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Books about Vegetable Culture for Sale:
[2557] .
Home Vegetable Gardening. 1977. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover.
Very Good University of California Division of Agric. Services Leaflet. Revised
edition 1977. 4to. 41 pages with many b/w photos. Staple-bound. Very good. $2.95
[462] (UK) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Sugar Beet Diseases. London:
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1942. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good London 1942. 53 pages with 54 b/w
photos. Wrappers. Very good. $5.95
[968] (UK) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Pests and Diseases of the
Sugar-Beet. London: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1935. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good London 1935. 58
pages with 26 b/w photos. Wrappers. Very good. $5.95
[l938] (UK) Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Brussels Sprouts. Ministry
of Agriculture, 1976. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Paperback. Very Good UK 1976. 116 pages. Paperback. Very good. (Weight
1/2 pd or 250 gr) $14.95
[1857] (UK) Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Commercial
Glasshouses. Siting, Types, Construction and Heating.. London: Ministry of
Agriculture, 1964. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Bulletin No. 115. 4th ed. London 1964. iv, 111
pages with many b/w photos and text drawings. Paperback. Very good. $5.95
[3308] Abraham, George. The Green Thumb Book of Fruit and Vegetable
Gardening. Englwood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1970. 1st Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. New
Jersey 1970. 8vo. xi, 355 pages profusely illustrated with line drawings,
photos, tables and charts. Cloth w.dj. Everything you need to know from apples
and artichokes to walnuts and watermelon with expert tips and even recipes!
Book Club Edition. $1.95
[2246] Arny, Brookins and Hodgson. Soybeans for Minnesota. University of
Minnesota, 1940. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Staple-bound. Very Good University of Minnesota Extension Bulletin. Revised
edition 1940. 8vo. 12 pages with 5 b/w photos. Staple-bound. Very good. $4.95
[8263] Beattie, James H.. Tomatoes for Canning and Manufacturing. Washington,
DC: USDA, 1922. Reprinted edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good- / . 19 pages with 7 b-w photos. Staple-bound. $5.95
[6560] Beattie, W. R.. The Peanut. Washington, DC: USDA, 1911. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very
Good USDA Farmer’s Bulletin. Wash, DC 1911. 39 pages with 20 b.w photos.
Staple-bound. $8.90
[2684] Bewley, W. F.. Commercial Glasshouse Crops. London: Country Life,
1951. 2nd Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good- 2nd printing. London 1951. 4to. (xii), 509 pages with very many b/w
photos. Cloth. 2 Agricultural Library stamps. Nursery manual for tomatoes,
cucurbits, vegetables fruit crops, cut flowers and bulbs. $18.95
[5522] Bonde and Murphy. Resistance of Certain Tomato Varieties and Crosses
to Late Blight. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 1952. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ME Ag. Extension.
1952.15 pages. $2.95
[7094] Boswell, Victor R.; Pearson; Myers; McGinty; Friend; Zimmerley.
Description of Types of Principal American Varieties of Cabbage. Washingon,
Dc: USDA, 1934. 1st Edition. Lg 4to. Soft Cover. Very Good . USDA. Wash. DC
1934. Lg 4to. 24 pages plus 17 (6 in color) plates. Wrappers. Rare. $59.95
[7283] British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture. British Columbia Ministry
of Agriculture. BC: 1981. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good Vegetable Production Guide 1981. 4to. 88 pages.
Staple-bound. $14.95
[4042] Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Home Vegetable Garden. New York:
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1972. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Staple-bound. Very Good A Handbook. NY 1972. 8vo. 96 pages with many b/w
photos. Staple-bound. $3.95
[5899] Cantelo, William W.. Insects and Diseases of Vegetables in the Home
Garden. Washington: USDA, 1980. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA Bulletin. Revised edition.
1980. 54 pages with 4 color plates and many diagrams. Staple-bound. $5.95
[5076] Card, Fred. W.. Forcing Rhubarb. Kingston, RI: Rhode Island
Agricultural Experiment Station, 1899. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good RI Ag. Exper. Station. Kingston
1899. 10 pages with 3 photos. Staple-bound. $5.85
[1100] Carleton, R. Milton. Vegetables for Today's Gardens. Princeton:
1967. Princeton, Toronto...1967. 8vo. v, 180 pages. Cloth. Very good, $8.95
[56] Chilean Nitrate Comp.. Celery. ca 1935. 8vo. 14 pages. Very
good. $2.00
[8092] Colebrook, Binda. Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest. Arlington,
WA: Tilth, 1978. 2nd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 2nd prtg. Arlington, WA 1978. 8vo. 128 pages.
Paperback. $14.95
[6186] Cook, I.S.. Field Beans--A Profitable West Virginia Crop. Morgantown:
1915. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good WV Agric. Experiment Station Circular. Morgantown 1915. 11
pages with 5 illustrations. Staple-bound. $8.95
[734] Corbett. Cabbage. USDA Farmers Bul. DC 1911. 23 pages,
illustrated. Staple-bound. $8.50
[8531] Corbett, L. C.. Beans. Washington, DC: USDA, 1907. 1st American
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very
Good USDA Farmers' Bulletin. Wash. DC 1907. 8vo. 28 pages with 12 b/w photos.
Staple-bound. $8.95
[735] Crandall. Early Cabbage Experiments. Rhode Island experiment
station 1939. 20 pages. Staple-bound.
$3.95
[3570] Crandall, Perry C. And Ahmed Nassar. Tunnel Grower's Handbook for
Egypt. Egypt: 1987. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ringbinder.
Very Good 99 pages. Very good.
$34.95
[3493] Cruso, Thalassa. Making Vegetables Grow. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf, 1975. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Cloth. Very Good NY 1975. 8vo. 228, x pages with some diagrams. Cloth. (Weight
1pound or 500 gr) $12.95
[7127] Cummings, M.B.. Fertilization Problems: A Study of Reciprocal
Crosses. Orno: 1904. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good ME Experiment Station Bulletin. Orono 1904.18 pp plus 18
b/w photos. $5.95
[3495] Davis, Vernon Hayes. The Garden Book. 1915: Orange Judd, 1st
Edition. sm 8vo. Cloth. Very Good A popular treatise on the growing of
vegetables under both home and market conditions. Containing concise and
dependable information concerning the planting, cultivation, spraying,
harvesting and marketing of common garden vegetables in such manner as to
secure the largest measure of satisfaction. pleasure and profit. 1st edition.
NY (Orange Judd) 1915. Sm 8vo. viii, 244 pages with some b/w photos and about
50 diagrams. Cloth. (Weight 1 pound or 500 gr) $12.95
[1299] Dempsey, Paul W.. Grow Your Own Vegetables. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin and Company, 1942. Lg 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good- Boston 1942. 4to. 184
pages with a few diagrams. Cloth. Very good. $3.75
[7108] Dennet and Larson. Inheritance of Fruit Shape, Locule Number and Stem
Color in Derivatives of a Hybrid of Lycopersicon esculentum and Lycopersicum
Peruvianum. Pennsylvania State University, 1953. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good PA State College Extension 1953.
29 pages. Staple-bound. $3.95
[1101] Dorey, Reuben. Tomato Growing by Prescription. London: Garden
Book Club, 1960. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
London 1960. 8vo. xii, 167 pages with 44 b/w photos and line diagrams. Cloth.
Very good. $4.95
[6314] Erwin, A. T.. Onion Production in Iowa. Des Moines, IA: Iowa
State Horticultural Society, 1918. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / . ISBN: . Des Moines, IA 1918. 13
pages with 5 b/w photos. Staple-bound.
$8.95
[57] Farrington, Edward I.. The Vegetable Garden.. Boston: Hale, Cushman
& Flint, 1942. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Cloth. Good 1st edition. Boston 1942. Sm 8vo. (ix), 176 pages with 18
illustrations. Cloth. Very Good.
$7.95
[3830] Faust, Joan Lee. The New York Times Book of Vegetable Gardening. New
York: New York Times Book Co., 1975. 3rd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0-8129-0501-6. 3rd
printing. NY 1975. 8vo. 282 pages with some illustrations. Cloth w.dj. $4.95
[7109] Ferguson, Lyall and Racicot. Tomato Breeding for Resistance to
Phytophthora Infestans (Mont.) de By. 1952. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Reprint from Scientific Agric.
1952. 9 pages with 3 photos. $2.95
[5378] Fluharty, Lee W.. Bean Growing in Eastern Washington and Oregon and
Northern Idaho. Washington, DC: USDA, 1913. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 12 pages with 5
illustrations. Staple-bound. $9.95
[2935] Foley, Daniel J.. Vegetable Gardening in Color. New York:
MacMillan Company, 1944. 3rd Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- Expert and practical directions
for growing all the common vegetables, herbs and berries. 255 pages with 150
colour pictures. Cloth. Forword by J. Horace McFarland. $3.95
[736] Green and Green. Early Cabbage. Ohio Experiment Station. 1912. 12
pages with illustration. Staple-bound.
$3.95
[755] Green, Donald E.. Diseases of Vegetables. London: MacMillan, 1943.
1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good / Good. London 1943. 8vo. vii, 208 pages with 92 b/w photos. Cloth
with dust jacket. Very good. $7.95
[3494] Greiner, T.. The New Onion Culture. New York: Orange Judd, 1926.
Sm 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good A Complete Guide in Growing Onions for Profit.
Rewritten and Greatly Enlarged. Orange Judd. NY 1926 (1903). Sm 8vo. xxvi, 114
pages with 52 diagrams. Cloth. (Weight 1 pound or 500 gr) $14.95
[7110] Guba, Emil F.. Red Forcing Tomatoes Immune to Cladosporium Leaf Mold.
University of Massachusets, 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Univ. of MA Extension. 1959. 20
pages with 10 b/w photos. $3.95
[1103] Hilton, R.J.. Home Vegetable Growing. Edmonton, Alberta: 1952.
Soft Cover. Bulletin No. 50 reprint, Canada 1952. 8vo. 45 pages with many b/w
photos. Staple bound. Univ. of Alberta Agriculture Dept. with sections on
control of diseases and insects. Very good. $4.95
[7668] Hoffmann. Lohnender Kartoffelbau. Leipzig: Lehrmeister
Bücherei, 1900. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Soft Cover.
Very Good Leipzig circa 1900. 64 pages with 9 diagrams. Wrappers. $14.95
[5968] Hunter, Byron. Bean Growing in Northern Idaho, Eastern Washington and
Eastern Oregon. Washington, DC: USDA, 1940. Revised Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA. Revised ed.
Wash, DC 1940. 16 pages with 4 photos. Staple-bound. $14.95
[2248] Hutchins, A.E.. Vegetable Gardening.. University of Minnesota,
1943. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very
Good University of MN Extension Bulletin. Revised edition 1943. 8vo. 32 pages
with 6 illustrations. Staple-bound. Very good. $4.95
[8675] Johnson, T.C. And J.T. Rosa. Seed Potato Experiments and Variety
Studies. Norfolk, Virginia: Virginia Truck Experiment Station, 1917. 1st
Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very
Good 15 pages. Staple-bound. $5.95
[8530] Johnston, S. C.. Vegetable Growing. Toronto: Ontario Department
of Agriculture, 1915. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Toronto 1915. 8vo. 68 pages with b/w photos.
Staple-bound. $18.95
[7084] Kays, Stanley J. and Joao C. Silva Dias. Cultivated Vegetables of the
World. Latin Binomial, Common Names in 15 Languages, Edible Part, and Method of
Preparation. Athens, GA: Exon Press, 1996. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New ISBN: 1888186518.
Athens, GA 1996. Lg 8vo. 170 pages. Paperback. $29.95
[5401] Kinney, Asa S.. Electro-Germination. Amherst, MA: Massachusetts
Agricultural Experiment Station, 1897. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Amherst 1897. 8vo. 32 pages.
Experiments to determine the influence of electricity on seed germination. $9.95
[1632] Layton, T.A.. [SIGNED] Choose Your Vegetables. London: 1963. 1st
Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Good. 1st edition. London
1963. Sm 8vo. 174 pages Cloth w.dj. A blend of botany, history, horticulture,
gastronomy and gossip. Very good.
$9.95
[5465] Livingston, A.W.. Livingston and the Tomato. Columbus, OH: Ohio
State University Press, 1998. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0-8142-5009-2. Columbus, OH
1998. 8vo. 226 pages. Paperback.
$6.95
[5666] Lloyd, John W.. Onion Culture. Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois, 1914. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good 16 pages. Staple-bound. $7.95
[747] Mack. Early Cabbage. PA State Bulletin. 1928. 22 pages,
illustrations. Staple-bound. $3.95
[1934] Macself, A. J.. The Vegetable Grower's Treasury. London:
Collingridge, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very
Good 1st edition. London ca. 1930. 8vo. (xvi), 320 pages with 30 b/w photos and
46 text-diagrams. Cloth. Very good. General principles of vegetable culture
from seed followed by vegetable specific chapters. Very good. $17.95
[7095] Magruder, Roy; Scott; Work; Lawthorn. Description of Types of
Principal American Varieties of Spinach. Washingon: USDA, 1938. 1st
Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA.
Wash. DC 1938. Lg 4to. 60 pages with 28 b/w plates. Wrappers. Rare. $79.95
[7112] Mattson, Harold. Bounty Tomato in Standard Field Trials in 1940 and
1941. University of North Dakota, 1942. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ND Extension. 1942. 7 pages.
Staple-bound. $1.95
[8483] McClure, Susan;Roth, Sally. Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening
Companion Planting. Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Rodale Pr, 1994. 1st
Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
ISBN: 0-87596-616-0. 160 pages with very many colour photos. Paperback. $15.95
[7113] McGuire and Rick. Self-Incompatibility in Species of Lycopersicon
sect. Eriopersicon and Hybrids wit L. Esculentum. University of California,
1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good
Univ of CA 1954. 24 pages. Staple-bound.
$3.95
[1633] Mead, Cicely. Simple Vegetable Growing. London: Collingridge,
1960. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth.
1st edition. London 1960. Sm 8vo. 104 pages with 27 b/w photos and some
line-drawings. Cloth. Many valuable hints on how to plan and cultivate a
vegetable garden so as to get the best results with a minimum amount of effort.
Minor foxing. Else very good. (Weight 1 pound or 500 gr) $8.95
[882] Melady, John Hayes. Better Vegetables For Your Home Garden. ill.
Eva Melady. Grosset & Dunlap, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- / Good+. 1st edition. NY 1952. Sm 8vo. viii, 159
pages with 8 colour photos and very many b/w line illustrations. Cloth w.dj.
Covers all aspects of planting and growing vegetables. Very good. $6.95
[7107] Muller, Cornelius. A Revision of the Genus Lycopersicon. Washingon:
USDA, 1940. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good USDA. Wash, DC 1940. 8vo. 29 pages with 10 plates.
Staple-bound. $24.95
[748] Myers. Experiments with Cabbage. PA Agric. Experiment. Station.
1916. 15 pages. Staple-bound. $2.95
[5583] Nassar, Ahmed H. and Perry Crandall. Tunnel Grower’s Handbook
for Egypt. 1987. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good 1987. 8vo. 78 pages. Softcover. Discusses greenhouse tunnel
production of melons, cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers. $22.95
[7507] Oemler, A.. Truck Farming at the South. A Guide to the Raising of
Vegetables for Northern Markets. New York: Orange Judd, 1894. New and
Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good New and revised ed. New York 1894. 8vo. 274 pages with 71
text-diagrams. Green cloth. $115.95
[3363] Organic Gardening and Farming Editors. Terrific Tomatoes : All about
How to Grow and Enjoy Them. Emmaus, PA, U.S.A.: Rodale Press, Incorporated,
1975. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0-87857-094-2. All about how to grow and enjoy
them. 1st edition. Rodale Emmaus, PA 1975. 8vo. ix, 262 pages with some b/w
photos. Cloth w.dj. (Weight1.5 pounds or 750 gr) $5.95
[7085] Pierre, W..; S.A. Aldrich and W.P. Martin. Advances in Corn
Production: Principles and Practices. Ames, IA: Iowa State University
Press, 1966. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good Ames, IA 1966. 8vo. 476 pages with tables and photos.
Cloth. $29.95
[5655] Piper, C. V. and W. J. Morse. The Velvet Bean. Washington, DC:
USDA, 1928. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good / . USDA. Wash, DC 1928. 8vo. 28 pages with 14 b/w
photos. Staple-bound. $12.95
[7115] Pollack and Larson. Factors Affecting Embryo Size, and the Influence
of Embryo Size Germination, Time to Maturity, and Productivity in F2 Generation
Tomatoes. 1955. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good PA Extension. 1955.34 pages. Staple-bound. $3.95
[1303] Pople, David. Growing Vegetables. London: 1968. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good.
London 1968. 8vo. 168 pp with 31 photos. Cloth w.dj. Includes charts for sowing
& planting. GBC. Very good.
$2.95
[749] Price. Cabbage. Alabama State Bulletin. 1916. 20 pages.
Staple-bound. $5.95
[3339] Quarrell, C. P.. Intensive Salad Production. London: Crosby
Lockwood & Son, 1944. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Cloth. including some vegetables. London 1944. 8vo. 247
pages with 30 b/w photos. Cloth (spine faded). Else very good. (Weight 1 pound
or 500 gr) $17.95
[5645] Reid, W. J. and F. P. Cuthbert. Aphids on Leafy Vegetables. Washington,
DC: USDA, 1977. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Soft Cover. Very Good / . USDA Bulletin. Revised ed. Washington, DC 1977.
18 pages with 11 illustrations. Staple-bound. $3.95
[2554] Richards, A. A.. Tomatoes & Cucumbers. London: Collingridge,
1967. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good
/ Very Good. Revised and enlarged by H.G. Schaffer. London 1967. 8vo. 135 pages
with 28 b/w photos. Cloth w.dj. Very good/very good. $6.95
[7117] Schnell, Leona. A Study of Meiosis in the Microsporocytes of
Interspecific Hybrids of Slanum Demissum x Solanum Tuberosum carried through
four Backcrosses. 1948. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good J. of Agric. Research. 1948. 38 pages. Staple-bound. $3.95
[8618] Schubert, Oscar E.. A Plastic and Wood Cold Frame - Practical -
Inexpensive - Easy to Build. Morgantown: West Virginia University
Agricultural Extension, 1961. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 9 pages with 5 b/w photos.
Staple-bound. $2.95
[2555] Severn, Jiff. Growing Vegetables in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle:
Madrona, 1978. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0-914842-25-0. 2nd printing. Seattle 1978. 8vo. 146
pages. Paperback. Edges slightly rubbed. Back cover faded. $6.95
[5636] Sherlock, Chesla C.. The Vegetable Gardener's How Book. New York:
MacMillan Comp, 1937. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
tall. Hard Cover. Good+ NY 1937. 8vo. xiv, 286 pages with 55 b/w photos. Cloth.
X Public Library. Good. $12.95
[885] Shewell-Cooper, W. E.. The A.B.C. of Vegetable Gardening. London:
Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. 3rd Printing. Sm 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good
Revised edition. London 1950. Sm 8vo. 291 pages with very many illustrations.
Cloth. Informative and easy to understand. Very good. (Weight 1 lb or 500
gr) $4.95
[7096] Shoemaker, D.N. and E. J. Delwiche. Description of Types of Principal
American Varieties of Garden Peas. Washingon: USDA, 1934. 1st Edition. 4to
- over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good USDA. Wash. DC
1934. Lg 4to. 39 pages with 24 text diagrams plus 7 color plates. Wrappers.
Rare. $47.95
[7118] Simpson, W.R.. The Owyhee Tomato. Idaho’s Curly-Top Resistant
Variety. University of Idaho, 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Univ of ID Extension. 1959. 8vo. 4
pages. $2.95
[7119] Snyder and Larson. Quantitative Inheritance of Seed Size in a Cross
between Lycopersicon esculentum and L. Pimpinellifolium. 1955. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good PA College of Ag.
1955. 24 pages. Staple-bound. $2.95
[3659] Spencer, A. P.. Vegetable Crops of Florida. Tallahassee, FL:
1926. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very
Good Univ. of Florida Extension Bul. Tallahassee 1926. 8vo. 52 pages with 19
illustrations. Staple-bound. $8.95
[1636] Sutton & Sons. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds
and Roots.. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1926. 17th edition.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 17th
edition. London 1926. 8vo. 462 pages with a few b/w photos. Cloth. Very good.
Excellent early cultural handbook. (Weight 2.5 lbs or 1.1 kg) $10.95
[577] Sutton & Sons. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds and
Roots. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1910. 14th Edition. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 14th
edition. London 1910. 8vo. 454 pages with a few b/w photos. Cloth. Very good.
(Weight 2.5 pounds or 1.2kg) $9.95
[3499] Sutton & Sons. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers from Seeds
and Roots. London: Simpkin, Marshall Ltd, 1930. 18th Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good 18th edition.
London 1930. 8vo. 462 pages. Cloth. (Weight 3 pounds or 1.5kg) $10.95
[7975] Switzer, Stephen. The Practical Kitchen Gardiner: or a new and entire
system of directions for his employment in the Melonry, Kitchen-Garden, and
Potagery. London: Tho. Woodward, 1727. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good in the several
Seasons of the year, being chiefly the Observations of a Person train’d
up in the Neat-Houses or Kitchen-Gardens about London...to which is added by
way of supplement the Method of Raising Cucumbers and Melons, Mushrooms,
Borecole, Broccoli, Potatoes, and other curious and useful Plants, as practiced
in France, Italy, Holland and Ireland.. London 1727. xx, 424 pp, index with 3
fold out plates. Decorative contemporary calf. Slight loss or top 1/8 inch of
spine. Else very good. $1,875.00
[3670] Taubenhaus, J. J. And Fred W. Mally. The Culture and Diseases of the
Onion. New York: Dutton & Co., 1924. 1st Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Good+ NY 1924. 8vo. 246 pages
with 13 b/w plates. Cloth (slightly rubbed). $29.95
[886] Thomas, H. H.. Home-Grown Vegetables. London: Cassell &
Company, 1927. 1st Edition. Sm 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. The
Amateur's Guide to their Cultivation. 1st edition. London 1927. 8vo. 184 pages
with many b/w photographs & diagrams. Cloth with decorative cover and w.dj.
Very good. $8.95
[4103] Thompson, H. C.. Premature Seeding of Celery. Ithaca, NY: Cornell
University, 1934. Reprinted Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good 50 pages 14 illustrations. $4.95
[3498] Thompson, Homer C.. Vegetable Crops. New York: McGraw-Hill Book
Company, 1951. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good 4th ed. NY and London 1951. 8vo. xi,611 pp with 84 b/w
photos. Cloth. Fine. Thompson was professor of vegetable crops at Cornell. This
college handbook is full of detailed scientific information. (Weight 3 pounds
or 1.5kg) $7.95
[3637] Thrower, Percy. How to Grow Vegetables and Fruit. Chartwell
Books, 1977. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard
Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0-89009-092-0. UK 1977. 4to. 125 pages with
many photos. Cloth w.dj. $8.95
[6048] Tracy, S.M. and H.S. Coe. Velvet Beans. Washingon, Dc: USDA,
1918. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good USDA Farmers’ Bulletin. Washington, DC 1918. 39 pages
with 14 ills. Staple-bound. Very good condition. $12.95
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Reinhold Company, 1972. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Calf. Very Good / Very Good. NY 1972. Square 8vo. 128
pages with many b/w photos and diagrams. Cloth w.dj. Book Club Edition. $9.95
[3504] USDA. Growing Cauliflower and Broccoli. Washington: 1975. 8vo -
over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound. Very Good Wash, DC
1975. 12 pages with 5 illustrations. Staple-bound. $3.95
[7120] Verkerk. Neutronic Mutations in Tomatoes. University of
Wageningen, 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good Univ of Wageningen, Holland 1959. 8 pages with 4 ills. $1.95
[7121] Vincent. Washington State: A New Forcing Tomato. Washington State
University, 1944. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft
Cover. Very Good WA Extension 1944. 11 pages. Staple-bound. $2.95
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University of Idaho, 1917. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 16 pages with 8 b/w photos.
Staple-bound. $5.95
[750] Vittum and Hervey. Relation of Marion Market Cabbage Yield and
Bursting to Rates of Application and Sources of Fertilizer Nutrients and Insect
Control.. Cornell Extension Bulletin. Ithaca, NY 1952. 16 pages.
Staple-bound. $2.95
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as Determined by a Survey and Cooperative Field Tests.. Ohio Stae Univ.
1936. 29 pp. Staple-bound. $3.95
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USDA, 1919. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Good
USDA Farmers' Bulletin. 24 pages with 12 b/w photos. Staple-bound. $8.95
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IL: Interstate Printers & Publishers, 1980. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good ISBN:
0-8134-2083-0. 3rd edition. Danville, IL 1980. xviii, 607 pages with many b/w
photos. Hardcover. (Weight 2.5 pouns or 1.2kg) $6.85
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8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good NY 1921.
8vo. xiii, 511 pages with 110 b/w photographs. Cloth. Very good. Growing
vegetables on a large scale. $15.95
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& Brothers, 1923. 1st edition. Sm 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Poor. 1st
edition. NY and London 1923. Sm 8vo. 154 pages with a few illustrations. Cloth.
A basic early vegetable handbook by the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment
Station. (Weight 1 lb or 500 gr)
$12.95
[3669] Watts, Ralph L. And Gilbert Searle Watts. The Vegetable Growing
Business. New York: Orange Judd, 1947. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good Orange Judd. NY 1947. 8vo. xvii, 549
pages with 148 b/w photographs. Cloth. Fine. Written by university professor
and commercial vegetable grower.
$19.95
[3503] Webster, S. Krout. Common Diseases of Celery. New Brunswick,
N.J.: 1919. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Staple-bound.
Very Good NJ Ag. Exper. Station Circ. 1919. 8vo. 12 pages with 6 photos.
Staple-bound. (Weight 1 oz or 50 gr)
$5.95
[752] Wellington. Culture of Cabbage. NY Agricultural Experiement
Station. 1916. 5 pages. Staple-bound.
$3.95
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Dc: USDA, 1964. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very
Good USDA Bulletin. Wash, DC 1964. 46 pages with 43 b/w photos.
Staple-bound. $3.95
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Books, 1971. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Hard Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0-88365-146-7. NY 1971. 8vo. 105 pages. Cloth.
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Agricultural Experiment Station, 1913. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾"
- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ID Agric. Experiment Station
Bulletin. Moscow 1913. 54 pages. Staple-bound. $12.95
[3672] Wickson, Edward J.. The California Vegetables in Garden and Field. San
Francisco: Pacific Rural Press, 1917. 4th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good A Manual of Practice with and without
Irrigation for Semi-Tropical Countries. 4th revised edition. San Francisco
1917. 8vo. 319 pages with some b/w photos. Cloth (soiled). $18.95
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Service. 1930. 16 pages with illustrations. Staple-bound. $4.95
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Society of America, 1947. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" -
9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- Boston, MA 1947. 8vo. 120 pages
with about 30 b/w photos. Red cloth. X Library with stamp. $21.95
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- 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good MI Agric. Extension Quarterly.
1940. 4 pages with 3 ills. $3.95
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in the Development of High Ascorbic Acid Tomato Varieties. 1946. 8vo - over
7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Reprint from Am.
Hort. Soc. 1946. 3 pages, with 2 ills.
$1.95
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8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good FL
State Hort. Soc. 1960. 6 pages.
$1.95