Gardener [complete 1927 vintage].

Warsaw 1927. 21x29 cm, pp. 472, black and white illustrations and photographs in the text, half cloth bookbinding. Good condition (rubbing of binding, cracks on plywood, single small tears and soiling of pages).

The complete 1927 annual (24 issues) of the magazine Ogrodnik, the organ of the Polish Union of Horticultural Associations and the Syndicate of Hop Growers. Contents include: Walnut breeding in Silesia. Growing fruit under glass. Grapevines in Poland. Commercial strawberry plantation. Roadside tree plantings in Poland. Dwarf ornamental fruit gardens after the war. Drainage of orchards. Cultivation of soil in a nursery. The selections of Greater Poland. Preparing the cellar to receive fruit. Transplanting larger trees. Inspectors heated with a radiator and greenhouses for wine. How to remove stems. Vines in a greenhouse. Uniform flower plants. Water gardens. Rational pruning of roses. A little about ornamental shrubs. Cutting hedges. Winterization of roses. Trees on city streets. Fertilizing cucumbers. Polish vegetable market. A few words about seed saving. About wine re-fermentation. Tips for amateurs of making fruit wines. Tobacco cultivation. Apiary in spring. Reminders of beekeeping works in May. Jews in the seed industry. About seed. Fertilization of lawns. Peat moss in horticulture. Fighting pests in winter. Extermination of slugs. New gardening tools.