British Pomology / Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain

Transcriber's Note

The cover image was created by the transcriber, and is placed in the public domain.

Variant spellings and inconsistent hyphenation are retained.

Spellings of French, German and Latin words and names are kept as originally printed.

Punctuation and formatting are inconsistent in the list of references and in headings. These have not been standardized.

As well as many abbreviations not being marked with a full stop, some words are followed by a full stop, as though they were abbreviations. These have not been standardized.

Illustrations are moved to the beginning of the description of the variety of apple which they illustrate.

Footnotes are moved to the end of the paragraph, or the description of the variety of apple, in which they occur.

Other changes that have been made are listed at the end of the book.

BRITISH POMOLOGY;

OR, THE

HISTORY, DESCRIPTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND SYNONYMES,

OF THE

FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES

GREAT BRITAIN;

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS,

ROBERT HOGG.

—————————“Fruit of all kinds, in coat

Rough or smooth rind, or bearded husk or shell.”—Milton.

THE APPLE.

“Arboris est suavis Fructus, sunt dulcia Poma,
Dulcior est inquam Nectare, et Ambrosia.”

LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
EDINBURGH: JAMES HOGG;
GLASGOW: DAVID BRYCE.

MDCCCLI.

PRINTED BY WILLIAM FORD,
28, Russell Court, Brydges Street, Covent Garden,
LONDON.

MR. ROBERT THOMPSON,

FOR

THE IMPORTANT SERVICES HE HAS RENDERED TO THE

STUDY OF POMOLOGY

AND FOR

HIS UNWEARIED LABORS IN DETERMINING AND ARRANGING

POMOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE.

THIS WORK

IS DEDICATED BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

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