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The Midwest Fruit and Vegetable Book - Illinois Edition

312 pp; charts color photographs, and 2-tone illustrations, trade paperback
ISBN: 930604165

Explore the world of vegetable gardening in the Midwest with respected garden writer Jim Fizzell.

Whether you are an experienced gardener or just starting out, The Midwest Fruit and Vegetable Book offers plenty of advice on planning your garden, how plants grow, and how to get started.

This book features:

• Comprehensive planting information for 75 fruits, herbs and vegetables for Illinois
  
  
• Beautiful full-color photos of each fruit, herb and vegetable
  
  
• Illinois rainfall and frost/freeze maps
  
  
• Helpful charts of varieties recommended by Jim Fizzell and characteristics of each