Heirloom Produce/Vegetables (1978, 1986)

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   There's at least one ADS-L gardener out there.  This started with "heirloom seeds" and "heirloom vegetables" and now "heirloom produce" is commonly used.
   Not in OED (which should add it immediately).


(WORLDCAT database)
Jim Johnson's heirloom vegetable guide.
Author: Johnson, Jim.
Publication: Hartland, WI. : Jim Johnson, 1978
Document: English : Book

Heirlooms and genetics :
100 years of vegetables and flowers.
Author: White, Lyman N.
Publication: Cambridge, N.Y. : Cambridge Seed Packet, 1981
Document: English : Book

The heirloom gardener /
Author: Jabs, Carolyn.
Publication: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, 1984
Document: English : Book

Heirloom vegetable gardening ;
a master gardener's guide to planting, growing, seed saving, and cultural history /
Author: Weaver, William Woys, 1947-
Publication: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 1997
Document: English : Book


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
  Celebrating 100 Years of Plant Research; A Research Centennial ; By CAROLYN JABS; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Aug 15, 1982; pg. H24, 2 pgs

  The Vegetable Garden as a Melting Pot; JOAN LEE FAUST; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Nov 22, 1981; pg. D36, 1 pgs

  Recreating A 19th-Century Vegetable Garden; Recreating a 19th-Century Vegetable Garden ; By CAROLYN JABS; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Aug 17, 1980; pg. D30, 2 pgs

  AROUND THE Garden; This Week:; JOAN LEE FAUST; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Feb 25, 1979; pg. D44, 1 pgs
("Mr. Whealy notes in his introductory letter, 'We are an organization of serious gardeners who are dedicated to spreading heirloom vegetable varieties before they are lost."  True Seed Exchange, founded and edited by Kent Whealy.)


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A Taste Of Summer Harvest
BLAKE GREEN
1,045 words
20 August 1986
The San Francisco Chronicle
FINAL
AA1
(...)
Sally Small of the Pettigrew Fruit Co., growers of apples and pears on an island in the Sacramento River Delta, talked of how the family company's state-of-the-art production of hearty Bartlett and Primavera pears helped support her dream to market the fragile French butter pears grown on trees planted by her grandfather. In food jargon, this is known as "heirloom" produce. Pettigrew started with 150 boxes of the hand-picked and tissue-wrapped butter pears which "we sold door-to-door" and currently ships 4000 boxes nationwide.

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Heirloom produce that Gramma loved is available again
Rosalind Creasy
SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
631 words
17 November 1991
The Washington Times
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E3

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IN SEARCH OF HEIRLOOM PRODUCE
2 August 1998
Buffalo News
FINAL
E8

An heirloom, the dictionary tells us, is "a valued possession passed down through generations," and certainly that concept can apply to food as well as furniture and jewelry.

Heirloom fruits and vegetables, in fact -- those enjoyed by people 50 to 100 years ago, when the world was smaller -- are slowly growing in importance on the American food scene.

Maybe it's a search for a truly tasty tomato or apple; maybe it's a longing for our old agricultural heritage.

Whatever the reason, if you are growing (or enjoying) heirloom produce this summer, The News would like to know about it, perhaps for use in an article.

(FACTIVA database)
Heirloom tomato resources
20 September 2000
The Star-Ledger Newark, NJ
FINAL
091

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101 Reasons We're America's Culinary Mecca
Michael Bauer
Food editor
9,748 words
7 February 2001
The San Francisco Chronicle
FINAL
WB.1
(...)
Lemon Drop. This popular drink was developed at Henry Africa's in San Francisco, the now-defunct watering hole that was one of the country's better-known fern bars in the 1960s. The drink is an addictive mixture of lemon juice, vodka and simple syrup, served ice cold in a sugar-rimmed martini glass.

-- Upscale ethnic. In most American cities, ethnic restaurants are pretty casual, but the Bay Area has pioneered upscaling the experience. In the 1960s, Cecilia Chiang started the trend by opening The Mandarin in Ghirardelli Square, with lush decor, seamless service and stunning presentations. In recent years, Tommy Toy's, Shanghai 1930 and Xanadu have opened as elaborate stages for Chinese food; Kokkari and Evvia for Greek food; Slanted Door, Ana Mandara and Le Colonial for Vietnamese cuisine; and Gaylord India, Ajanta and Amber India for Indian food.

-- AsiaSF. Where else can you get gender illusionists who lip- sync cabaret tunes as they strut across the bar and then step down to serve dinner? The food is terrific and innovative, including juicy ahi burgers, duck quesadillas, orange lamb and a trio of tiny ice cream cones.
AsiaSF, 201 Ninth St., San Francisco; (415) 255-2742.

-- Heirloom produce. When Georgeanne Brennan (now a Chronicle food columnist) and Charlotte Glenn launched Le Marche seeds in Dixon in 1982, few cooks had ever heard of mesclun, arugula or bull's horn peppers - all items in their early catalogs. Brennan and Glenn unearthed old-time varieties valued for flavor, and now local farmers' markets and produce stores offer a number of these vegetables.

-- Nutritional bars. Berkeley is the home to Clif Bar and Power Bar, the nutritional bars that launched the mainstream trend. Half Moon Bay-based Odwalla has added a line of bars to its fresh juice business.

(An interesting article, but New York City is obviously America's culinary mecca--ed.)