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AH & AW Reed

Books on organic gardening are now, due to demand, appearing very frequently on booksellers’ shelves. One is therefore compelled to ask two questions of each new publication – Does it really have anything new to say? – or, does it cover the whole field very well? I think this book falls in the latter category, with succinct statements and clear layout; it is well-indexed and sufficiently illustrated, so that it is very useful to any gardener as a quick reference book. Whilst very little is new, the text is clear, the tables useful, and the weaknesses difficult indeed to find, so that the negative criticisms below are a minor feature of the whole work.

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This book in praise of the potato, the most versatile and delicious of vegetables, is one I thoroughly enjoyed. Having a penchant for the potato I am an easy mark for the creative use of this lovely vegetable.

Ms Souter shows us over and over again in this well defined book how very diversified one can be with the potato. She gives general information on the types of potato grown in Australia and those types usually available at the local markets, which type to use according to methods of cooking, and growing and storing potatoes.

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