Intensive Culture of Vegetables on the French System
The topic of French gardening was all the rage in England before WWI. This is one of three books on the topic we have discovered.
French Market-Gardening
In the late 19th century Parisian market gardeners developed novel procedures to produce out of season vegetables under glass and very high productivity outdoors using raised beds and abundant horse manure compost. These methods inspired the raised bed intensive system…
The French Garden
The French system of intensive market-gardening aroused great interest in England which is why this practical treatise was published. It is the librarian's opinion that this usually practiced Asian system was brought to France by colonists who took over Vietnam…
The Vegetable Garden
Illustrations, descriptions and culture of the garden vegetables of cold and temperate climates, written by Mm. Vilmorin-Andrieux of Paris. Written originally in 1885, this edition has been translated into English and contains additional varieties.
Gardening for Profit; a guide to the successful cultivation of the market and family garden
Henderson was a master market gardener selling into the New York City market. He had effective techniques for wintering over vegetables, for producing out of season. The contemporary crop of garden gurus have nothing on this man.