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Item #2295373 The Plums of New York (Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for...

Hedrick, U.P.; Wellington, R.; Taylor, O.M.; Alderman, W.H.; Dorsey, M.J.

The Plums of New York (Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1910, Volume II) (State of New York - Department of Agriculture Eighteenth Annual Report, Vol. 3, Part II)

Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1910. First Edition. Large Hardcover.

Boards rubbed and smudged, front hinge weakening, owner bookplate on front endpaper. Text and plates clean and unmarked.

xii, 616 pp. 12 1/4 x 9 3/4. Original green cloth, gilt titles. Includes stunning full color plates depicting numerous types of plums.....

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Jefferies, Richard

The Toilers of the Field

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, rear hinge broken, pages lightly foxed.

vi, 327, 24 pp. Maroon cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. "A collection of articles which first appeared in Fraser's Magazine and Longman's Magazine published posthumously.....

Price: $25.00

Item #2322693 Think and Eat Yourself Smart: A Neuroscientific Approach to a Sharper Mind and...

Leaf, Dr. Caroline

Think and Eat Yourself Smart: A Neuroscientific Approach to a Sharper Mind and Healthier Life

Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2016. Hard Cover.

Small light grey stain atop page edges.

328 pp. Science is beginning to understand that our thinking has a deep and complicated relationship with our eating. Our thoughts before, during, and after eating profoundly impact our food choices, our digestive health, our.....

Price: $6.00

MacDonald, Betty Bard

The Egg and I

Philadelphia/New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1945. 7th Printing. Hard Cover.

Seventh printing. No jacket. Spine toned, boards soiled, page ridges foxed, ink name and minor ink marginalia.

277 pp. "The Egg and I, first published in 1945, is a humorous memoir by American author Betty MacDonald about her adventures and.....

Price: $8.00

Miller, John

Miller Nurseries Planting and Care Guide

Canandaigua, N.Y. Miller Nurseries. Stapled Binding.

Wrappers lightly crinkled and lightly smudged.

31 pp. Includes illustrations. A guide to planting and care. Topics include: plants dos and don'ts; planting fruit trees; how to plant, cultivate and care for fruit trees; container growing; bugs; pruning established trees; planting grape vines; how.....

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New York State Agricultural Society

Fifty-Second Annual Report of the New York State Agricultural Society for the Year 1892

Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893. Hard Cover.

Rear board lightly soiled, some pages lightly foxed.

xxxv, 627 pp. Transmitted to the Legislature March 16, 1893. The New York State Agricultural Society was founded in 1832,[1] with the goal of promoting agricultural improvement. One of its main activities is.....

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Item #2320896 Transactions of the N.Y. State Agricultural Society, with an Abstract of the...

New York State Agricultural Society; Johnson, B.P.

Transactions of the N.Y. State Agricultural Society, with an Abstract of the Proceedings of the County Agricultural Societies, with B.P. Johnson's Report on the Industrial Exhibition, London, 1851 (Vol. XI) [New York]

Albany: Charles van Benthuysen, Printer. 1852. Hard Cover.

All illustrations present. Loss to spine base, stained, pages foxed, ink name on front free endpaper.

xxxv, 777, 193 pp. Includes engravings, charts, diagrams, fold-outs. Topics include Rochester, New York; first U.S. printing press; agricultural reports; making butter; cheese imports and exports;.....

Price: $25.00

Item #2324149 The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory: for the Year 1857: Containing...

[No Author]

The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory: for the Year 1857: Containing Treatises on Rural Architecture, Laying Out and Managing Fruit, Flower and Kitchen Gardens, with Practical Suggestions on Various Subjects Connected with Rural Pursuits. Also, Brief Hints of the Rearing and Management of Poultry, List of Fruits Recommended by the American Pomological Society. Lists of Nurserymen and Agricultural Implement Makers in the United States and Canada. Illustrated with 80 Engravings, Representing Farm Houses, Cottages, Fruits, Flowers, Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Design for Laying Out a Garden, Etc. [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1858; Containing Treatises on Manures for the Orchard and Garden, Garden Furniture, Profitable Fruit Culture, Birds Useful and Injurious to the Farmer and Horticulturist, Cultivation of Grapes, Rural Architecture, Etc., Etc., together with Lists of Nurserymen and Agricultural Implement Makers in the United States and Canada [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1859; Containing Treatises on Underdraining Orchards and Gardens, British Breeds of Cattle, Cultivation of Ruta Bagas, Ducks, Geese, and Swans, Culture of Fruit Trees in Pots under Glass, Fruit Culture at the West, Etc., Etc., together with a List of Fruits Recommended by the Am. Pomological Society, at its Session Held in New York, 1858. [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1860; Containing Treatises on Planting and Management of Fruit Trees; Dwarf Pears, Apples, Plums, and Cherries; Ornamental Deciduous Trees; Planting Evergreens; Cultivation of the American Black Raspberry; Insects Injurious and Beneficial to the Farmer and Fruit-Grower; Management and Varieties of Pigeons, Etc., of Practical Value to the Farmer, the Fruit-Grower, and the Gardener. [with] The Rural Annual and Horticultural Directory, for the Year 1861; Containing Treatises on the Farmer's Kitchen Garden; Shade and Ornamental Trees; Management of Window Plants; Cultivation of Everlasting Flowers; Ornamental Hedges; Sulphur for Mildew on the Grape; Designs for Farm Houses, Cottages, Suburban Residences, Barns, Etc.; Ornamental Fountains; Construction of Gates; Calendar of Operations; Cultivation of the Pear, with Many Other Articles of Interest and Practical Value to the Farmer, the Fruit-Grower, and the Horticulturist.

Rochester, N.Y. Joseph Harris / Office of the Genesee Farmer / Dewey & Dutton, Printers, Daily American Office, 1857. Half-Leather.

On the front endpaper is the name Thomas T. Newby in pencil. Newby was an Indiana Quaker and vocal abolitionist. Boards rubbed, leather drying, joints weakening, several pages appear to.....

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Item #2323934 The American Wheat Culturist. A Practical Treatise on the Culture of Wheat,...

Todd, S. Edwards

The American Wheat Culturist. A Practical Treatise on the Culture of Wheat, Embracing a Brief History and Botanical Description of Wheat, with Full Practical Details for Selecting Seed Producing New Varieties, and Cultivating on Different Kinds of Soil.

New York: Taintor Brothers & Co., 1868. First Edition. Hard Cover.

First edition. Bookplate on front paste-down endpaper.

432 pp. Illustrated with numerous engravings. CONTENTS: Introduction to Wheat Culture--Botanical Description of Wheat--Description of Varieties; Soil for Wheat, and Preparation--Culture and Fructification; Saving Seed Grain--Procuring Early Varieties--When to Sow Wheat; Wheat.....

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Item #2317427 The Fruit Grower's Hand Book. A Concise Manual of Directions for the Best Selection...

Waring, William G.; Mann, Charles W.

The Fruit Grower's Hand Book. A Concise Manual of Directions for the Best Selection and Culture of the Best Hardy Fruits in the Garden or Orchard.

State College, Pennsylvania: The Centre County Historical Society, 1994. Facsimile. Hard Cover.

1994 facsimile of 1851 original. Laid in is a modern introduction by Charles W. Mann of Pennsylvania State University Libraries.

134 pp. Brown blind-stamped boards, gilt titles. An illustrated guide designed for orchard owners and other agricultural professionals.....

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