Onions, Leeks, and Garlic A Handbook for Gardeners by Marian Coonse

Members of the Allium family make cuisine lively and healthful, but until now, information on growing them has been scattered and sometimes unreliable.

Onions, Leeks, and Garlic: A Handbook for Gardeners offers the first comprehensive, carefully researched source of scientific and practical information for the gardener, professional grower, supplier, or nursery. It includes complete information on how to distinguish the varieties, when to plant and harvest in different parts of the country, what pests and diseases affect various members of the Allium family, and how to dry and store the harvest. The history of Alliums and the development of new varieties are an added feature, as is information about edible wild onions.

For years Marian Coonse provided this information to one customer at a time at the herb farm she and her husband owned. From this experience came both her recognition of the need for a complete reference book and her knowledge of the bulbs she writes about. As a result, this attractive handbook is comprehensive enough to serve as a reference work for professional market gardeners, yet written in a style simple and clear enough for amateur gardeners as well. Gardeners will want to stow it in their baskets before they head for the garden or the seed store.

MARIAN COONSE owned and operated the Yankee Peddler Herb Farm, near Brenham, Texas, where she still lives. Her articles have been published in a wide range of U.S. gardening magazines.

Number Nineteen: The W. L. Moody, Jr., Natural History Series

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Onions, Leeks, and Garlic
ISBN 0-89096-675-3 cloth $29.95s
ISBN 0-89096-676-1 paper $16.95

LC 95-16659. 6x9. 156 pp. 18 b&w photos. 3 line drawings.
5 tables. 1 app. Bib. Index.
Agriculture. Gardening.

Publication Date: October 1995.

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