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Pineapple - Early works to 1800
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A treatise on the ananas or pine-apple, containing plain and easy directions for raising this most excellent fruit without fire, and in much higher perfection than from the stove. Illustrated with an elegant copper plate, in which is exibited, the new invented Pine-Frame, &c. peculiarly adapted for that Use; with another, shewing the Fruit colour'd from Nature. To which are added, full directions for raising melons. By Adam Taylor, Gardener near Devizes.
Taylor, Adam, active 18th century.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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Ananas: or, a treatise on the pine-apple. In which the whole culture, management, and perfecting this most excellent fruit, is laid down in a clear and explicit manner. To which is added, The true Method of raising the finest Melons with the greatest Success: shewing the whole Process of their Management, from sowing the Seeds to ripening the Fruit. The Whole deduced from many Years Practice and Observations; and containing various Improvements in the Culture of these Plants never before published. Illustrated with a curious copper-plate, in which is exhibited at one View, a Stove, &c. peculiarly adapted for raising the Pine-Apple Plant. By John Giles, Gardener, At Lewisham, in Kent.
Giles, John, gardener.Date: [1767?]