1853-4. Abridged Descriptive Catalogue of Select Fruit Trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennial plants, &c. cultivated and for sale at the nursery of H.S. Ramsdell, Thompson, Conn

[Thompson, Conn.]: H.S. Ramsdell, 1853. Bi-folio (25 x 25 cm.), [1], 2-4 pages. A nursery catalogue with more than one hundred eighty varieties in all, of apples, pears, apricots, peaches, plums, cherries, grapes, raspberries, currants, strawberries, gooseberries, quince, as well as hedge plants, peonies, irises, lilies, roses, moss roses, and hardy climbing roses. The list includes the namesake apple, the "Ramsdell Sweet, large red, tender, rich, great bearer. Dec.-Jan." The Ramsdell Sweet – originally the Ramsdell's Red Sweeting (1845), English Sweet, Ramsdell Sweeting, and others. In 1862, the Ramsdell Sweet was recognized by the American Pomological Society. The final page of the bi-folio contains A.J. Downing's "Hints for Transplanting". Some light discoloration to leaves, otherwise fine. [OCLC locates four copies (AAS, UDelaware, LCPhiladelphia, CTMuseumofHistory].