The Lost Art of Potato Breeding (Garden Alchemy)

The Lost Art of Potato Breeding (Garden Alchemy)

Ever wondered why supermarket potatoes are so bland and boring? In the Andes, where potatoes originate, there are thousands of varieties with bright colours, beautiful markings, unusual shapes and variations of flavour and cooking quality. In the modern world, industrialised monoculture has reduced all this diversity down to a handful of near identical varieties. However, it's incredibly easy to grow potatoes from seed, and every seed is full of unexplored diversity. Best known for her Daughter of the Soil blog, Rebsie Fairholm gives clear and practical instructions for how to make seeds from potato berries, how to cross different varieties, how to choose which ones to experiment with, and how to keep your newly created varieties growing into the future. She gives examples from her own experiences with all kinds of potatoes, from ordinary garden varieties to historic Scottish heirlooms and rare Andean landraces, and explores the different colour possibilities, from orange flesh to purple flesh. Our ancestors created their own vegetable varieties in their gardens and took it for granted as a completely normal thing to do; and then the commercial age came along and changed our habits, and so it became something of a lost art. This unique book is a small step towards changing that.
Country USA
Brand Skylight Press
Manufacturer Skylight Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781908011190
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Skylight Press
Manufacturer	Skylight Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781908011190
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Lost Art of Potato Breeding (Garden Alchemy)

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