Heading: (California State Board of Horticulture)
Author: Lelong, B.M.
Title: Five volumes from the California State Board of Horticulture
Place Published: Sacramento, CA
Publisher:State Printing Office
Date Published: 1889-92
Description:

5 volumes. Most illustrated. (8vo) uniformly bound in gilt-decorated brown leather, gilt spines; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Includes:

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  The Olive in California: Varieties, Budding, Grafting, New Methods and General Observations. Numerous plates. 1889.


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  Orange Culture. The Orange "From Seed to Grove." With text drawings, 5 plates, 1 color. 1890.


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  California Olive Industry: Proceedings Of The Olive Growers' Convention, Held Under The Auspices Of The State Board Of Horticulture, At San Francisco, July 8, 1891.


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  Citrus Fruits. Part 1. Fifteen Years with the Lemon. By G.W. Garcelon. Part II. New Varieties of Citrus Fruits. by B.M. Lelong. With plates, 1 color. Folding map of the Citrus Growing Regions of California. 1891.


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  California Fig Industry: With a Chapter on Fig Caprification Written for the Annual Report of the California State Board of Agriculture for 1891. 1892.

Scarce, handsomely bound publications from the California State Board of Horticulture, largely on the subject of growing olives and citrus fruits. With numerous drawings and plates, and a fold-out map of the Citrus growing regions of California.

Rubbing to extremities; toning, occasional bit of foxing or finger soiling; all volumes very good or better.