From: "Michael D. Bathrick" <bathrick@berkshire.net>
To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] P. Barry's 1863 edition of The Fruit Garden on eBay
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:43:42 -0500
"The Fruit Garden; A Treatise Intended to
Explain and Illustrate the Physiology of Fruit Trees, the Theory and Practice of
All Operations Connected with the Propagation, Transplanting, Pruning and
Training of Orchard and Garden Trees, as Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Espaliers,
etc., the Laying Out and Arranging Different Kinds of Orchards and Gardens, the
Selection of Suitable Varieties for Different Purposes and Localities, Gathering
and Preserving Fruits, Treatment of Diseases, Destruction of Insects,
Descriptions of Insects, Descriptions and Uses of Implements, etc.
Illustrated with Upwards of 150 Figures, Representing Different Parts of Trees,
All Practical Operations, Forms of Trees, Designs for Plantations, Implements,
etc. By P. Barry, of the Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, New York.
Published by the Author. 1863." - eBay item number 6947089175