The American Fruit Culturist, Containing Practical Directions for the Propagation and Culture of all Fruits Adapted to The United States

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The American Fruit Culturist, Containing Practical Directions for the Propagation and Culture of all Fruits Adapted to The United States, By John J. Thomas, Revised Edition, Illustrated with Five Hundred and Eight Accurate Figures, William Wood & Co., New York, 1875, stamped pictorial green cloth, colored frontispiece, 576 pp, 8 x 6 , 8vo. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities with scuffing to corners and edges. Cloth remains bright and clean. Gilt intact and clean. Old hand ownership of Hugh T. Brooks of Pearl Creek NY on fly. Dampness staining persist in the gutters and top edge of the first few leaves. Front gutter tender and cracked. Foxing and toned glue remnants at front gutter. Tissue guard present on frontis but foxed and improperly folded. Internally fair with light toning to edges and instance of foxing. Dampness staining to margins. Binding intact. Rear pastedown has marginalia in old hand. Please see photos. From the time of its first printing in 1846 down to 1900, the fruit book in America most used by fruit growers, nurserymen and later in colleges and schools was John Jacobs Thomas' The American Fruit Culturist." The first edition was a slim paper-covered volume with 30 woodcuts which became a popular and useful guide. It was subsequently expanded and is one of those books that got better over time. Most of the other editions did not have the fine colored frontispiece of fruit that this edition has. This edition has an extensive listing of fruit varieties and descriptions. N° de ref. del artículo COLN1875ADFR

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