Item #23629 A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND TREATMENT OF THE GRAPE VINE: Embracing Its History, with Directions for its Treatment in the USA, in the Open Air and under Glass Structures with and without Artificial Heat. J. Fiske Allen.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND TREATMENT OF THE GRAPE VINE: Embracing Its History, with Directions for its Treatment in the USA, in the Open Air and under Glass Structures with and without Artificial Heat.

Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1848. Second edition - enlarged. 247 pp, frontispiece and 2 engraved plates, many engraved illustrations in the text, octavo, original printed wrappers. Wrappers quite worn and toned, text foxed. Good. Item #23629

Originally published in 1847. John Fisk Allen is credited with producing and marketing the first hybrid between the native American grape "Vitis labrusca" and the European "Vitis vinifera." "Allen's Hybrid" was a major breakthrough for American viticulture. Amerine & Borg 30; Gabler (2nd ed.) 7232.

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