GENERAL WORKS:
T-EJ1 Texas Cooperative Extension – Agriculture and Natural Resources. URL: http://texasextension.tamu.edu/ag_nr.html
Texas A&M Univ. System. Provides information and links to other sources pertaining to forestry, gardening, producer information, insects, and wildlife.
T-EJ1a Texas Farm Bureau. URL: http://www.txfb.org/
Provides county information, youth activities, learning opportunities and commodities information.
T-EJ1b Texas Field Office. United States Department of Agriculture. URL: http://www.nass.usda.gov/tx/
Offers links to the 2002 census of agriculture, census by state and county, quick statistics database, as well as information on crops, livestock, county facts, and more.
T-EJ1c Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. URL: http://www.tofga.org/
Publicly supported, non-profit association whose primary mission is to promote organic agriculture as a sustainable systems approach in the production of food and fiber.
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T-EJ2 Biology of the Rio Grande border region: a bibliography. Lynne E. Johnson, Linda J. Jacobs, Diana Papoulias. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey; Springfield, VA: available from the National Technical Information Service, Jul. 1997. iii, 150 p. (Information and technology report USGS/BRD/ITR-1997-0001) SuDoc I 73.11:1997-0001
T-EJ3 Departmental publications, Texas A&M Univ. Dept. of Agricultural Economics. URL: http://agecon.tamu.edu/publications/
T-EJ4 Directory, Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and Texas Soil and Water Conservation District Directors. Temple: Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, 1900s- . TexDoc S900.5 D628
T-EJ5 Farm and ranch association directory. Austin: Texas Employment Commission, 1995- . Annual.
T-EJ6 Texas livestock directory. Brenham: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 1960s- . Annual.
T-EJ6a Texas organic guide: an introductory resource for producers interested in exploring the organic market. Susan Combs. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 2003. 36 p. col. ill. TexDoc A900.5 Or3g
T-EJ6b Pick the best, pick Texas!: your handy guide to Texas farmers markets and pick-your-own locations. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 2004. 1 v. (unpaged) col. ill., map. TexDoc A900.5 P585b
T-EJ6c Dairy goat directory. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 2003. 60 p. ill. (some col.), maps. TexDoc A900.5 D147
T-EJ6d Wool and mohair directory. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 2003. 31 p. TexDoc A900.5 W88
T-EJ7 Toxic plants of Texas: integrated management strategies to prevent livestock losses. Charles R. Hart, Tam Garland, A. Catherine Barr, Bruce B. Carpenter, John C. Reagor. College Station: Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M Univ. System, 2000. 243 p. col. ill., col. maps. TexDoc Z TA265.7 B873 no.6105
T-EJ7a Naturalist's Big Bend: an introduction to the trees and shrubs, wildflowers, cacti, mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fish, and insects. Roland H. Wauer, Carl M. Fleming. Rev. ed. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 2002. 185 p. ill. (Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment ser., no. 33) $29.95 ISBN 1-58544-155-4 (cloth); $15.95 ISBN 1-58544-156-2 (paper)
T-EJ7b Trees, shrubs, and cacti of South Texas. J. H. Everitt, Dale Lynn Drawe, Robert I. Lonard. Rev. ed. Lubbock: Texas Tech Univ. Pr., 2002. 264 p. ill. $19.95 ISBN 0-89672-473-5 (paper)
T-EJ8 American Brahman: a history of the American Brahman. Joe A. Akerman, Jr. Houston: American Brahman Breeders Assoc., 1982. 384 p. $17.50 ISBN 0-318-12445-9 (cloth)
T-EJ9 A history of small grain crops in Texas: wheat, oats, barley, rye, 1582-1976. Irwin Milburn Atkins. College Station: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1980. 116 p. TexDoc Z TA245.7 B873 no.1301
T-EJ10 Adoption of sprinkler irrigation on the Texas High Plains, 1958-1984. Kelly J. Bryant, Ronald D. Lacewell. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1988. 15 p. ill., map. TexDoc Z TA225.7 In3 no.88-1 Sp-1
T-EJ11 The old home place: farming on the West Texas frontier. David L. Caffey. Burnet: Eakin Pr., 1981. 224 p. ISBN 0-89015-283-7
T-EJ12 Texas woollybacks: the range sheep and goat industry. Paul Howard Carlson. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1982. 256 p. $29.95 ISBN 0-89096-133-6
T-EJ13 Planters and plain folk: agriculture in antebellum Texas. Richard G. Lowe, Randolph B. Campbell. Dallas: Southern Methodist Univ. Pr., 1987. 216 p. $22.50 ISBN 0-87074-212-4
T-EJ14 History of cotton in Texas. Natural Fibers Information Center. Austin: Univ. of Texas, Bureau of Business Research, 1989. 50 p. $5 ISBN 0-87074-212-4
T-EJ15 Lambshead legacy: the ranch diary of Watt R. Matthews. Janet M. Neugebauer. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1997. 304 p. $24.95 ISBN 0-89096-738-5
T-EJ16 Plains farmers: the diary of William G. DeLoach, 1914-1964. Janet. M. Neugebauer. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1991, repr. 2000. 367 p. $34.95 ISBN 1-58544-044-2
T-EJ17 The Texas family land heritage registry. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 1974- . Biennial. TexDoc A900.5 F21
T-EJ18 The great State Fair of Texas: an illustrated history. Nancy Wiley. 3rd ed. Dallas: Taylor Pub. Co., 2000. xi, 273 p. ill. (some col.) ISBN 0878334653
T-EJ18a Notes of a potato watcher. James Lang. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 2001. (Agriculture ser., no. 4) ISBN 1-58544-138-4 (cloth); ISBN 1-58544-154-6 (paper)
T-EJ18b Texas roots: agriculture and rural life before the Civil War. C. Allan Jones. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 2005. 256 p. ill. ISBN 1-58544-418-9 (cloth); ISBN 1-58544-429 (paper)
T-EJ19 Agricultural issues of the ... Legislature Regular Session: sine die report. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 1995- . Biennial. TexDoc A900.8 Si63
T-EJ20 Texas Dept. of Agriculture, statutes and rules. URL: http://www.agr.state.tx.us/license/regulatory/reg_laws.htm
T-EJ21 Agriculture Code. URL: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/agtoc.html
T-EJ21a Agriculture Code. [Eagan, MN]: Thomson/West, 2004. 3 v.
T-EJ22 Vegetation types of Texas including cropland. Roy G. Frye, Kirby L. Brown. Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., 1984. 44 p. TexDoc P400.8 V524 1984
T-EJ23 Miscellaneous publications [series]. College Station: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. TexDoc Z TA245.7 M681
T-EJ24 Texas crop weather. Austin: Texas Agricultural Service, Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 1959- . Weekly, annual summary. $20/year print; free via email. TexDoc A900.6 C883
T-EJ25 Economic reports. URL: http://www.nass.usda.gov/tx/mecon.htm
T-EJ26 The soils of Texas. W. T. Carter. College Station: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1931. 189 p.
T-EJ27 Characterization data for selected Texas soils. C. T. Hallmark. College Station: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1986.
T-EJ28 Soil survey of [name] county, Texas. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, and U.S. Soil Conservation Service, with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, various dates. SuDoc A 57.38/43:
T-EJ29 Status of soil surveys: Texas. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Feb. 2002. SuDoc A 57.68:SO
T-EJ30 Agricultural statistics database. URL: http://www.nass.usda.gov:81/ipedb/
T-EJ31 Census of agriculture. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. URL: http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/
T-EJ32 Cotton ginnings. Washington, DC: United States Dept. of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Agricultural Statistics Board, 1995- . Monthly. SuDoc A 92.47:(date)
T-EJ33 County estimates. URL: http://www.nass.usda.gov/tx/mcounty.htm
T-EJ34 Crop reports. URL: http://www.nass.usda.gov/tx/mcrops.htm
T-EJ35 Livestock reports. URL: http://www.nass.usda.gov/tx/mlive.htm
T-EJ36 Texas agricultural statistics. Austin: Texas Agricultural Statistics Service, 1994- . Annual. (Bulletin, Texas Agricultural Statistics Service) TexDoc A900.8 Ag83st
T-EJ36a Texas 1850 agricultural census. Linda L. Green. MD: Heritage Books, 2003. 2 v. ISBN 1-58549-857-2
T-EJ37 Texas historic crop statistics, 1860-1980. Austin: Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, 1981. 100 p. TexDoc A900.8 H629c 1981
T-EJ38 1867-1990 Texas historic livestock statistics. Austin: Texas Agricultural Statistics Service, 1991. 92 p. ill., 1 map. TexDoc A900.8 H629 1990
T-EJ39 Texas Forest Service. URL: http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/default.asp
T-EJ40 Glossary of forestry terminology. Texas Forest Service. URL: http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/shared/article.asp?DocumentID=344
T-EJ41 Texas native trees. URL: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/tamuhort.html
T-EJ42 Texas forestry best management practices. College Station: Texas Forest Service, 2000. 119 p. ill.
T-EJ42a Trees of Texas: an easy guide to leaf identification. Carmine A. Stahl, Ria McElvaney. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 2003. 288 p. ill. (W. L. Moody, Jr., natural history ser., no. 34) $29.95 ISBN 1-58544-242-9 (cloth)
T-EJ42b Howard Garrett's Texas trees. Howard Garrett. Reference ed. Lanham, MD: Lone Star Books, 2002. xv, 253 p. ill. (some col.) ISBN 0-89123-076-9 (cloth)
T-EJ43 Timeless heritage: a history of the Forest Service in the Southwest. Robert D. Baker. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1988. 208 p. SuDoc A 13.2:H 62/3
T-EJ44 Trees, prairies and people: a history of tree planting in the Plains States. Wilmon Henry Droze. Denton: Texas Woman’s Univ. Pr., 1977. 313 p.
T-EJ45 Sawdust empire: the Texas lumber industry, 1830-1940.
Robert S. Maxwell, Robert D. Baker. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1983. 228 p. $29.95 ISBN 1-58544-059-0
T-EJ47 Texas state forests. URL: http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/shared/article.asp?DocumentID=397&mc=forest
T-EJ47 Harvest trends. College Station: Texas Forest Service, 1972- . Annual. TexDoc F1400.7 P96
T-EJ48 Texas timber price trends. College Station: Texas Forest Service, 1983- . Bimonthly. TexDoc F1400.6 T481prt
T-EJ49 Neil Sperry’s complete guide to Texas gardening. Neil Sperry. Dallas: Taylor Pub. Co., 1991. 388 p. $36.95 ISBN 0-87833-799-7
T-EJ50 Perennial gardens for Texas. Julie Ryan. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1998. xvi, 384 p. col. ill. $50 ISBN 0-292-78106-7 (cloth); $27.95 ISBN 0-292-77089-8 (paper)
T-EJ51 Water gardening in Texas. Larry J. Shoemake, Michael A. Arnold, William C. Welch. College Station: Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M Univ. System, 1995. 14 p. ill. TexDoc Z TA265.7 B873 no.6001
T-EJ52 The South Texas garden book. Robert Webster; photos by Jan Alexander and Roberta Churchin; drawings by Tina Griesenbeck. San Antonio: Corona Pub. Co., 1980. 127 p. ill. (part col.) $12.95 ISBN 0 931722 03 9 (paper)
T-EJ53 The perfect Texas lawn. Steve Dobbs. Nashville, TN: Cool Springs Pr., Aug. 2002. 144 p. ill. $12.99 ISBN 1 930604 76 9 (paper)
T-EJ54 Texas organic vegetable gardening: the total guide to growing vegetables, fruits, herbs and other edible plants the natural way. J. Howard Garrett, C. Malcolm Beck. Houston: Gulf Pub. Co., Oct. 1998. 320 p. ill. $21.95 ISBN 0-88415-855-1 (paper)
T-EJ55 Texas Master Gardener. URL: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/mastergd/mg.html
T-EJ55a Wildflowers, trees, and shrubs of Texas. Delena Tull; George Oxford Miller. Rev. ed. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Pub., 2003. 347 p. ill. (some col.), maps. ISBN 1-58907-007-0 (paper)
T-EJ56 Great garden sources for Texans: a regional guide to designing, constructing, planting & furnishing your landscape. Nan Booth Simpson, Patricia Scott McHargue. Portland, OR: TACT, 1999. xii, 420 p. ill. $17.95 ISBN 0 9639879 4 1 (cloth); ISBN 0 585 23562 7 (ebook)
T-EJ56a Texas horticulture directory: a listing of producers and wholesale suppliers. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 2003. 87 p. col. ill., col. maps. TexDoc A900.5 H789 2003
T-EJ57 Touring Texas gardens. Jessie Gunn Stephens. Plano: Republic of Texas Pr., Wordware Pub., Jul. 2002. x, 270 p. ill. $18.95 ISBN 1-55622-934-8 (paper)
T-EJ58 Herbs for Texas: a study of the landscape, culinary, and medicinal uses and benefits of the herbs that can be grown in Texas. Howard Garrett. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., Apr. 2001. 242 p. $60 ISBN 0-29278-173-3 (cloth); $29.95 ISBN 0 292 72830 1 (paper)
T-EJ59 Herb gardening in Texas. Sol Meltzer. Houston: Gulf Pub. Co., 1997. 195 p. ISBN 0-884-15329-0 (paper)
T-EJ60 Native Plant Society of Texas. URL: http://www.npsot.org/
T-EJ61 Native plant and seed sources for Texas. URL: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wildscapes/plantsrc.htm
T-EJ62 Plant life of Texas. URL: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/plant/plant.htm
T-EJ63 Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. URL: http://www.wildflower.org/
T-EJ64 Native plant information network. URL: http://www.wildflower2.org/index.html
T-EJ65 Natural by design: beauty and balance in Southwest gardens. Judith Phillips. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Pr., 1995. 2 v., 199 p. $45 ISBN 0-89013-276-3
T-EJ66 Plants for natural gardens: Southwestern native and adaptive trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses. Judith Phillips. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Pr., 1995. 2 v., 148 p. $45 ISBN 0-89013-281-X
T-EJ67 Native Texas plants: landscaping region by region. Sally Wasowski, Andy Wasowski. 2nd ed. Houston: Lone Star Books, Aug. 1997. 408 p. $45 ISBN 0 88415 506 4 (cloth); ISBN 0-89123-077-7 (paper)
T-EJ68 How to grow native plants of Texas and the Southwest. Jill Nokes; Kathryn M. Brown, ill. Rev. ill. ed. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., May 2001. xxxii, 566 p. ill. $60 ISBN 0 292 75574 0 (cloth); $29.95 ISBN 0 292 75573 2 (paper)
T-EJ69 Landscaping with native plants of Texas and the Southwest. George Miller II; fore. by David Northington. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Pr., Mar. 1991. 128 p. ill. $19.95 ISBN 0 89658 138 1 (paper)
T-EJ70 Gardening with nature in Texas. Karen M. Breneman. Plano: Republic of Texas Pr., Wordware Pub., Mar. 2002. 246 p. $18.95 ISBN 1 55622 891 0 (cloth)
T-EJ71 Texas natives ornamental trees. Georgetown: Native Plant Soc. of Texas, 1992. 40 p. col. ill., col. map.
T-EJ72 Texas gardening the natural way: the complete handbook. Howard Garrett. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., Jan. 2004. ISBN 0 292 70542 5 (cloth)
T-EJ73 Designing a wildscape. Diana Foss. Austin: Texas Parks & Wildlife, Nongame and Urban Program, 1997. 24, 6 p. ill., map. TexDoc P400.5 D46 1997
T-EJ74 Texas wildscapes: gardening for wildlife. Noreen Damude, Kelly Conrad Bender. Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., Wildlife Diversity Program, 1999. 387 p. ill. (some col.) ISBN 1885696302
T-EJ75 Information kit: Texas wildscapes, backyard wildlife habitat. Judit W. H. Gowen, Noreen Damude. Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., Wildlife Diversity Program, 1999. 28 p. TexDoc P400.5 In3 1999
T-EJ75a Beautiful, tough, and Texan: let your landscape shine with Texas superstars. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 2000. 7 p. col. ill. TexDoc A900.8 B385
T-EJ76 Howard Garrett’s plants for Texas. Howard Garrett. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1996. 182 p. $19.95 ISBN 0-29272-788-7
T-EJ77 Bulbs for warm climates. Tad M. Howard. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2001. 276 p. $60 ISBN 0-2927-3125-6
T-EJ78 The backyard berry book: a hands on guide to growing berries, brambles, and vine fruit in the home garden. Stella B. Otto. Maple City, MI: OttoGraphics, 1995. xii, 284 p. ill. $14.95 ISBN 0-96345-203-7 (paper)
T-EJ79 Landscape plants for Texas and environs. Michael Aloysius Arnold; Amanda Faith Arnold, ill. College Station: Stipes Pub., 1999. 596 p. ill., maps. ISBN 0875638473
T-EJ80 The Texas flower garden: seasonal guide to bloom, height, color, and texture. Kathy Huber, J. Lynn Peterson. Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, Pub., 2005. 144 p. col. ill., map. ISBN 1-58685-744-4 BR>
Well-illustrated with planting and maintaining tips for the various Texas climates.
T-EJ80a Cut flower manual. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 2003. 33 p. TexDoc A900.5 C97
T-EJ81 Gardening success with difficult soils: limestone, alkaline clay and caliche. Scott Ogden. Lanham: Taylor Pub. Co., 1992. 216 p. col. ill., map. $18.95 ISBN 0-87833-741-5
T-EJ82 Xeriscape plant guide: 100 water-wise plants for gardens and landscapes. Rob Proctor. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Pub., 1996. 192 p. $34.95 ISBN 1-55591-322-9
T-EJ83 Landscape plants for Western regions: an illustrated guide to plants for water conservation. Bob Perry. Claremont, CA: Landscape Design Pub., 1994. 318 p. col. ill., col. maps. $62 ISBN 0-96059-883-9
T-EJ84 Xeriscape: landscape water conservation. Douglas F. Welsh, William C. Welch. Rev. ed. College Station: Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M Univ. System, 2001. 14 p. col. ill. (Texas Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin, no. 1584) TexDoc Z TA245.7 B873 no.1584 2001
T-EJ85 Texas Cooperative Extension: family and consumer sciences. URL: http://fcs.tamu.edu/
T-EJ86 Texas essential knowledge and skills (TEKS) for home economics education. URL: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ch122toc.html
T-EJ87 Best of the best from Texas: selected recipes from Texas' favorite cookbooks. Gwen McKee, Barbara Moseley, ed.; ill. by Tupper England. Brandon, MS: Quail Ridge Pr., 1985. 352 p. ill. (Best of the best state cookbook ser.) $18.95 ISBN 0-937552-34-8 (cloth); $16.95 ISBN 0-937552-14-3 (ringbound)
T-EJ88 Best of the best from Texas II: selected recipes from Texas's favorite cookbooks. Gwen McKee, Barbara Moseley, ed.; ill. by Tupper England. Brandon, MS: Quail Ridge Pr., 1996. 352 p. ill. (Best of the best state cookbook ser.) $16.95 ISBN 0-937552-62-3 (ringbound)
T-EJ89 Boardin' in the Thicket: reminiscences and recipes of early Big Thicket boarding houses. Wanda A. Landrey; fore. by Francis Edward Abernethy. Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 1998, c1990. xxiv, 192 p. ill. ISBN 0-929398-07-6 (cloth); $15.95 ISBN 1-57441-054-7 (paper); $15.95 ISBN 0-585-28169-6 (ebook)
T-EJ90 The Broken Arrow Ranch cookbook. Mike Hughes. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1985. viii, 200 p. ill. ISBN 0-292-70753-3 (cloth)
T-EJ91 Capitol cook book: favorite family recipes of Texas Governors, senators, and other State officials. Sue Creighton, comp. and ed. Waco: Texian Pr., 1973. vii, 158 p.
T-EJ92 A cowboy's cookbook. T. L. Bush; photos by Erwin E. Smith. Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1985. 104 p. ISBN 0-87719-011-9 (paper)
T-EJ93 A cowboy's cookbook rides again. T. L. Bush; photos by Erwin E. Smith. Houston: Gulf Pub. Co., 2002. 259 p. ill. $12.95 ISBN 0-89123-080-7 (paper)
T-EJ94 Cooking Texas style: a heritage of traditional recipes. Candy Wagner, Sandra Marquez. 2nd rev. ill. ed. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1993. 272 p. ill. $21.95 ISBN 0-292-79081-3 (cloth)
T-EJ95 Eats: a folk history of Texas foods. Ernestine Sewell Linck, Joyce Gibson Roach; fore. by James Ward Lee. Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 1989. xiv, 257 p. ill. $14.95 ISBN 0-87565-035-X (paper)
T-EJ96 Favorite recipes of Texas: contains 600 recipes from women's club leaders in Texas. Montgomery, AL: Favorite Recipes Pr., 1965. 124 p. ill.
T-EJ97 The first Texas cook book: a thorough treatise on the art of cookery, 1883. Introd. by George Fuermann; pref. by Viva Fredericks. Austin: Pemberton Pr., 1963. viii, 186 p.
T-EJ98 From Texas kitchens: generations of traditional Texas recipes. James Stroman. Houston: Lone Star Books, 1982. vii, 108 p. ill. $36 ISBN 0-7837-8145-8 (paper available from Ann Arbor, MI: Books on Demand)
T-EJ99 Household manual and practical cook book: embracing many hundreds of valuable recipes ... With numerous miscellaneous suggestions, invaluable to housekeepers. Ladies of St. Paul's Guild, Waco. Waco: Brooks & Wallace Steam Print, 1888. 328 p. ill., front.
T-EJ100 Mrs. Blackwell's heart-of-Texas cookbook: a tasty memoir of the Depression. Louise B. Dillow, Deenie B. Carver; fore. by John Henry Faulk; ill. by Paul Hudgins. San Antonio: Corona Pub. Co., 1980. xxiii, 107 p. ill. $9.95 ISBN 0-931722-06-3 (paper)
T-EJ101 Nanny's Texas table: Texas country cooking at the Houghton ranch. Larry Ross. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. 251 p. ill. ISBN 0-671-62534-9
T-EJ102 The new Texas wild game cookbook: a tradition grows. Judith Morehead, Richard Morehead; woodcut ill. by Barbara Mathews Whitehead.
Rev. ill. ed.
Austin: Eakin Pr., 1985. x, 83 p. ill. $14.95 ISBN 0-89015-526-7 (paper)
T-EJ103 The only Texas cookbook. Linda West Eckhardt. Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1981. x, 284 p. ill. ISBN 0-932012-19-1
T-EJ104 Pinch of this and a handful of that: historic recipes of Texas, 1830-1900. Austin: Eakin Pr., 1988. 200 p. ill. $17.95 ISBN 0-89015-649-2
T-EJ105 Seconds of a pinch of this and a handful of that. Austin: Eakin Pr., 1994. xv, 210 p. ill. $17.94 ISBN 0-89015-970-X
T-EJ106 The saga of Texas cookery: an historical guide of more than one hundred twenty recipes illustrating the French influence on Texas cuisine, the Spanish influence, & the Mexican, including also contributions from the European settlers in the Republic of Texas & from the resourceful southerners during the Confederacy, as well as from Texans of every sort right down to the present. Sarah Morgan. Waco: Texian Pr., 1981. vii, 64 p. ill. ISBN 0-88426-032-1
T-EJ107 Stirring prose: cooking with Texas authors. Deborah Douglas. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1998. xii, 224 p. ill. $19.95 ISBN 0-89096-829-2 (cloth)
T-EJ108 Taste of Texas cookbook: around 300 recipes for down home Texas cookin'. Joy Moffett Angel, ed.
Austin: Eakin Pr., 1987. xviii, 127 p. ISBN 0-89015-621-2 (cloth); ISBN 0-89015-623-9 (paper)
T-EJ109 A taste of Texas ranching: cooks and cowboys. Tom Bryant, Joel Bernstein. Lubbock: Texas Tech Univ. Pr., 1995. xvi, 240 p. ill. $18.95 ISBN 0-89672-348-8 (paper)
T-EJ110 Tastes of Deep South Texas. Nick Bennack; photos. by Lee Bennack. Missoula, MT: Mountain Pr. Pub. Co., 1990. x, 193 p. col. ill. ISBN 0-87842-256-0
T-EJ111 The Texas cookbook: from barbecue to banquet, an informal way of dining and entertaining the Texas way. Mary Faulk Koock; ill. by Tom Ballenger. Denton: Univ. of North Texas, 2001. 496 p. ill. $19.95 ISBN 1-57441-136-5 (paper)
T-EJ112 Texas on the halfshell: Tex-Mex barbecue, chili, and Lone Star delights. Phil Brittin, Joseph Daniel. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982. 239 p. ISBN 0-385-17904-9
T-EJ113 Texas historic inns cookbook. Ann Ruff, Gail Drago. Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1985. 223 p. I
ISBN 0-932012-45-0
T-EJ114 Western kitchen cook book of original chuckwagon and Mexican foods. C. C. Yaws, D. T. Yaws, comp. Ft. Stockton: Yaws Bros. Co., 1937. 44 p. ill.
T-EJ115 The wide, wide world of Texas cooking. Morton Gill Clark. New York: Bonanza Books, 1970. 371 p. ISBN 0-517-120089
T-EJ116 Cuisine, Texas: a multiethnic feast. Joanne Smith; fore. by Mary Faulk Koock. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1995. xiv, 330 p. $29.95 ISBN 0-292-77682-9 (cloth)
T-EJ117 The Melting pot: ethnic cuisine in Texas. San Antonio: Inst. of Texan Cultures, 1977. 224 p. ill. (Texas people, v. 6, no. 6) $27.95 ISBN 0-86701-050-9 (cloth); $21.95 ISBN 0-86701-006-1 (spiral)
T-EJ118 Our Texas heritage: ethnic traditions and recipes. Dorothy McConachie. Plano: Republic of Texas Pr., 2000. xii, 220 p. ill. $19.95 ISBN 1-55622-785-X (paper)
T-EJ118a Texas wine: toast a rising star. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, 2000. 36 p. col. ill., maps.
T-EJ119 Texas wine trails. URL: http://www.texaswinetrails.com/
T-EJ120 Texas wines. URL: http://www.agr.state.tx.us/wine/index.htm
T-EJ121 Vintage Texas: Texas wine country tour guide. Austin: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, Mar. 1993. 20 p. ill., maps. TexDoc A 900.8 T312wic 1993
T-EJ122 The wine roads of Texas: an essential guide to Texas wines and wineries. Based on a book by Wes Marshall; fore. by Robert Mondavi. San Antonio: Maverick Pub. Co., 2003. xiv, 201 p. ill. $18.95 ISBN 1-893271-26-9 (paper)
T-EJ123 The wines of Texas: a guide and a history. Sarah Jane English. 3rd ed. Austin: Eakin Pr., 1995. xx, 209 p. ill., maps. $18.95 ISBN 1-57168-054-3 (cloth); $18.95 ISBN 0-585-23478-7 (ebook)
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Also available: http://www.cerc.cr.usgs.gov/pubs/riogrande/riogran3.htm
Of particular use is section G: soils, forestry, and agriculture. See T-EG1.
Links to publication list (beginning with 1993), PDF text of faculty papers (beginning with 1994), department technical reports, and publications of related research centers. Includes "Paper File" search of departmental publications.
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DIRECTORIES:
Includes water districts and soil conservation districts.
Also available: http://www.twc.state.tx.us/svcs/agri/directory.pdf
Lists farming and ranching groups with contact information.
Also available: http://www.agr.state.tx.us/marketing/livestock/mkt_livestockdir.htm
Guide for domesticated livestock, including beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses and mules, swine, sheep, goats, and poultry/other.
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HANDBOOKS:
See T-EG29.
See T-EG81.
See T-EG32.
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HISTORY:
Chronicles American Brahman breeding and those who pioneered it. Much of the saga includes the history of cattle husbandry in southern Texas.
A descriptive and statistical history of wheat, oats, barley, and rye. Extensive bibliographies included.
Discusses the adoption and use of sprinkler irrigation.
Personal narratives of life in the West Texas counties from 1880 to the Great Depression.
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Traces the development of the sheep and goat industry from Spanish settlement to circa 1930. Includes maps and an extensive bibliography.
Discusses the history of agriculture and plantations in Texas. Includes economic conditions during this period.
Outlines the history of cotton in Texas, including trade and marketing issues.
Focuses on life on the Lambshead Ranch, 120 miles west of Fort Worth, from 1951 to 1980. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Personal narrative of farm life on the Llano Estacado in the 20th Century. Includes bibliographical references and index.
See T-AJ66.
Includes index.
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Discusses the history of the potato in Texas. Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-352) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-252) and index.
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LAW:
Also available: http://www.agr.state.tx.us/sinedie/sinedie1999/home.htm (76th, 1999); http://www.agr.state.tx.us/sinedie/sinedie2001/sinedie.pdf (77th, 2001)
Each bill is listed with its pass or fail status. Includes a general index as well as an index to specific bills. Volumes begin with 74th Legislature.
Links to full-text of applicable sections of the Texas statutes and the
Texas administrative code relating to agriculture.
Sections in Word and PDF formats.
Part of the Vernon's Texas codes annotated series. Kept up to date by pocket parts and recompiled volumes. Includes index.
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MAPS AND ATLASES:
Pictorial atlas illustrates the various vegetation and crop types and their distribution throughout Texas. Includes a map, bibliography, and appendix with scientific names.
Examples of useful atlases in this series:
MP888 Agroclimatic atlas of Texas, part 1: precipitation probabilities. 1968.
MP1147 Agroclimatic atlas of Texas, part 2: probability of days of precipitation. 1974.
MP1214 Agroclimatic atlas of Texas, part 3: the mean distribution and variation of solar radiation and sunshine in Texas. 1975.
MP1309 Agroclimatic atlas of Texas, part 4: the interdiurnal variation of temperature in Texas. 1977.
MP1531 Agroclimatic atlas of Texas, part 5: precipitation and dry period probabilities at Texas Research and Extension Center. 1983.
MP1543 Agroclimatic atlas of Texas, part 6: potential evapotranspiration. 1984.
MP1552 Agroclimatic atlas of Texas, part 7: soil temperature. 1984.
MP1561 Agroclimatic atlas of Texas, part 8: heat units. 1984.
Also available: http://www.nass.usda.gov/tx/mweather.htm
See T-EF41.
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MARKETING AND PRICES:
Texas Agricultural Statistics Service reports on price indexes, prices received by farmers and ranchers, number of farms and land in farms, farm and ranch labor, and prices paid by farmers for feed.
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SOILS:
Identifies the soil series of the natural geographic regions of Texas. Map indicates distribution. Many of the soils are found in no other part of the U.S. and have widely differing characteristics and features.
Contains all data for soils sampled and analyzed by the Soil Characterization Laboratory from 1978 through Jul. 1983. Gives baseline soil information for personnel conducting soil tests for farming, ranching, roads, and waste disposal. Intended for personnel with expertise in soil and water resources.
Series contains data and maps of soil properties and predications of soil behavior. For individual counties, check the Monthly catalog of U.S. government publications and the Service’s List of published soil surveys.
Also available: ftp://ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/pub/ams/soils/ssa_small.pdf
Color-coded map showing the status of soil surveys for all Texas counties.
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STATISTICS:
National Agricultural Statistics Service crops, livestock, and farm data by county within or across states.
Reports for the 1992, 1997 and 2002 censuses.
Also available: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/field/pcg-bb/
The number of running bales ginned to date for all cotton and American-Pima cotton, by state. County ginnings released with mid-month state ginnings. Mar. report also includes 480 lb. bales ginned and average bale weight by state.
Links to Texas Agricultural Statistics Service data by county for many Texas crops.
Links to Texas Agricultural Statistics Service production summaries, district estimates, acreage reports, and annual reports on various crops grown in Texas.
Links to Texas Agricultural Statistics Service data on general livestock, cattle, sheep and goats, aquaculture, bees and honey, hogs and pigs, and poultry.
Continues: Texas livestock statistics and Texas crop statistics.
Compendium of state agricultural statistics. Summarizes annual trends and contains acreage, harvest, and price information for various crops as well as comparable data on cattle and other farm animals.
Includes indexes.
Provides statistical history of crops industry in Texas, including field crops, fruits and nuts, and vegetables.
Historical anthology of Texas livestock industry statistics. Features data on number of farms, acreage, cattle production and marketing, dairy sales, cattle slaughtered, wool production, and related data on hogs, poultry, horses, and associated by-products.
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FORESTRY
GENERAL WORKS:
Primary resource for information on forests in Texas. Includes fire protection, forestry education, forest management, urban forestry, landowner assistances, Texas big tree registry, and news and events. Full text publications.
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DICTIONARIES:
Defines forestry related terms.
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HANDBOOKS:
See T-EG53.
Also available: http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/pdf/forest/water/bmp_handbook2000b.pdf
Combines Texas best management practices for silviculture and Texas best management practices for forested wetlands.
See T-EG57a.
Includes information on planting and maintaining trees. Tree descriptions include an “insights” section.
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HISTORY:
History of national forest and grasslands in the Southwest.
A history of the Prairie States Forestry Project, also known as the Shelterbelt Project.
A history of logging, lumbering, and forest conservation in Texas from 1830 to 1940. Includes bibliography and index.
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MAPS AND ATLASES:
Map and information about state forests in Texas.
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STATISTICS:
Also available: http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/forest/economics/default.asp (current, scroll down page to "Timber Harvest Trends")
Summary information for timber removals, primary forest products, and growth relationship. Also links to harvest trends tables.
Also available: http://texasforestservice.tamu.edu/forest/economics/default.asp (current, scroll down page to "Timber Price Trends")
Provides information on current Texas timber prices. Online version also links to historical data.
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HORTICULTURE
Section editor: John T. "Jack" Becker, Texas Tech University
GENERAL WORKS:
An illustrated guide to gardening in Texas. Covers soil preparation, watering, pests, and pruning. Also covers specific information about trees, vines, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Includes color photos.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-368) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 14).
Provides information and illustrations of gardening in South Texas.
Information and ideas for a "perfect Texas lawn".
Outlines organic gardening in Texas with emphasis on vegetables, fruits, and herbs.
A service of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Includes PLANTanswers, problem solvers, publications, web links, and information about county and state programs.
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DIRECTORIES:
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Provides information on gardening, nurseries, equipment, and supplies.
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GUIDEBOOKS:
Includes index.
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HERBS:
Emphasizes medicinal and culinary herbs.
Guide to the growing, propagation, and storing of herbs.
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NATIVE PLANTS:
General information about the society and its chapters, plant lists, plant of the month, publications, directory of plant resources, and events.
Searchable database of suppliers.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept. resources about native Texas plants.
Information about the center and its resources. Includes calendars of events, educational resources, Native plants magazine information, and publications.
Accessible and scientifically accurate native plant materials for the state of Texas and the U.S. Includes native plant database, Hill Country horticulture, organizations, nurseries and seed suppliers, landscapers, clearinghouse publications, image gallery, newsletters, FAQs, and other information. A project of the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Guide to native plant gardening in the High Desert Country of the Southwest. See also T-EJ66.
Companion to T-EJ65.
Landscaping guide to plants native to all regions of Texas. 399 native plants pictured. 21 landscaping design plans. Includes bibliographic references and index.
Information on the production, cultivation, and landscape use of native plants. Added over 75 new species and updated the propagation and care information for the original 350 species of trees, shrubs, and woody vines. In addition to the individual plant descriptions, devotes chapters to gathering and storing seeds, seed germination, planting, vegetative propagation, and transplanting.
Combines landscape ideas with the use of native plants.
Discusses environmentally friendly gardening.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 38).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137).
Contents: "Backyard wildlife", Judit W.H. Gowen; "Wildlife gardening", Noreen Damude.
Offers information on using native Texas plants in your garden.
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PLANTS (GENERAL):
Introductory essay includes tips on soil and bed preparation, plant maintenance, and weed control. Body of the book is an alphabetical listing of plants adapted to Texas with a brief description of each.
Deals with the "special problems of bulb gardening" in dry and warm climates.
Chapters on blueberries, strawberries, and brambles; soil nutrition; pest control; disease management; and more.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 547-554) and index.
Covers the floriculture and cut-flower industry in Texas.
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SOILS:
Designed to help gardeners match plants to "problem" soils. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199 200) and index.
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XERISCAPE:
Illustrated guide to easy to grow drought tolerant plants. Includes trees, grasses, and annuals.
An illustrated guide to ornamentals and their water requirements. Includes index and bibliography.
Information on designing a Texas garden for water conservation.
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HOME ECONOMICS (FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES)
Section editor: John C. Hepner, Texas Woman's University
GENERAL WORKS:
Providing educational programs for building individual and family capacity for self-sufficiency, wellness, family stability, and economic security. Includes extensive resources in areas of clothing and textiles, entrepreneurship, family economics, family life, food and nutrition, health and safety, and housing and environment.
Curriculum requirements for middle and high school home economics courses.
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COOKERY:
Includes a complete catalog of the 80 cookbooks represented. See also T-EJ90.
More than 500 recipes from 99 cookbooks. Includes grilled Texas tequila tuna, cowboy cornbread, braggin'-rights brisket, white lightning chili, and Sam Houston's golden spice cake. See also T-EJ89.
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100 recipes from 12 boarding houses serving the limber towns, early oil boom, and health spas of the Big Thicket. Includes the Commercial Hotel in Kountze, where the author's grandmother grew up, and the Scott Hotel in Trinity, one of the few establishments serving African-American travellers at the turn of the 19th century. Includes recipes for bear, sweet potato casserole, hominy, and homemade sausage. A blend of historical anecdotes and social life and customs culled chiefly from interviews with those who owned, ran, or resided in the boarding houses. Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-183) and index.
More than 200 recipes from the owner and operator of the Broken Arrow Ranch. Features recipes for game native to the Texas hill country and neighboring areas. Index (p. 193-200).
Collection of recipes from living members of the Senate Ladies Club. Includes wives of governors, lieutenant governors, and senators. Sections for First Ladies; 57th, 62nd, and 63rd legislatures; associate members, and more favorite recipes. Persons arranged according to dates in office. Alphabetical index of recipes (p. 149-153), category index of recipes (p. 154-157), and measures (p. 158).
Recipes from a genuine cowboy. Photographs from the Erwin E. Smith Collection of Range Life at the Library of Congress.
Over 300 recipes handed down through the author's family for more than a century. 60 recipes are new to this edition. Deep South, German, and Spanish/Mexican influences represented. Included guacamole, chili, chicken-fried steak, barbecue, and cornbread with jalapeños. Each recipe introduced with an anecdote or background on the ingredients or significance of the food in family life, special occasions, etc. Includes index.
Pt. 1, eats from the Red River to the Sabine to the Nueces to the Red River to the High Plains and back; pt. 2, Texans have more fun celebrating the seasons. Includes what was eaten, how it was prepared and eaten, and customs, traditions, and myths regarding food and its properties from pioneer days to the 1980s. Includes index. Bibliography (p. 244-246). Recipes separately index from text.
Facsimile repr. of original ed. published in 1883 under title The Texas cook book. 721 recipes and 80 household aids collected by the Ladies' Association of the First Presbyterian Church in Houston.
Arranged by categories. Index (p. 102-108).
Collection of Depression era recipes used by the Blackwell family in Central Texas. Index (p. 106-107).
Recipes used by Martha Houghton, known as "Nanny", at the Houghton ranch in West Texas. Includes historical background and anecdotes about the food and life on the ranch. Bibliography (p. 239-240), recipe credits (p. 241), index (p. 243-250).
Rev. ed. of The Texas wild game cookbook, 1972. Recipes using venison; dove, quail, and pheasant; turkey, javelina, squirrel, and 'possum; ducks and geese; exotics (Mouflon sheep aand Sika deer); and armadillo. Also includes section of recipes for side dishes. Tips on preparing the various game animals. No index.
Collection of Texas recipes gathered throughout the state by a Texas Monthly food columnist. Index (p. 275-284).
Comp. by Daughters of the Republic of Texas District VIII staff. Collection of old recipes, household hints, and home remedies.
Comp. by Daughters of the Republic of Texas District VIII staff. Additional recipes, household hints, and home remedies to supplement T-EJ104. Includes family names ofd origin and dates of use for some recipes. Retains some original spelling, grammar, and formats. Partial bibliography (p. 201). Index (p. 203-210).
Arranged by time period. No index.
Photos and signatures of 39 authors, with an introduction to each, a recipe or excerpt from an author's work including a recipe, and a list of publications. Index (p. 223-224).
Recipes from companies participating in the Texas Dept. of Agriculture Taste of Texas program. Menu suggestions for holidays. Includes index and a directory of the Taste of Texas companies and the logos of those companies who have recipes featured in the cookbook.
Includes index.
Over 160 recipes representing Deep South, Cajun, and Mexican culinary traditions. Includes recipes for fresh- and saltwater seafood and for wild game. Section on the use of chilies and spices.
Originally published in 1965 in Boston by Little, Brown and Co. Includes anecdotes. Recipes presented by location (region, city, or other location). Index.
Each chapter prefaced by brief history, lore, notes of interest, and introduction to distinctive ingredients of Texas cuisine. Section on chili provides a short list of Texas chili parlors.
Includes histories of the inns represented.
Rare actual chuckwagon recipes, many appearing in print for the first time after being handed down by word-of-mouth for generations, and Mexican recipes as prepared in Old Mexico. Includes menus (p. 41-44) and index (p. 45-47, unnumbered pages). Extant copies often are showing discoloration and brittleness due to the quality of paper used in the 1930s. A document of historic culinary importance.
Arranged by category. Some general information (p. 11-18) includes ingredients, tables of equivalents, and an explanation of Spanish and Mexican words common to Texas cookery. Index (p. 363-371).
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ETHNIC COOKERY:
Arranged by type of food and ethnic groups. Includes short narrative introductions. Index (p. 319-330).
Each section devoted to a different ethnic group with a brief history of the culture. Representative recipes from African Americans, Anglo-Americans, Belgians, Chinese, Czechs, Danes, Dutch, English, Filipinos, French, Germans, Greeks, Indians, Irish, Italians, Japanese, Jewish, Mexicans, Norwegians, Polish, Scots, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss, Syrian and Lebanese, Wendish, and Yugoslavs. Index (p. 225-231, unnumbered pages).
Covers Native Americans, Mexicans, Celts, Germans, Poles, Ukranians, Czechs, Jews, Wends, African-Americans, Danes, Swedes, Syrian and Lebanese, and Italians. Each section prefaced with short history and cultural heritage of the group. Bibliography (p. 213-215). Index (p. 217-220).
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WINES:
Guide to Texas wines, including maps of wineries.
Calendar of Texas wine events, descriptions and links to wineries, maps of 7 wine scenic drive trails for visitors, history of Texas wine, selected links to Internet resources on Texas wines, information about selecting wines and foods, and recipes.
Texas Dept. of Agriculture. Includes links to Texas wine associations and wineries and data on the industry. Information on the Texas wine marketing assistance program.
Alphabetical directory of Texas wineries. Includes map and background information on each.
Includes index.
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History of the Texas wine industry. Covers pioneers of winemaking in Texas and individual wineries by region. Includes guidance for touring the wineries, a sample pairing of Texas wines and foods, ideas on tasting wines and entertaining, and recipes from the winegrowers' wives. Append. includes "History of the new Texas wine grape industry" (p. 147-160) by George Ray McEachern; "The viticulture and enology program at Grayson County College" (p. 161-164) by Roy E. Renfro, Jr.; "A profile of the Texas wine and wine grape industry" (p. 165-181) by Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute with a directory of Texas wineries (p. 177-181); Texas winery data (p. 182-190); and "To your health: a little wine, it turns out, is good for you" (p. 191-197) by Sarah Jane English (repr. from Food & service magazine, Dec. 1987). Index (p. 199-209).
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Updated: 9 October 2005
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