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: World Wool Prospects (Classic Reprint) ISBN: 0428136796 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780428136796 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7330.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Excerpt from World Wool Prospects Production. Season 1920-21 Estimate of the Revista Economia Argentina, January 1921, p. 18. Seasons 1923-24 to date estimates of the Buenos Aires Branch, First National Bank of Boston, in W001 Growing in Argentina, and.mqnth1y Situation in Argentina, October. Season 1933-34 furnished by same bank in cable from Assistant Agricultural Cemmissivner C. L. Luedtke. 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.
Автор: Agriculture United States Department of Название: Crops and Markets, Vol. 5: June 5, 1926 (Classic Reprint) ISBN: 0266038131 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780266038139 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7330.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Автор: Department of Agriculture United States Название: Ponds - Planning, Design, Construction (Agriculture Handbook 590) ISBN: 1365086062 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781365086069 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 24670.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Originally published in 1915, this textbook `is intended as an introduction to some recent developments of Maxwell`s electromagnetic theory which are directly connected with the solution of the partial differential equation of wave-motion`. An extensive knowledge and understanding of mathematics is considered a pre-requisite, as is knowledge on the existing theorems surrounding such study.
