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The pears of New York
U. P. Hedrick and Edward H. Francis
From wild pears in ancient Greece to the great orchards of Belgium and England, U. P. Hedrick tells the whole story. His pears of New York traces the fruit's long history, then catalogs every variety worth growing in exhaustive, illustrated detail. Thorough, authoritative, and monumental. The definitive reference on the pear. Learn the fruit's ancient pedigree and every modern variety from a master pomologist.
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123 chapters
- 1THE PEARS OF NEW YORK
- 2PREFACE
- 3TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 4INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE PEAR
- 6WILD PEARS
- 7THE PEAR IN ANCIENT GREECE
- 8THE PEAR IN ANCIENT ROME
- 9THE PEAR IN FRANCE
- 10THE PEAR IN BELGIUM
- 11THE PEAR IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
- 12THE PEAR IN ENGLAND
- 13THE PEAR IN AMERICA
- 14CHAPTER II SPECIES OF PEARS AND THEIR CHARACTERS
- 15THE STRUCTURAL BOTANY OF THE PEAR
- 16CHARACTERS OF PEAR-TREES
- 17FRUIT-CHARACTERS OF POMES
- 18SPECIES OF PEARS
+ 105 more. The full contents open with the book.
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