Clapham, P. Fruit Growing in the North of England.
1st. Ed. Pub. Burnley. 1920 pp.84 with b/w. illus. 8vo. A vg. softback. Scarce.
£20.00 [ref: 51037]

Clark, Michael. Apples. A Field Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2003 pp.176 with colour photos. 8vo. A fine hdbk. Highly recommended. Out-of-print.
This book is intended to help identify that unknown apple growing in your garden; help you to choose which variety to plant whether it be one , two or even an orchard and encourage the planting of apple trees wherever there is space for them.
£25.00 [ref: 52700]

Clevely, Andi. The Allotment Book. A practical guide to creating and enjoying your own perfect plot.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 2006 pp.224 with colour photos. 4to. Neat ownership stamp to half-title. A fine hdbk. in fine dw. Highly recommended.
£14.00 [ref: 51996]

Fern, K. Plants for a Future. Edible and Useful Plants for a Healthier World.
2nd. Ed. Rep. Pub. Permanent Publications. 2012 pp.xviii, 300 with colour photos. 8vo. A new softback.
Packed with information, this pioneering book takes gardening, conservation and ecology into a new dimension.
£15.00 [ref: 55337]

Greenoak, F. Fruit and Vegetable Gardens. The National Trust Guide to the Productive Garden.
Pub. Pavillion. 1990 pp.112 with colour photographs. A vg. plus hdbk. in same dw.
£10.00 [ref: 40179]

Grubb, Norman. Cherries.
1st. Ed. Pub. Crosby & Lockwood. 1949 pp.viii, 186, xviii, with 28 colour plates. Foxing to fore-edges of text block o/w. a vg. hdbk. in good to vg. dw. with some small loss to rear.
Still sought after and a great companion work to Taylor’s book on Apples.
£20.00 [ref: 34940]

Hedrick, U.P. The Peaches of New York.
1st. Pub. J.B. Lyon. 1917 pp.xiii, 541 with 92 fine coloured plates. A fine copy in similar boards with just a small indentation to front board.
£175.00 [ref: 37432]

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Hedrick, U.P. The Peaches of New York.
1st. Ed. Pub. J.B. Lyon. 1917 pp.xiii, 541 with 92 fine plates. Hardback. A vg. to fine copy.
An extensive survey of many varieties of peaches grown in the New York area. Full descriptions of all the most important cultivated peaches, with briefer notices of varieties of minor importance and of those appearing in peach-literature which are now no longer grown.
£148.00 [ref: 37433]

Herklots, G.A.C. Vegetables in South-East Asia.
1st. Ed. Pub. George Allen and Unwin. 1972 pp.xii, 525 with line drawings. Contents in fine condition. Dustwrapper is chipped in places and has been repaired with sellotape. Overall a vg. copy.
A comprehensive book on tropical vegetables, primarily directed to South-East Asia, but of value throughout the tropics. It presents an account of the scientific background - soils, fertilisers, pests, climate - and of the nutritive values of vegetables.
£65.00 [ref: 43359]

Hibberd, Shirley. Profitable Gardening; A practical guide to the culture of vegtables, fruits, other useful out-door garden products; intended for the use of amateurs, gentlemen’s gardeners, allottees, and growers for market.
New. Ed. Pub. Groombridge. [c.1885] pp.iv, 296 with illus. in text, plus 4 pages of publisher’s adverts. 8vo. Ffep. neatly removed and lightly coloured scattered foxing to contents which are o/w. in vg. condition. Original green cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
The first page of the publisher’s adverts is dedicated to ‘works by Shirley Hibberd, F.R.H.S.’.
£25.00 [ref: 52396]