The fruits and fruit trees of America: or, The culture propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit-trees generally ; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country
1870 · New york
by Downing, A.J. (Second revision and Correction, With LArge Additions, by Charles Downing)
New york: John Wiley & Son, 1870. Good+, old archival tape along both inner hinges, book quite solid for it's size and thickness. Minor to occasional moderate foxing here and there. Very nice shelf-appeal.. Green publishers' cloth with gilt design and title on spine, beveled boards. xxiv, 1098 pp, 4 pp. ads at rear. Index to different fruits goes from pp. 1013-1095, General Index frpm pp. 1096-1098. Single-sheet notice on the Fruits of California immediately following the Title-Page. Quite rare, no copies found at Auction or with diiligent search of sales. (Inventory #: 147123)