Fruit Manual - Containing Descriptions Synonymes of Fruits Fruit Trees Commonly Met

Klappentext An 1860 catalogue of British fruit, compiled by Robert Hogg, nurseryman, plant breeder and writer on horticulture. Zusammenfassung Robert Hogg (1818–97) was a British nurseryman and an early secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society: a prize medal is named in his honour. His comprehensive catalogue of British fruit, published in 1860, ran to five, increasingly extended, editions over the next twenty-five years, becoming a standard reference work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Apples; Apricots; Berberries; Cherries; Currants; Figs; Gooseberries; Grapes; Medlars; Mulberries; Nectarines; Nuts and filberts; Peaches; Pears; Plums; Raspberries; Strawberries; Walnuts; Supplement.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Hogg, Hogg Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108039451
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03945-1
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Botany & plant sciences, Commercial horticulture, Horticulture, Botany and plant sciences