Nuts & Seeds - Cooking, Gardening - General & Miscellaneous

Handbook of Nuts

Name: Handbook of Nuts
Author: James A. Duke
ISBN: 9780849336379

by James A. Duke

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Overview

Over one hundred of the world's most important species of nuts are systematically accounted for in this informative handbook. The text defines nuts and discusses their economic and nutritional value. For easy reference, there is an illustrated account of each nut by species, arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Each account includes the family name, several colloquial names, and paragraphs on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors.

Chapters Describe:

Uses
Folk medicine
Chemistry
Germplasm
Distribution
Ecology
Cultivation
Harvesting
Yields and economics
Energy
Biotic factors

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Duke, a 35-year economic botanist with the USDA and elsewhere, now retired, describes approximately 100 of the world's most important species of nuts, from familiar edible nuts to a few of the oleochemical or chemurgic nuts. Arranged alphabetically by scientific name, each entry provides a fairly succinct summary of each nut's uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields and economics, energy, and biotic factors. An introduction discusses definitions, nuts' economic and nutritional value, and other matters. Includes some b&w line drawings. Not all species included are "true" nuts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)