Truck Farming at the South. A Guide to Raising of Vegetebles for Northern Markets
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1888.
Hardcover. Very good. "New and Revised Edition." 7.5" x 5.25", 274 pp, indexed illustrated, bound in original green cloth with decoration in black, gilt spine lettering. Light rubbing to extremities, touch of soiling to back cover, internals fine. Includes chapters A detailed guide to commercial cultivation of vegetables in the south intended for transport to distant markets via rail and/or steamship. Dr. Arminius Oemler (1827-1897) was a prominent physician, agriculturalist, and businessman in Savannah, Georgia best known for pioneering truck-farming and for founding the Oemler Oyster Company -- the first oyster packaging plant in the American South.
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Price: $125.00