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Find information about those fruits and vegetables with special character - those passed down through generations, valued by a specific culture or grown for their unique appeal.

Vegetables and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom Varieties and Community-Based Stewardship
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Vol. 1 is an annotated bibliography of general sources and works on seed production, breeding and genetics and particular crops. Vol. 2 lists resource organizations including exchanges, growers, public gardens, genebanks and seed companies and nurseries. Vol. 3 covers historical literature and the history of varieties.

Fruit and Vegetable Alternatives
Pennsylvania State University.
Production and budget information for a variety of fruit and vegetable crops.

Agricultural Systems: Crop Production
Washington State University. Research and Cooperative Extension Service Center.
A collection of research and technical publications, Web links, recipes, photographs and more.

North Carolina Specialty Crops Program
North Carolina State University.
A resource for farmers, entrepreneurs and consumers within the specialty crops market that provides crop production information, marketing reports and articles featuring crops that have not been commercially grown in the Southeast region of the United States.

Production Agriculture: Specialty Enterprises
University of Nebraska. Cooperative Extension Service.
University and government publications about fruit and vegetable crops, farm sprayer equipment and specialty grain crops.

Last Modified: Apr 29, 2008

Specialty, Heirloom and Ethnic Fruits and Vegetables

			Ethnic Crops
			Fruits and Nuts
			Heirloom Varieties
			Vegetables and Mushrooms

Alternative Grains and Field Crops

Medicinal and Culinary Herbs

Industrial, Energy, and Non-food Crops

Agroforestry

Native Plants and Ecofriendly Landscaping

Ornamental and Nursery Crops

Seeds and Plant Breeding

Post-harvest Handling and Processing


			Sources of Seeds and Plants

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