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The peaches of New York — U. P. Hedrick

The peaches of New York

U. P. Hedrick

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 771 pages

The Peaches of New York is a collection of essays and reports from the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, written by U. P. Hedrick and assistants. It surveys peach varieties suited to New York, discussing their qualities and cultivation. It is worth listening to for its careful picture of early twentieth-century pomology and orchard life.

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Contents

  1. THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK BY U. P. HEDRICK
  2. PREFACE
  3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE PEACH
  5. CHAPTER II BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE PEACH
  6. CHAPTER III COMMERCIAL PEACH-GROWING IN AMERICA
  7. CHAPTER IV PEACH-GROWING IN NEW YORK
  8. CHAPTER V LEADING VARIETIES OF PEACHES
  9. CHAPTER VI THE MINOR VARIETIES OF PEACHES
  10. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES, WITH ABBREVIATIONS USED
  11. INDEX
  12. FOOTNOTES:
  13. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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