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Cucumbers Pumpkins Marrows and other Cucurbits ebook is out now

Announcement posted by ACS Distance Education 14 Sep 2015

We have released a new ebook called ‘Cucumbers, Pumpkins, Marrows and other Cucurbits’. This ebook has been written by John Mason and the staff of ACS Distance Education.

The ‘Cucumbers Pumpkins Marrows and other Cucurbits’ ebook will provide you with a guide in everything that you will need to know about these very useful plants. Learn more about the different and sometimes unusual varieties that are available of these plants. This is the complete guide to this plant family, each section will provide you with the ideal growing conditions, culture, planting, pest and disease problems, harvest, varieties and some great ways to eat the fruit. 

Cucurbits are plants that belong to the family ‘Cucurbitaceae’. This is a particularly important family of plants which includes a wide range of vegetables and other useful plants as well as environmentally significant plants. At one extreme, in some circumstances, cucurbits play an important role in soil stabilisation. At the other extreme, some cucurbits are considered to be serious weeds.

This ebook is now available for purchase for $29.95 including GST from our online bookshop and there is also a free sample available here:

http://www.acsbookshop.com/product-cucumbers-pumpkins-marrows-and-other-cucurbits-pdf-ebook-5978.aspx

 

ISBN:   978-0-9942948-8-3

Pages: 75

Images: 109

If you would like a review copy of this ebook, please contact admin@acs.edu.au