729 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

Interesting book cracking pictures
Of course you need an interest in melons or photography to appreciate this book however each page shows another type of melon many of them curious and unusual so it is full of interesting varieties but beware this is not a "how to grow book". Many of the varieties are little known and very few are commerically grown having connections with the "Heirloom" seed banks were many non commercial non hybrid varieties sit. See the Heirloom web site in the USA. Examples are the Moon and Stars watermelon, Snake melon, D'Alger, Golden Midget and many more