The Principles Of Fruit-Growing With Applications To Practice

The MacMillan Company, New York 1916 [c. 1897, 1915] 432 pp. 8vo.; With 186 Illustrations From Original Drawings; Green cloth boards with red border and black lettering to front; Gilt title to spine; Bumped and rubbed corners, edges and spine ends; Inscription to front paste down; Clean, bright and tight copy of an early edition; G++ Condition. First published in 1897, this 20th edition, writes author Bailey in the 1914 Preface, "is a new work, rearranged, reset and largely rewritten". Chapter themes include: Field of Inquiry, Location and Climate, Tillage, Enrichment, Choice of Plants, Garden Plan, Accidents and Injuries to Plants, Remarks on Spraying, Harvesting. "With 186 illustrations from original drawings".