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IntroductionLike tomatoes? Try ground cherries, Cape gooseberries, tomatillos Bonus: Unusual tomato varietiesLike cucumbers? Try cucamelons, West Indian burr gherkins, cucumber melons Bonus: Unusual cucumber varietiesLike summer squash? Try bottle gourds, snake gourds, luffa gourds Bonus: Unusual summer squash varietiesLike snap beans? Try yard-long beans, hyacinth beans, edamame, chickpeas, daylily buds Bonus: Unusual snap bean varietiesLike arugula? Try mizuna, mustard, Italian dandelions, turnip greensLike lettuce? Try celtuce, minutina, Tokyo bekana, macheLike asparagus? Try hosta shoots, asparagus peasLike cabbage? Try Chinese cabbage, yu choy sum, komatsuna Bonus: Unusual cabbage varietiesLike broccoli? Try 'Spigariello liscia', 'Piracicaba', Romanesco, gai lan, sea kale, huauzontleLike potatoes? Try Jerusalem artichokes, groundnuts, Chinese artichokes, daylily tubers, dahlia tubers Bonus: Unusual potato varietiesLike spring radishes? Try daikons, black Spanish radishes Bonus: Unusual radish varietiesLike bulb onions? Try Japanese bunching onions, Egyptian walking onions Bonus: Unusual bulb onion varietiesLike parsnips? Try Hamburg parsleyWant more options? Grow these unusual varieties of peppers, winter squash, peas, eggplants, kale, carrots, beets, and turnips Nine global herbs you need to know Acknowledgments Photography credits Index