The Principles of Fruit-growing with Applications to Practice (The Rural Science Series) de Bailey, L. H. (Text and Series Editing by) - 1920

New York.: The Macmillan Company., 1920. 5 reprints after complete revision.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket. Remarkable well-cared for volume maintaining integrity to higher quality original print materials and production. Uniform age-toning or originally off-white text pages.. 1 Olive green textured cloth over boards. Black stamped titles. Red lines bordering front cover. Index. xvii, 432 p. 18 cm. Pen&Ink artwork. Gardens / Fruit Culture. First published in 1897, this 20th edition, writes author Bailey in the 1914 Preface, "is a new work, rearranged, reset and largely rewritten". Chapter themes include: Field of Inquiry, Location and Climate, Tillage, Enrichment, Choice of Plants, Garden Plan, Accidents and Injuries to Plants, Remarks on Spraying, Harvesting. "With 186 illustrations from original drawings".