Bunyard, George. Fruit Farming For Profit. A practical treatise, embracing chapters on all the most profitable fruits, with detailed instructions for successful culture on the kent system.
4th. Ed. Pub. W.S.Vivish. 1899 pp.200 with b/w. illus. With 16pp. appendix from the first edition tipped onto rear free endpaper (dated 1882) and also 4pp. leaflet on ‘Instructions for Erecting a Fruit House’ tipped into middle of text block. 8vo. Name to half title (dated 1901). A thor. vg. hdbk. in decorated green cloth boards, lightly marked on rear.
£30.00 [ref: 52390]

Bush, R. Tree Fruit Growing. Volume II. Pears, Quinces and Stone Fruits.
Rep. Pub. Penguin Books. 1944 pp.159 with b/w. photos. & figs. 8vo. Good to vg. softback.
The author was a commercial fruit grower from 1915 - 1935 when he took up advisory work on fruit growing His advice is still highly respected and consulted to this day.
£3.00 [ref: 71468]

Calhoun Jr., C.L. Old Southern Apples.
1st. Ed. Pub. McDonald & Woodward, USA. 1995 pp.ix, 326 with 48 col. plates & line drawings. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Title page inscribed by the author. Also comes with a loosely inserted handwritten postcard from the author, relating to him providing two Bevans Favorite apple trees, to the dedicatees. Also comes with the pre-publication advert for ‘Old Southern Apples’.
A book that became an instant classic when it first appeared in 1995, ‘Old Southern Apples’ is an indispensable reference for fruit lovers everywhere. It is ‘more than the story of apples, it chronicles a vanished way of life - subsistence farming in the South (USA) from the earliest English settlements to the mechanization of southern farms in the late 1920s’.
£150.00 [ref: 71474]

Calthrop, D.C. The Charm of Gardens.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. A & C Black. 1917 pp.xii, 240 with 32 col. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Neat inscription (dated Xmas 1923) and hand-written verse to ffep. Some spotting to text pages o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth boards in vg. condition with some light shelf wear to extremities.
A nostalgic rumination on gardens and gardening.
£5.00 [ref: 70093]

Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust. The Gardens of Cambridgeshire. A Gazetteer of over 400 Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust. 2000 pp.iii, 187 with b/w. illus. and maps. 8vo. Occasional neat annotation in margin, o/w. a fine softback.
For ease of reference the gardens in the gazetteer have been arranged into 33 tours, each with a map and covering between 3 and 15 gardens. An excellent guide to the gardens of this area. It provides a short description of each one pulling out the most important features of the garden in question.
£10.00 [ref: 60611]

Cameron, R. Great Comp and its Garden. One couple’s achievement in seven acres.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bachman & Turner. 1981 pp.184 with colour and b/w. photos. Royal 8vo. With signatures of R. and J.T. Cameron. A fine hdbk. in vg. plus dw.
£15.00 [ref: 51637]

Cane, Percy S. The Earth is my Canvas.
1st. Ed. Pub. Methuen & Co. 1956 pp.ix, 161 with b/w. photos. and plans. Small 4to. Hardback. Spotting to ends o/w. contents fine. Original cloth vg. with some sunning and light rubbing to extremities.
Highly regarded as a garden designer, this book illustrates the many projects Percy Cane has completed and suggests how gardens of any size can be given their own distinct beauty.
£15.00 [ref: 71365]

Capek, Karel. The Gardener’s Year.
1st. UK. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. George Allen & Unwin. 1931 pp.160 with b/w. text illus. 8vo. Hardback. Ffep., removed. Charming inscription, dated ‘Xmas 1942) to half-title. Some spotting to ends, only very occ. internally o/w. contents fine. Original printed green boards thor. vg.
A humourous approach to gardening for the amateur. The author is better known as a writer of science fiction and for his play R.U.R. in which the word ‘robot’ was introduced.
£7.50 [ref: 70084]

Capon, B. Botany for Gardeners.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 2010 pp.268 with colour photographs and figs. throughout. A new copy in card covers.
Still the most complete, compact and accessible introduction to the world of botany, this third edition includes dazzling electron microscope photos and even more amazing facts about plants.
£14.99 [ref: 40015]

Carlson, R.F. (et al). North American Apples : Varieties, Rootstocks, Outlook.
1st. Ed. Pub. Michigan State Univ. 1970 pp.197 with b/w. photos. & tables. 8vo. Minor spotting to top edge of text block o/w. a fine softback.
Essays by various contributors on apple varieties and their propagation. Considers varieties of yesteryear, trends in current varieties, then focusses on Delicious, Golden Delicicous, Jonathan, McIntosh, Northern Spy, Rome, Winesap and York Imperial. Closes with chapters dedicated to Rootstocks in relation to apple cultivars and Apple orchards of tomorrow.
£10.00 [ref: 71461]