![[Item #54457] A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open Walls. With a Descriptive Account of an Improved Method of Planting and Managing the Roots of Grape Vines. To which is added, an Appendix, Containing Remarks on the Culture of the Grape Vine in the United States. HORTICULTURE, Clement HOARE.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/54457.jpg?auto=webp&v=1626823503)
A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine on Open Walls. With a Descriptive Account of an Improved Method of Planting and Managing the Roots of Grape Vines. To which is added, an Appendix, Containing Remarks on the Culture of the Grape Vine in the United States
New York: H. Long and Brother, 1847. [Third Edition]. 16mo (16cm). Published embossed cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; [13]-209pp; text illus. Includes index. Mild to moderate external rubbing and wear, with brief perforations to cloth at joints; front endpaper lacking; conspicuous but intermittent foxing; a complete, Good, sound copy.
Called by Amerine the 3rd Edition, but more likely the Fourth American (see Amerine & Borg p.139); this was apparently the first edition to include the Appendix. Expanded from the London editions of 1835-41. "Hoare's treatise on the cultivation of the grape vine...became the standard reference work..." (Gabler). The Appendix, addressing American grape culture, is comprised of a series of extracts from contemporaryAmerican horticultural journals. GABLER 24040 (the first edition); AMERINE & BORG 1774.
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