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Re: heirloom veggies

Anyone interested in heirloom seeds should avail themselves of the info in
_The Heirloom Gardener_ by Carolyn Jabs, Sierra Club Books. It's jam-packed
with interesting stuff about heirloom plants (and how many delicious
varieties we've lost forever due to the needs of large-scale agriculture)
and sources for same. Here's one:

Seed Savers Exchange
203 Rural Avenue
Decorah, IA, 52101 -- "The largest and best organized of the grassroots
groups exchanging seed. Members must have seeds to exchange, but amyone can
subscribe to the Fall Harvest Edition and winter yearbook for $6. The
organization's Growers Network distributes seeds from rare vegetable
varieties to gardeners who agree to replenish and return seed. The Exchange
also publishes a Vegetable Variety Inventory, which lists all heirloom
varieties that are still sold by seed companies."


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> From: Jalust@aol.com
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Cc: Jalust@aol.com
> Subject: heirloom veggies
> Date: Monday, June 30, 1997 7:55 AM
> 
> Somebody just posted something about viability of seed today vs. some
years
> ago and hybridization.  I think hoome gardeners can do  a lot to save the
old
> heirloom varieties.  I know there are groups out there, like the Seed
Savers
> Exchange, that encourage the growing of heirloom types.
> 
> If those of us who have permanent garden spots whould "adopt" a special
> veggie to grow for seed, it would help preserve these wonderful old
> varieties.  The same is true of herbs and flowers.  I have a garden spot
this
> year, but maybe not next.  Still, I feel I could have grown at least one
> heirloom "something".  
> 
> It would be good to get involved with these.  There are some around,
although
> I am not sure how to get them.  If I can garden next year, I will
definitely
> grow an heirloom variety for seed (and sampling).
> 
> Hybrids certainly have their place, but they came from the old types that
are
> quickly passing from the scene.  
> 
> Judy 
> Jalust@aol.com
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