A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES; IN WHICH A NEW METHOD OF PRUNING AND TRAINING IS FULLY DESCRIBED. TOGETHER WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES; AS ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, MADE PUBLIC BY ORDER OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. BY WILLIAM FORSYTH... GARDENER TO HIS MAJESTY AT KENSINGTON AND ST. JAMES'. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, ADAPTING THE RULES OF THE TREATISE TO THE CLIMATE AND SEASONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BY WILLIAM COBBETT.
Albany: D. & S. Whiting... 1803. Original sheep, rebacked. xii, [13]-280 pp, plus thirteen engraved plates [as issued], most folding. With the half title. Toned, Very Good.
This is the second American edition of the first book published in America devoted wholly to fruit trees. The first American edition issued from Philadelphia in 1802.
The book was originally printed in London in 1802, without Cobbett's introduction and notes. Each plate is of a different tree, and is accompanied by explanatory text. Cobbett's introduction informs that the importance of producing hardier fruit trees in America warrants his temporary withdrawal from the political scene to adapt Forsyth's work.
AI 4218 [3]. Rink 1644. Item #27758
Price: $350.00