The British Fruit-gardener: And Art of Pruning: Comprising, the Most Approved Methods of Planting and Raising Every Useful Fruit-tree and Fruit-bearing-shrub: Etc., the True Successful Practice of Pruning, Etc., and Full Directions Concerning Soils, Situations, and Exposures |
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| Title | The British Fruit-gardener: And Art of Pruning: Comprising, the Most Approved Methods of Planting and Raising Every Useful Fruit-tree and Fruit-bearing-shrub: Etc., the True Successful Practice of Pruning, Etc., and Full Directions Concerning Soils, Situations, and Exposures |
| Author | John Abercrombie |
| Publisher | W. & H. Whittestone, 1781 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | May 10, 2007 |
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