FRIENDS OF THE WARDSBORO LIBRARY, Inc.

Wardsboro, Vermont    05355


Friends Books & Gifts

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2- call our office 802 896 3416
3-stop by the Library at 170 Main Street or come to our Friends events!

NEW! Gilfeather Ornament from Jennie Blue Ceramics handpainted in Vermont.
The only Turnip Ornament in Vermont.
On reverse
"Wardsboro Vermont Home of the Gilfeather Turnip"
$20, plus shipping



Gilfeather Mug

Heavy ceramic, screen-painted design

$8, plus shipping









Gilfeather Cap - 100% Cotton
Patch logo of the Gilfeather Turnip
Stitched on the back "WARDSBORO, VERMONT"
$12, plus shipping



Gilfeather Market Bag - 100% Cotton
printed design
$10, plus shipping



Gilfeather Apron - 100% Cotton
With pockets
printed design
$10, plus shipping





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2- call our office 802 896 3416
3-stop by the Library at 170 Main Street or come to our
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TEES!
100% cotton t-shirts celebrating the famous Gilfeather®Turnip Festival or Wardsboro's Famous 4th of July Celebration. Various sizes and colors.


Short sleeve $18, plus shipping
Long sleeve $20, plus shipping
 








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The Gilfeather®Turnip Cookbook Volume 2
70 pages of recipes (with many NEW recipes not formerly in Volume 1) and stories about the famous Gilfeather® turnip. Soft-cover, hand bound with twig and twine.

$15, plus shipping


Pictured below - Farmer John Gilfeather. Back in the early 1900s, bachelor farmer John Gilfeather grew this special turnip on his family farm, which, by the way, is still there, up a steep side road off VT Route 100 in Wardsboro. Gilfeather might have been the one who hybridized the large, rough-skinned vegetable, or else the variety was a “backyard mongrel” that he astutely realized was unique. Local lore maintains he tried to prevent anyone else from growing it or altering its “personality” with further hybridization by cutting off all the roots and tops before bringing his crop to market each fall. Gilfeather died in 1944, but the legacy of his namesake turnip is three-fold: first, its heirloom status and important trademark; second, the dozens of tasty recipes that local housewives and chefs in area restaurants have created and served over the years using this versatile vegetable; and finally, Wardsboro’s homegrown Gilfeather® Turnip Festival.
Free Recipe!
Fluffy Gilfeather
®
Turnip Souffle
2 tblsp. butter
1 tblsp. chopped onion
3 cups Gilfeather® Turnip, boiled and mashed
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 tblsp. sugar
pinch of cayenne pepper
2 egg yolks, beaten
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Melt butter in a large pan. Add onion and saute until a delicate brown. Remove from heat. Add turnips, salt, sugar, pepper and cayenne pepper. Mix well. Add  the beaten egg yolks. Fold in the stiff egg whites. Put into greased baking dish or souffle dish. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until solid in the middle.


Sale of Prints to Benefit the Barn Restoration 

 

Giclee prints by New England Reprographics, West Yarmouth, MA
Printed with HP Archival UV rated inks on HP Super Heavyweight Plus Matte Media -  91% brightness, paper weight 210g/m2, Archival Media display permanence rating:  Indoor away from direct sunlight 100+ years.  Equipment device HP5500, 6 color ink system,  1200 X 600 dpi.





NEW! 2011 Limited Edition, matted print.
170 Main Street, Wardsboro by Betsy Fellows
$30, plus shipping



2010 Limited Edition, matted print.
The Red Barn, Wardsboro by Betsy Fellows
$35, plus shipping


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The profits from the giecle print sale will go to the ongoing Barn Renovation Project - All rights to reproduce prints from the original watercolors have been granted to the Friends. MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST - BETSY FELLOWS.

CANVAS TOTES! Just a few left....

All proceeds benefit the
Library's BARN RESTORATION FUND
   
$20, plus shipping

TREE MOTIF - Fall Leaves, Spring Leaves 
Height 11 ½”  x Width 17 ½ “  Bottom expansion - 6”
One outside side pocket 9” deep x 4 ½ “ wide (suitable for water bottle) Inside double pocket 5 ½ “ wide x 7 ½ deep (suitable for cell phone, etc.)Two Black canvas handles on all colors. 100% Canvas Polyester with waterproof plastic lining Machine embroidered by Christine Recca for the Friends of the Wardsboro Library

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Wardsboro, VT - Exposing the Past
A 125-page photo book of historic images of the town and surrounding landscape designed, complied and edited by Dan Hescock and by Bob LeBlond with text by Wardsboro author Amy Kleppner. Soft-cover.

$20, plus shipping


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THE GILFEATHER® TURNIP MOVIE 
Rooted in Wardsboro

DVD or VIDEO

A charming and informative film. The history and cultivation of Wardsboro's heirloom turnip, starring local farmers, historians and turnips. Original songs and music by Jimmy Knapp.

DVD $10, plus shipping
VIDEO $8, plus shipping (limited qty. left)



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