Pineapple ABC’s (Revised 1956). Bulletin No. 125. September, 1957.
1957[125] · Tallahassee
by Platts, Phillips K.
Tallahassee: State of Florida Department of Agriculture, Summer 1957. [Bulletin No. 125]. Octavo, paperbound (stiff, stapled, full-color photo. illus. wrappers), 72 pp. Very Good+, with former-owner stamp & lightly rubbed edges. Illustrated with photographs. Content headings: The Pineapple; Propagation - Terminology; Soil and Location; Light and Temperature JProblems; Preparation of Land; Selection; Cost and Sources of Plants; Protective Clothing; Preparation of Plants; Planting; Fertilizing Pineapples; Cultivation; Chemical Weed Control; Paper Mulch; Maintaining a Field; Spreading the Harvest; To Make Fruit Sweeter; Harvesting; Varieties; Disease, Enemies, Etc.; Observations on Selecting a Pineapple in the Market; General Properties of the Pineapple; Preparing for Eating; History of Pineapples in Florida; Bibliography. (Inventory #: ess4637)