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"A rich spot of earth" : Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden at Monticello

Title
"A rich spot of earth" : Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden at Monticello / Peter J. Hatch ; foreword by Alice Waters.
Author
Hatch, Peter J., 1949-
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2012.

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Description
263 pages : color illustrations; 23 x 27 cm
Summary
Traces the history of Jefferson's vegetable garden, which has been painstakingly restored by the author, from the artichokes and asparagus first planted in 1770 through the horticultural experiments of Jefferson's retirement years.
Alternative Title
Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden at Monticello
Subject
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Homes and haunts > Virginia
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  • Jefferson, Thomas
  • Vegetable gardening > Virginia
  • Nutzgarten
  • Homes
  • Vegetable gardening
  • Monticello (Va.)
  • Monticello, Va
  • Virginia
  • Virginia > Monticello
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-255) and index.
Contents
Thomas Jefferson's revolutionary garden. "A rich spot of earth" ; Building the garden ; The garden and its people ; The culture of the garden ; The garden restored, the garden today -- Fruits, roots, and leaves : a catalog of selected Monticello vegetables. Fruits : artichokes to tomatoes ; Fruits : beans and peas, Jefferson's "pulse" ; Roots ; Leaves -- Appendix 1. Vegetables mentioned in Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, correspondence, and memoranda -- Appendix 2. Sources for historic and heirloom vegetables.
ISBN
  • 9780300171143 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • 0300171145 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • 9780300208627 (pbk.)
  • 0300208626 (pbk.)
LCCN
2011038043
OCLC
  • ocn755080528
  • 755080528
  • SCSB-5819693
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries