This book is meant to trace the long life stories of the fruits and vegetables we grow within the United States today 1968], where they came from, and, whenever possible, who were the dedicated men and women who developed them into the superior products picked and harvested across out continent in this computerized, jet-propelled age in which we live.
- From the Introduction This delightfully original book makes colorful individuals of each of our fruits and vegetables, in character sketch.