Saving Seeds: Guide to Growing and Storing Seeds

Save money, preserve old-time seed favorites, grow your own flower or vegetable seeds to share. Rogers. 6" x 9". 170 pp.. Table of Contents PART I: Basic Information Chapter 1 - Why Raise Seeds? Chapter 2 - What is a Seed? Chapter 3 - How Seeds are Formed Chapter 4 - Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials Chapter 5 - Pollination Chapter 6 - Selecting Seed Parents Chapter 7 - Collecting Seeds Chapter 8 - Extracting and Drying Seeds Chapter 9 - Storing Seeds Chapter 10 - Testing Seeds PART II: The Vegetables TABLE I: Characteristics of Common Vegetables Saved for Seed Monocotyledoneae POACEAE (Grass Family) Sweet Corn / Popcorn LILLACEAE (Lily Family) Asparagus / Chive / Garlic / Leek / Onion Dicotyledoneae POLYGONACEAE (Buckwheat or Rhubarb Family) Rhubarb CHENOPODIACEAE (Goosefoot Family) Beet / Swiss Chard / Spinach TETRAGONIACEAE (New Zealand Spinach Family) New Zealand Spinach BRASSICACEAE (Mustard or Cabbage Family) Cabbage / Broccoli / Brussels Sprouts / Cauliflower / Chinese Cabbage / Kale / Kohlrabi / Turnip / Rutabaga /Horseradish / Radish FABACEAE (Bean Family) Pea / Peanut / Bean / Lima Bean / Cowpea / Soybean MALVACEAE (Mallow Family) Okra APIACEAE (Celery Family) Carrot / Celeriac / Celery / Parsley / Parsnip SOLANACEAE (Nightshade Family) Eggplant / Pepper / Tomato / Potato CUCURBITACEAE (Gourd or Cucumber Family) Squash / Pumpkin / Cucumber / Muskmelon / Watermelon ASTERACEAE (Aster Family) Lettuce / Jerusalem Artichoke / Salsify TABLE II: A Checklist of Some Seed-Borne Vegetable Diseases PART III: The Flowers The Best Flowering Ornamentals to Save for Seed   Ageratum   Alyssum, Sweet   Amaranthus   Aster, China   Baby's-Breath   Bachelor's-Button   Balsam, Garden   Bean, Scarlet Runner   Bells-of-Ireland   Borage   Cabbage, Flowering   Calendula   Candytuft, Globe   Canterbury-Bellsv   Celosia   Chrysanthemum   Clarkia   Cosmos   Coreopsis, Golden   Daisy, English   Daisy, Gloriosa   Daisy, Swan River   Flax, Flowering   Forget-Me-Not   Four-O'Clock   Foxglove   Gaillardia   Hollyhock   Honesty   Kale, Flowering   Larkspur, Annual   Lobelia, Annual   Love-in-a-Mist   Lupine, Dwarf   Mallow, Rose   Marigold   Morning-Glory   Moss Rose   Nasturtium   Pansy   Petunia   Phlox, Annual   Pinks   Poppy, California   Poppy, Opium   Poppy, Shirley   Rocket, Sweet or Dame's   Salpiglossis   Salvia   Scabious, Sweet   Snapdragon   Snow-on-the-Mountain   Spider Flower   Stock   Sunflower   Sweet Pea   Sweet William   Tobacco, Flowering   Verbena   Wallflower   Zinnia Mail-Order Seed Sources Further Reading Glossary for Gardeners Average Frost Date Maps