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Vegetable gardening

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    The country gentleman's companion. Or, Ancient husbandry restored; and modern husbandry improved. Shewing: I. The most expeditious manner of raising and propagating foreign sallads and other kitchen plants. II. The method of burning clay. III. The great improvement of land by grass seeds. IV. The excellency of the medicago, or cythisus maranthae of the ancients / [Stephen Switzer].

    Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745. | Date: 1732
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    The history of the propagation & improvement of vegetables by the concurrence of arts and nature ... / by Robert Sharrock.

    Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684. | Date: 1660
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    The vegetable cultivator : containing a plain and accurate description of all the different species and varieties of culinary vegetables; with the most approved method of cultivating them ... and the best mode of cooking them; alphabetically arranged. Together with a description of the physical herbs in general use, &c. Also, some recollections of the life of Philip Miller / by John Rogers.

    Rogers, John, active 1839. | Date: 1839
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    Sex on the kitchen table : the romance of plants and your food / Norman C. Ellstrand ; illustrated by Sylvia M. Heredia.

    Ellstrand, Norman Carl | Date: 2018
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    The gardener's remembrancer. Exhibiting the nature of vegetable life and the effects of vegetation ... : to which is now added, the culture of the cucumber / by James MacPhail.

    MacPhail, James, active 1785-1805. | Date: 1819
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