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British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain — John Shaqi

British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great BritainHogg, Robert

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British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain

Name: British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain
Author: Hogg, Robert

Hogg, Robert

Apples

Transcriber’s Note

  In this plain text version of British Pomology:

    Words in italics are marked with _underscores_.
    Small capital letters are shown in UPPER CASE.

  Variant spellings and inconsistent hyphenation are retained.

  Spellings of French, German and Latin words and names are kept as
  originally printed.

  Punctuation and formatting are inconsistent in the list of references
  and in headings. These have not been standardized.

  As well as many abbreviations not being marked with a full stop,
  some words are followed by a full stop, as though they were
  abbreviations. These have not been standardized.

  Illustrations are moved to the beginning of the description of
  the variety of apple which they illustrate.

  Footnotes are moved to the end of the paragraph, or the
  description of the variety of apple, in which they occur.

  Other changes that have been made are listed at the end of the book.

            BRITISH POMOLOGY;

                 OR, THE

  HISTORY, DESCRIPTION, CLASSIFICATION,
              AND SYNONYMES,

                 OF THE

          FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES

                   OF

             GREAT BRITAIN;

  ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS,

                   BY

              ROBERT HOGG.

  ----------------“Fruit of all kinds, in coat
  Rough or smooth rind, or bearded husk or shell.”--MILTON.

               THE APPLE.

  “Arboris est suavis Fructus, sunt dulcia Poma,
  Dulcior est inquam Nectare, et Ambrosia.”

  LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
          EDINBURGH: JAMES HOGG;
          GLASGOW: DAVID BRYCE.

                MDCCCLI.

         PRINTED BY WILLIAM FORD,
  28, RUSSELL COURT, BRYDGES STREET, COVENT GARDEN,
                LONDON.

                   TO
          MR. ROBERT THOMPSON,
                   FOR
  THE IMPORTANT SERVICES HE HAS RENDERED TO THE
           STUDY OF POMOLOGY
                 AND FOR
  HIS UNWEARIED LABORS IN DETERMINING AND ARRANGING
         POMOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE.
                THIS WORK
      IS DEDICATED BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND,
                THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

It is much to be regretted, that of late years, so little attention has
been given in this country, to the study of pomology, and that so few
efforts have been made to encourge a taste for this most important,
most instructive, and intellectual branch of horticultural science.

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British Pomology: Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain

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