Illustrated, quarto, pp x, 296, paperback, showing very slight signs of use, but generally a very good copy. [Introductory chapters on history of plant classification, botanical structure of fruits and flowers, principles of systematic pomology, origin of cultivated fruit plants, plant nomenclature and identification, literature, origin and improvement of fruit varieties and chronological outline of important developments, are followed by individual chapters on apricots, cherries, plums and prunes, peaches and nectarines, almonds, apples, pears and quinces, blueberries huckleberries and cranberries, currants and gooseberries, strawberries, blackberries & raspberries, grapes, walnuts & butternuts, pecans, hicories, filberts & chestnuts, citrus fruits, and a short chapter on tropical and sub-tropical fruits.]