Publishers: Garden Book Club
Publication date: 1965
While setting out rules for growing gourds, covering such subjects as seed type, germination problems, etc, Gourds also tells how they can be edible, complete with nutritional details, along with information regarding storage, cooking, and a complete list of edible varieties.
The flesh of some varieties of gourd provided food, while others were valued as medicine. Dried gourds were among the first containers used by primitive man, their shapes influencing early pottery design (!). It’s a book of many facts.
A beautiful and highly collectible edition from the Garden Book Club, a book club run by Foyles bookshop from the 1940s to the 1960s
Publishers: Garden Book Club
Publication date: 1965
While setting out rules for growing gourds, covering such subjects as seed type, germination problems, etc, Gourds also tells how they can be edible, complete with nutritional details, along with information regarding storage, cooking, and a complete list of edible varieties.
The flesh of some varieties of gourd provided food, while others were valued as medicine. Dried gourds were among the first containers used by primitive man, their shapes influencing early pottery design (!). It’s a book of many facts.
A beautiful and highly collectible edition from the Garden Book Club, a book club run by Foyles bookshop from the 1940s to the 1960s
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