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| Cornell Experiment Station Bulletins 1899-1909 (Botanical Division -- Fruit Growing) Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 1909. Hard Cover (Half Leather), Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, Book is most attractive -- very clean inside and out with no cracking to hinges and no foxing. One stamp to top of front free endpaper with former owner's name. Bound in half leather with raised bands to spine and gilt printing. Front corners worn through, but otherwise the leather is quite wonderful. Some rubbing to black cloth at back. Book contains 30 specific bulletins on diseases, pests, fertilization, forcing and other topics of interest to growers of peaches, plums, cherries, grapes, strawberries, and apples. Illustrated with charts and instructive photographs of which there are many. A great deal of information on the state of fruit agriculture at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries. An additional, slightly later, Cornell volume with additional fruit growing bulletins also available. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 19158 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| Peanut Growing for Profit (Farmer's Bulletin No. 1127) Washington D.C., U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1924, Revised Edition. Soft Cover, Very Good/, Very clean government booklet initially issued in 1920 and here revised. Measures 6"x9-1/2" and has 32 pages. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Discusses condition necessary for cultivation, soil prep, seed selection, preparation of seed for planting, time and methods of planting, cultivation, harvesting, stacking, curing, bagging, cleaning and grading, marketing, peanut hay, peanut byproducts and peanut types. USD 16.95 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 | £UK 10.25 | JP¥ 1496] Book number: 18778LJ Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| MAYNARD, DONALD N.; HOCHMUTH, GEORGE J.; KNOTT, JAMES EDWARD Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers (Fourth Edition) Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A., John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1997, Fourth Edition. (ISBN: 0471131512) Soft Cover, NEW/, Crisp, BRAND NEW copy. A classic for commerical growers since 1959 filled with a massive amount of information, primarily in the form of tables and charts. Detailed specifics on planting rates, schedules, spacing and fertilizers; methods for controlling disease; greenhouse vegetable production; insect pest identification; harvesting and storage; and marketing. Updated and expanded to contain new info on water maanagement with drip irrigation, seed priming and seed germination tests, plant tissue testing, petiole sap testing, windbreaks and weed management. Also a revised discussion of allowable pesticides and herbicides, as well as new worker protection standards. 582 pages. Two like copies available. USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 8384] Book number: 17373A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. |
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