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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

PROFITABLE FRUIT GROWING

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1891

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Light burnt orange cardboard cover with black lettering and tree of knowledge (Deus Dat Incrementum) design on cover. Profitable Fruit-Growing For Cottagers & Small Holders of Land, written for the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers'. Prize Essay. Third edition. On both end papers is stamp for 'The West Australian Land Company, Limited'. On first page is signature of C.J. Batelier. On title page lower right side in ink is written 'God giveth the increase & the serpent'. Book is dedicated by permission to the right Honourable Sir James Whitehead, Bart. Lord Mayor of London by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers 1889. 120 pages, illustrated, index. Several newspaper cuttings one dated April 23 1910 The Australian, one article highlighted 'Grass Better than Green Crops', at back of book. Some botany specimens within pages also.

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cwa-org-51-B2007.24

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WRIGHT, John (F.R.H.S.)

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Linked to C.J. Batelier

Albany Historical Society Inc

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