(6th edition) by Kent Whealey and Joanne Thuente

This is a comprehensive inventory of 274 North American seed catalogs with varietal descriptions and ordering information for 8,500 non-hybrid vegetables. Vegetable gardeners can search everything commercially available to locate varieties perfect for their climate and resistant to local diseases and pests. Northern and high altitude gardeners can find short-season, hardy varieties that mature in their climates. This unique sourcebook is being widely used by gardeners as a preservation tool to purchase endangered varieties while sources still exist. 780 pages