1857 · New York
by Eastwood, B.
New York: C. M. Saxton & Co., Agricultural Book Publishers, 1857. 8vo. 195 x 130 mm., [7 ¾ x 5 ¼ inches]. 120 pp., plus 12 pp. ads. Lithographic frontispiece and 11 plates. Original brown publisher's cloth; spine faded, text lightly foxed, ex-library copy. Lithographic title-page with date of 1856, printed title dated 1857. Nicely illustrated manual which begins with a discussion of the difficulties of cultivating cranberries, the failure of many farmers to produce successful crops, and tip on how to build a successful business of cranberry growing.
(Inventory #: 471)