Major Historical Vegetable and Fruit Plant Hunters and Developers

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Plant Hunters Like Veitch, Pere David &Banks Are Celebrated. But History Rarely Remembers The Fruit & Veg Plant Hunters. I Do Here. The development of superior food crops has been driven by both plant hunters (explorers who introduced species from the wild) and scientific breeders (horticulturists and companies who selectively improved those species).Below… More Leave a comment

Vilmorin’s 1920 Book, The Vegetable Garden

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Take A Glimpse into Horticultural History With 1920 Translation of Vilmorin’s The Vegetable Garden. Over 800 pages of Gardening Wisdom. Step back into the golden age of gardening with this digital copy of Vilmorin’s The Vegetable Garden (1920 edition). Originally published in English in 1885, this work by the famed French seed company, Vilmorin-Andrieux, was the definitive reference for gardeners and market growers for decades.… More Leave a comment

Past Mistakes That Haunt Food Production Today

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Mankind Makes Mistakes! Farming & Food Production Mistakes Are Very Visible & Involve Everyone As We All Eat Food. Here I Examine Food And Farming Mistakes We Are All Involved In At Some Level. Over time, several once-standard agricultural practices in fruit and vegetable production have been disproven or are now frowned upon due to their environmental and health consequences.… More 1 response