Fearing Burr Jr.'s 1865 book is designed to help gardeners choose what varieties they wish to plant, rather than being a guide to cultivation. The work provides descriptions of a vast variety of vegetables grown in the United States, with reference to their size, form, color, quality, productiveness, season, and hardiness.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America is a comprehensive guide to the vegetables grown in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. Fearing Burr, a noted horticulturalist and author, provides detailed descriptions of nearly eleven hundred different vegetables, including information on their origins, cultivation, and uses. His book is an invaluable resource for historians, gardeners, and anyone interested in the history of American agriculture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Field and Garden Vegetables of America describes approximately 1100 different species and subtypes of vegetable native or introduced to the North American continent, and tells the reader how to grow them. We find here a stunning and detailed compendium of vegetable types rich in information and tireless in its detail. Reprinted several times and a frequent sight in the American kitchen or farmstead during the late 19th century, this text was applauded for its dedication to detail and methodology. Many of the vegetable types within this book will appear unusual to the modern reader; as standards normalized across the food industry, the more unusual forms of vegetables - such as carrots or turnips - were excluded. As such, these subspecies have become obscure and known only to those with intimate experience in vegetable cultivation and farming. Frequently, the modern supermarket aisle or even farmer's markets will contain only one or two varieties of a given vegetable crop - in reality scores will exist, each with different tastes and nutritional profiles. Each entry contains detailed instructions on how to plant, propagate and tend to respective vegetables. The type of soil necessary for optimal growth and hardiness, and the methods of picking or harvesting each species, is detailed. Burr simply names the varieties, discusses their appearance, and any deviations from the growing methodology peculiar to a respective type of vegetable. Fearing Burr was an experienced farmer, merchant and horticulturist who developed an encyclopedic knowledge of North America's vegetable species in his private time. This book represents the culmination of decades of research and time spent discovering and categorizing the vegetable life of his nation. Although a businessman, he was a quiet and contemplative character who conducted his affairs with wisdom and steady caution.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Field And Garden Vegetables Of America: Containing Full Descriptions Of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species And Varieties; With Directions For Propagation, Culture, And Use Fearing Burr Crosby and Nichols, 1863 Vegetables

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