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The British Pomology: The History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain by Robert Hogg (Paperback, 2011)
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He provides classification lists by fruit colour, shape, seasonality and region - a fascinating resource for the history of horticulture and of food.
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Robert Hogg (1817-97), son of a Scots nurseryman, was destined for a career in medicine, but abandoned his studies to pursue horticulture. Employed by a famous London tree nursery, he travelled widely in Britain and Europe to study gardening practice. This work, first published in 1851, was intended to encourage a taste for the 'most important, most instructive, and intellectual branch of horticultural science' - the cultivation of fruit. (The book is subtitled 'The Apple', as though further volumes on other fruit were intended, but none appeared, though Hogg did publish The Fruit Manual (also reissued in this series) in 1860.) It lists and gives detailed descriptions, including drawings, of 401 apples in cultivation in Great Britain, and a further 541 of which Hogg had no direct knowledge. He provides classification lists by fruit colour, shape, seasonality and region - a fascinating resource for the history of horticulture and of food.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108039444
eBay Product ID (ePID)111675532
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Number of Pages328 Pages
Publication NameThe British Pomology: The History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBotany, Biology
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
AuthorRobert Hogg
SeriesCambridge Library Collection-Botany and Horticulture
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight350 g
Item Width140 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRobert Hogg
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- 22 Feb, 2017
excellent re-print
a must for anyone interested in British apples especially when an original costs hunderds if you can find oneVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
