A kaleidoscopic celebration of the USDA's pomological collection, offering an engaging, biophillic meditation upon the sweetest of the earth's produce
The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses 7,497 botanical watercolor paintings of evolving fruit and nut varieties, alongside specimens introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Assembled between 1886 and 1942, the collection's remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were executed by some 21 professional artists (including nine women). Authored largely before the widespread application of photography, the watercolors were intended to aid accurate identification and examination of fruit varietals, for the nation's fruit growers.
Documenting the transformation of American pomology, the science of fruit breeding and production, and the horticultural innovations accountable for contemporary fruit cultivation and consumption, the USDA's collection offers fascinating anthropological and horticultural insights concerning the fruits we ecstatically devour, and why. With an abundance of reproductions from the collection, this gorgeous volume encompasses fruit-suffused anecdotes and observations drawn from the fields of archaeology and anthropology, horticulture and literature, ancient representation and contemporary visual art. It includes contributions by authors Jacqueline Landy, John McPhee, Michael Pollan and Marina Vitaglione.
Автор: Agriculture United States Department of Название: Foreign Agriculture Circular: March 1961 (Classic Reprint) ISBN: 0364806249 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780364806241 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 22350.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Excerpt from Foreign Agriculture Circular: March 1961 The large producing areas of Western Africa have had particularly favor able weather, and with accelerated spray programs, have produced bumper crops. The harvests in Ghana, Nigeria and the Ivory Coast have been particularly good. Brazil's crop, however, has been reduced by heavy rains. World consumption in 1960 rose about 6 percent over 1959. A continued increase in consumption is expected in 1961. There will still be a gap, however, between production and consumption, causing a. Further buildup of stocks. While this is the third straight year in which there has been an increase, another crop the size of the 1958-59 harvest would cause a draw down of stocks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
