An Account of Various Experiments for the Production of New and Desirable Grapes, and a Description of Forty Varieties Obtained by Hybridization
by Haskell, George
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good; Wraps toned and soiled, longitudinal crease, edges chipped.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Ipswich, MA: Self Published. Very Good; Wraps toned and soiled, longitudinal crease, edges chipped.. 1877. Softcover. Original printed gray wraps. 6 x 9 inches. 1952 typed book purchase receipt laid in from Mass. Horticultural Society with offsetting to inside cover and title page. Bound in at rear is printed slip advertising Haskells selection of 30 grape vine cuttings for $100. The author describes his efforts to grow and hybridize grapes on his coastal Massachusetts estate, including his efforts to collect wild grape specimens, grafting native and foreign vines, and cross-fertilization. Also describes forty of his successful varieties. Gabler 23350. Amerine & Borg 1656. OCLC locates 15 copies. Only one other copy noted for sale in the trade at time of listing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 18 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42073
- Title
- An Account of Various Experiments for the Production of New and Desirable Grapes, and a Description of Forty Varieties Obtained by Hybridization
- Author
- Haskell, George
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good; Wraps toned and soiled, longitudinal crease, edges chipped.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Self Published
- Place of Publication
- Ipswich, MA
- Date Published
- 1877
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Grapes, Grape Growing, HORTICULTURE, Viticulture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cooking and Gastronomy; Botany and Gardening;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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