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]

Hogg, Robert. The Fruit Manual : Containing the Descriptions and Synonymes of the Fruits and Fruit Trees commonly met in the Gardens and Orchards of Great Britain, with selected lists of those most worthy of cultivation.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Journal of Horticulture Office, London. 1862 pp.iv, [310]. 8vo. Hardback. Signature in pencil (dated 1907) to front pastedown. Light spotting throughout. Occ. pencil annotation o/w. contents fine. Original pebbled cloth boards with embossed pattern in thor. vg. condition.
Robert Hogg (1818–97) was a British nurseryman and an early secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society. He first published this work in 1860, adding to it with each new edition. It was very much the standard reference work of the period.
£85.00 [ref: 71463]

Hogg, Robert. The Fruit Manual. Containing the Descriptions, Synonymes, and Classification of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain; with 101 Engravings of the Best Varieties.
4th. Ed. Pub. Journal of Horticulture Office, London. 1875 pp.viii, 600 plus 56-pages of plates line drawings illustrating 101 fruits. 8vo. Hardback. Signature (dated 1875) to front pastedown. Errata slip present. Some spotting o/w. contents fine. Original pebbled maroon cloth boards with embossed pattern in thor. vg. condition with some sunning to spine.
Robert Hogg (1818–97) was a British nurseryman and an early secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society. He first published this work in 1860, adding to it with each new edition. It was very much the standard reference work of the period.
£100.00 [ref: 66951]

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Janson, H.F. Pomona’s Harvest. An illustrated Chronicle of Antiquarian Fruit Literature.
1st. Ed. Pub. Timber Press. 1996 pp.433 with 8 colour plates and numerous b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw.
£25.00 [ref: 53859]

Keech, Dan (et al). The Common Ground Book of Orchards. Conservation, culture and community.
1st. Ed. Pub. Common Ground, London. 2000 pp.221 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. Landscape 8vo. Nr. fine softback. Out-of-print.
Scores of examples demonstrate how, in town and country, community orchards provide wholesome food, wildlife havens, arenas for communal celebration and inspirational places where the development of orcharding knowledge across generations and ethnicity can flourish. Includes 50 photographs of west country orchards by James Ravilious, showing how people have worked with nature to create great richness and beauty.
£9.00 [ref: 71455]

Klein, Carol. Grow Your Own Fruit.
1st. Ed. Pub Mitchell Beazley with the RHS. 2009 pp.224 with colour photos., throughout. Small 4to. A vg. hardback in vg. dw.
£7.50 [ref: 56918]

Marshall, T. Tomatoes.
1st. Ed. Pub. Whittet Books. 2006 pp.128 with many colour photos. 8vo. Fine hardback, gently sunned on spine.
A practical and well-illustrated book.
£9.00 [ref: 55317]

Masson, M. The Grand Salad. From John Evelyn’s ‘Acetaria’ (1699).
1st. Ed. Pub. Peacock Vane. 1984 pp.96 with colour illus., and b/w., line drawings. Small 4to. Hardback. Top-edge a little dustmarked, o/w. a fine hdbk., in fine dw.
After a brief biography of Evelyn the text of his scholarly work on salads (Acetaria) is presented on the left-hand pages. On the right Masson has substantiated the herbs, salads and vegetables.
£12.00 [ref: 53777]

Maynard, S.T. Successful Fruit Culture. A Practical Guide to the Cultivation and Propagation of Fruits.
Pub. Orange Judd Co. 1909 pp.xi, 271 with 133 b/w. figs. 8vo. Hardback. Inscription, dated Sept. 28th 1910, to ffep. Conents fine. Original cloth boards just lightly rubbed o/w. fine.
Provides a fascinating insight into fruit growing in the USA at the start of the 20th Century. As the preface notes, ‘plain, practical language descriptions of such varieties as are most in demand in our markets, and the methods practiced by the most successful cultivators of many sections of the country’ is given. Considers apples, pears, peach, apricot and nectarine, plums, the cherry, quince, mulberry, grapes and soft fruits.
£28.00 [ref: 71477]