Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota 1911. Embracing the transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society from December 1, 1910, to December 1, 1911, including the twelve numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1911. Volume XXXIX.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 1911. Hardcover. 539 pages. Hardcover, bound in black cloth with blind-stamped decorations and rules and gilt lettering on the spine. Very good condition, with dust-soiling to the page edges, minor spotting to front and rear boards, and a half-inch tear to the paper of the rear hinge, not affecting the strength of the binding, which is quite sound. Item #965
Each monthly issue included a wide variety of topics of interest to amateur gardeners and commercial growers. Fruit, especially apples but also berries and melons, received much attention. Other articles covered vegetable growing, flower gardens, irrigation, fertilizing methods, plant breeding, landscape design, planting of trees in cities and towns, and social aspects of horticulture, such as a Minneapolis school vegetable garden worked by students. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Twenty-page list of members and seven-page index. Printed in Minneapolis by Harrison & Smith Co., Printers.
Price: $12.50