FRUIT FARMING PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC FOR COMMERCIAL FRUIT GROWERS AND OTHERS

Green cloth boards with black blocked titles to spine and upper board, 215 x 170 mm approx. Trade adverts to end papers with numerous others to prelims and at rear,xxiv + 212 pp. Second Edition Revised, extended and fully illustrated 1921. Contains articles by authors other than Cecil Hooper and the many chapters cover diverse matters pertinent to the growing and marketing of fruit including on the history and origin of various fruits commercially grown as well as their cultivation etc. The chapters on the control of pests and diseases by chemical sprays are obviously now outdated but other established practices remain of use and a charming feature are the many period adverts.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good (Book- significant fading to cloth boards with moderate general wear and soiling, Heavy offset browning from boards to free end papers, ink initials of a previous owner to top margin of title page. Binding sound with no other notable defects).…