The Fruit Garden; A Treatise Intended to Explain & Illustrate the Physiology of Fruit Trees, the Theory & Practice of All

Rochester, NY: By the author. Very good copy. 1863. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 398 pp., Barry, proprietor of the Mount Hope Nurseries in Rochester, self-published this edition, after the Scribner first ed. of 1851, Full title reads as follows: The Fruit Garden : a Treatise Intended to Explain & Illustrate the Physiology of Fruit Trees, the Theory & Practice of All Operations Connected With the Propagation, Transplanting, Pruning & Training of Orchard & Garden Trees, as Standards, Dwarfs, Pyramids, Espaliers, etc., the Laying Out & Arranging Different Kinds of Orchards & Gardens, the Selection of Suitable Varieties for Different Purposes & Localities, Gathering Preserving Fruits, Treatment of Diseases, Destruction of Insects, Descriptions & 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." .