Fogg, H.G. Witham. Soft Fruit Growing.
1st. Ed. Pub. Jupiter Books. 1979 pp.112. 8vo. Fine softback.
An ideal book for the amateur fruit grower hoping to develop their own fruit garden.
£7.50 [ref: 58443]

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]

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]

Hibberd, Shirley. The Amateur’s Kitchen Garden. Frame-ground and forcing pit: a handy guide to the formation and management of the kitchen garden and the cultivation of useful vegetables and fruits.
1st. Ed. Pub. Groombridge. 1877 pp.vi, 306 with 6 colour plates & b/w. illus., plus 6 pages publisher’s adverts. 8vo. Feint, scattered foxing to end-papers, o/w. contents in fine condition. Fore-edges of text block a little darkened. Original highly decorated brown cloth boards in nr. fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
£95.00 [ref: 52418]

Hoare, C. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of The Grape Vine on Open Walls.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Longman. 1837 pp.xii, 210 plus 16 pages of adverts. With some figs. in text. Contents very clean and in thor. vg. condition. Boards rubbed and showing some wear at spine. Overall a good plus copy.
£70.00 [ref: 37367]

Hogg, Robert. The Fruit Manual
4th Ed. Pub. London. 1875 pp.viii, 600 with 48 line drawing of fruit to rear of book. Some light foxing with occasional marginal notes. Bound in dark green cloth, good and tight.
£140.00 [ref: 39083]

Hyams, E. Strawberry Growing Complete. A System of Procuring Fruit Throughout the Year.
New Rev. Ed. Pub. Faber & Faber. 1962 pp.159 with b/w. photos and illus. 8vo. VG. hardback in good dw.
£5.00 [ref: 56912]