The Peaches of New York (Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1916, Volume II) (State of New York - Department of Agriculture Twenty-Fourth Annual Report, Vol. 2, Part II)
Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1917. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2333026
First edition. Endpapers and fore edge margins of a few text pages foxed, boards lightly soiled with 1 inch spot along top rear edge. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked.
xiii, 541 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. An extensive survey of many varieties of peaches grown in New York, including according to the preface "an account of the history and uses of the peach; a discussion of the botanical characters of the species of cultivated peaches; an account of the peach-regions and of peach-growing in New York with the most important statistics relating to this fruit; and, lastly and in greatest detail, the synonymy, bibliography, economic status, and 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.' Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of peaches.
Price: $175.00




