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This vintage book contains a complete guide to olive farming, with chapters on growing, producing oils, pickling, and common pests and diseases. Contents include: "Cultivation, Oil-making, Pickling, Diseases", "Cultivation", "Gathering the Fruit", "Pickling", "Lye Process", "Pure-water Process", "Green Pickles", "Diseases", "Twig Borer", "Black Scale", "Sooty Mold", "Peacock Leaf Spot", etc. Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1865 - 1939) was an Engl...

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "Goat's Milk and Its Uses" contains information on cheese, butter and milk. It is intended to illustrate the main uses of goat's milk and serves a...

The Rose Book" is a complete guide to growing a variety of different types of roses, written by H. H. Thomas and originally published in 1914. Contents include: "Roses to Begin With", "Roses to Proceed With", "Some Very Practical Matters", "Rose Growing under Glass", "Round the Year in the Rose Garden", and "List of Varieties for Various Purposes". Written in simple, clear language and full of helpful photographs, this guide contains all the i...

This vintage book contains all the essential details of gardening, with chapters that deal with all the most common hardy and greenhouse flowers, ornamental trees and shrubs, the rock garden, and fruit trees and vegetables. Written in simple, clear language and full of expert tips, "The Manual of Practical Gardening" is perfect for novice gardeners and would make for a worthy addition to gardening collections. Contents include: "The Ideal Gard...

The Ideal Garden" is a 1910 gardening handbook written by H. H. Thomas. It includes useful information and simple instructions on a range of gardening activities from preparing the soil and planting, to what flowers are best suited, seasonal considerations, and much more. "The Ideal Garden" represents a handy guide for gardeners new and old and would make for a worthy addition to allied collections. Contents include: "The Ogre of Dogmatism", "...

First published in 1917, this vintage book contains a beginner-friendly guide to garden frames-wooden enclosures for plants that often have lids and enable the growing of some plants all year round. It offers useful information on the different types of frames that can be used and constructed, as well as how they can be utilised, their benefits, which types of plants can be grown in them and why, and much more. "The Garden Frame - How to Make ...

The Allotment - Its Preparation, Planting and Management" is a 1917 guide to keeping an allotment-a small plot of land rented by an individual for growing vegetables or flowers. Whether done for pleasure or for profit, keeping an allotment can be a rewarding experience and a great hobby for green-fingered individuals. This volume offers the reader everything they need to know about the pastime, written in simple language and containing simple,...

Early Vegetables" is a 1917 guide to growing vegetables by H. H. Thomas, focusing on their cultivation out of season in the early months of the year. Although the amateur often regards such growing to be outside of their ability and only achievable by experienced market gardeners, this volume offers the reader simple, beginner-friendly instructions on how early vegetables can be produced by the novice and with minimal extra equipment. Contents...

First published in 1914, this volume contains a beginner-friendly guide to designing, creating, and maintaining a wonderful rock garden."Rock Gardening for Amateurs" includes chapters on everything from the perfect plants and shrubs for rock gardens to bordering, ponds, wall gardening, and beyond. With easy-to-follow directions and useful pictures, this handy guide is perfect for amateurs and would make for a worthy inclusion in gardening coll...

First published in 1917, "Potatoes and Root Crops" is a beginner-friendly guide to cultivating a range of root vegetables, including onions, potatoes, carrots, artichokes, and more. Root crops are a great place to start for those with little previous experience as they stay in the ground throughout the season and only require work at two times of the year: In July, when they are sown, and in the autumn, when they are harvested. Written in simp...

Little Gardens" is a 1908 gardening guide with a focus on creating beautiful gardens with only a small space to work with. It gives information on the best plants to choose for small gardens, as well as how to prepare the ground, when to plant, pests and diseases, and much more. This volume is perfect for amateurs and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of relate literature. Contents include: "On making a Garden-Plans for Little...

Round the Year in the Garden" is a 1916 guide to gardening by H. H. Thomas that looks at what needs to be done in the individuals months of the year. Contents include: "October - Looking Forward", "November - Autumn Work for Summer Flowers", "December - Making Plans", "January - The Passing of Winter", "February - Dawning Spring", "March - Sowing and Planting", "April - Making Ready for Summer", "May - Lilac time", "June - Flowers and Fragranc...

First published in 1923, this volume contains a detailed treatise on the various diseases and ailments of grape vines, written by F. T. Bioletti. Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1865 - 1939) was an English-born American vintner. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley from 1889 to 1900, where he worked with prominent soil scientist Professor E.W. Hilgard. His work with Hilgard on the fermentation of wines under different conditions we...

Grape-Must" represents a complete guide to processing grapes for the purpose of wine making, written by F. T. Bioletti. Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1865 - 1939) was an English-born American vintner. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley from 1889 to 1900, where he worked with prominent soil scientist Professor E.W. Hilgard. His work with Hilgard on the fermentation of wines under different conditions were significant in helping ...

Wine Fermentation" is a vintage treatise on the production of wine written by F. T. Bioletti, including instructions for wineries and chapters on pure yeast. Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1865 - 1939) was an English-born American vintner. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley from 1889 to 1900, where he worked with prominent soil scientist Professor E.W. Hilgard. His work with Hilgard on the fermentation of wines under different c...

This volume contains a treatise by Frederick Haynes Newell on the subject of American irrigation in the early 1890s, concentrating on water quality and distribution in arid areas. Frederick Haynes Newell (1862 - 1932) was the first Director of the United States Reclamation Service. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in hydrology, especially its developments in theory and methodology. Other notable works by this author include: "...

Water Resources - Present and Future Uses" is a revision of a lecture delivered to the senior class of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in 1918. It concerns the subject of water, particularly the importance of understanding and maintaining water supplies in light of the First World War and its effects thereon. Frederick Haynes Newell (1862 - 1932) was the first Director of the United States Reclamation Service. Other notable ...

Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1865 - 1939) was an English-born American vintner. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley from 1889 to 1900, where he worked with prominent soil scientist Professor E.W. Hilgard. His work with Hilgard on the fermentation of wines under different conditions were significant in helping California vintners to refine their wine production practices and improving the resulting wines. Bioletti was the first ...

Bench-Grafting Resistant Vines" is a 1900 treatise by F. T. Bioletti. "Bench grafting" refers to a method of grafting whereby a piece of scion wood is grafted onto a rootstock in order to grow a new tree. It is usually initiated in late winter or early spring and utilises dormant scion wood from a tree of the variety you intend to propagate. Contents include: "Varieties Grafted on Riparia Gloire de Montpellier", "Varieties Grafted on Riparia G...

The Basis of Grape Standardization" is a 1925 treatise by English-born American vintner Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1865 - 1939). Bioletti studied at the University of California, Berkeley from 1889 to 1900, where he worked with prominent soil scientist Professor E.W. Hilgard. His work with Hilgard on the fermentation of wines under different conditions were significant in helping California vintners to refine their wine production practices a...