{"product_id":"9780692633243","title":"The Cultivariable Growing Guide: Sixteen Rare Vegetables for the Pacific Northwest","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most rewarding parts of having your own vegetable garden is being able to grow plants that you will almost never find at the grocery store. In \u003cem\u003eThe Cultivariable Growing Guide\u003c\/em\u003e, Cultivariable owner and plant breeder William Whitson takes you on a tour of sixteen vegetables that are rarely seen in North America. These plants thrive in the Pacific Northwest, but many of them are adaptable to other climates as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first half of the book discusses root and tuber crops from the Andes, often called the Lost Crops of the Incas. These ten plants, achira (\u003cem\u003eCanna edulis\u003c\/em\u003e), ahipa (\u003cem\u003ePachyrhizus ahipa\u003c\/em\u003e), arracacha (\u003cem\u003eAracacia xanthorrhiza\u003c\/em\u003e), maca (\u003cem\u003eLepidium meyenii\u003c\/em\u003e), mashua (\u003cem\u003eTropaeolum tuberosum\u003c\/em\u003e), mauka (\u003cem\u003eMirabilis expansa\u003c\/em\u003e), oca (\u003cem\u003eOxalis tuberosa\u003c\/em\u003e), potato (\u003cem\u003eSolanum\u003c\/em\u003e spp.), ulluco (\u003cem\u003eUllucus tuberosus\u003c\/em\u003e), and yacon (\u003cem\u003eSmallanthus sonchifolius\u003c\/em\u003e), are diverse in form, color, and flavor and include some of the most beautiful vegetables ever to grace a plate. While potato may seem like an odd inclusion, instructions are provided for growing potatoes from true potato seed (TPS), a new experience for most vegetable gardeners, but one that is growing in popularity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second half of the book discusses some orphan crops from around the globe, including dahlia (\u003cem\u003eDahlia\u003c\/em\u003e spp.), potato onion (\u003cem\u003eAllium cepa\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003eaggregatum\u003c\/em\u003e), root chervil (\u003cem\u003eCharophyllum bulbosum\u003c\/em\u003e), sea kale (\u003cem\u003eCrambe maritima\u003c\/em\u003e), skirret (\u003cem\u003eSium sisarum\u003c\/em\u003e), and tuberous mints (\u003cem\u003eStachys\u003c\/em\u003e spp.), including the Chinese artichoke or crosne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete instructions are provided for growing, using, propagating, and breeding these plants. Much of this information has never been published in a form easily accessible to American gardeners before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e166 color photographs and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cultivariable","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50080247382256,"sku":"9780692633243","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692633243","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}