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Food crops -- Africa

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• Food crops
• Africa

• Lost Crops of Africa (3 volumes; 1996-2008), by National Research Council Board on Science and Technology for International Development
  • Volume 1 (Grains): HTML with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 2 (Vegetables): HTML with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 3 (Fruit): page images with commentary at NAP

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation (1989), by National Research Council Board on Science and Technology for International Development (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Interfaces Between Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Science, ed. by K. T. Achaya (HTML at UNU Press)

• Bread the Staff of Life (New York: American Tract Society, 1829) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Amaranth to Zai Holes: Ideas for Growing Food Under Difficult Conditions, by Laura S. Meitzner and Martin L. Price (HTML at archive.org)

• Haandbog i Dansk Pomologi (3 volumes in 2; in Danish; Odense: Hempelske Bog- og Papirhandel (J.C. Dreyer.), 1890-1896), by Hans Christian Bredsted (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Fruit Manual: A Guide to the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain (fifth edition; London: Journal of Horticulture Office, 1884), by Robert Hogg (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Fruit Manual: Containing the Descriptions and Synonymes of the Fruits and Fruit Trees Commonly Met With in the Gardens and Orchards of Great Britain (London: Cottage Gardener Office, 1860), by Robert Hogg (multiple formats at Google)
• Fruits of Warm Climates, by Julia F. Morton (illustrated HTML at Purdue)
• Wild Fruits, by Henry David Thoreau, ed. by Bradley P. Dean (HTML at walden.org)

• War Food: Practical and Economical Methods of Keeping Vegetables, Fruits and Meats (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1917), by Amy L. Handy (page images at Wisconsin)

• Vegetables and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom Varieties and Community-Based Stewardship (3 volumes, 1998), by Suzanne DeMuth (HTML at usda.gov)

• Vegetables and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom Varieties and Community-Based Stewardship (3 volumes, 1998), by Suzanne DeMuth (HTML at usda.gov)

• Vegetables and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom Varieties and Community-Based Stewardship (3 volumes, 1998), by Suzanne DeMuth (HTML at usda.gov)

• Vegetables and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom Varieties and Community-Based Stewardship (3 volumes, 1998), by Suzanne DeMuth (HTML at usda.gov)

• Vegetables and Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom Varieties and Community-Based Stewardship (3 volumes, 1998), by Suzanne DeMuth (HTML at usda.gov)

• Illustrated Hand Book: Rawson's Vegetable and Flower Seeds (1894), by W. W. Rawson and Co.
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at biodiversitylibrary.org

• The Thermal-Death-Point of Micro-Organisms Found in "Spoiled" Canned Fruit (thesis, Michigan Agricultural College, 1901), by Fleta Paddock (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Instructive Picture Book: or, Lessons From the Vegetable World (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1858), by Charlotte M. Yonge (page images at Florida; some pages out of order)

• Canned Fruit, Preserves and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation (USDA Farmer's Bulletin #203; Washington: GPO, 1917), by Maria Parloa (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Canned Fruit, Preserves and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation (Chicago et al.: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1917), by Maria Parloa (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Prices, by United States Department of Agriculture (partial serial archives)
• Wholesale Prices of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, and Auction Prices of Fresh Fruits at New York City and Chicago, and F.O.B. Prices at Leading Shipping Points, by Months, by United States Department of Agriculture (partial serial archives)

• Les Préférables Parmi les Meilleures Poires et Pommes, par Ordre de Maturité Successive pour Toute la Saison: ou, Guide de l'Amateur, Contenant le Nom, l'Origine, la Description, le Mode de Culture, et l'Époque de Maturité, Avec Notices Pomologiques (in French; Gand: E. Vanderhaeghen, 1877), by Victor Hage (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Small Fruit Culturist (New York: O. Judd and Co., 1867), by Andrew S. Fuller (page images at Cornell)
• Success With Small Fruits, by Edward Payson Roe (Gutenberg text)

• Experiments in Blueberry Culture (USDA Bureau of Plant Industry bulletin #193; Washington: GPO, 1910), by Frederick V. Coville (page images at HathiTrust)

• The History of the Lowbush Blueberry Industry in Nova Scotia, 1950-1990 (Southampton, NS: Blueberry Producers' Association of Nova Scotia, 1993), by Gordon B. Kinsman (PDF at Dalhousie; 234 MB)
• The History of the Lowbush Blueberry Industry in Nova Scotia, 1880-1950 (Truro, NS: Nova Scotia Dept. of Agriculture and Marketing, 1986), by Gordon B. Kinsman (PDF at Dalhousie; 177 MB)

• Food Values of Breadfruit, Taro Leaves, Coconut, and Sugar Cane (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 64; Honolulu: The Museum, 1929), by Carey D. Miller (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats (1832), by Eliza Leslie (Gutenberg text)

• Yes! 100 Ways to Enjoy Bananas (New Orleans: Bauerlein, c1925) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sun-Maid Raisins and Dried Fruits: Serving American Families and the World Since 1912 (100th anniversary book published for Sun-Maid Growers of California; c2011), by Anna L. Palecek, Gary H. Marshburn, and Barry F. Kriebel (multiple formats with commentary at sunmaid.com)

• Dromedary Cook Book (New York: Hill Bros. Co., ca. 1912) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Groups of Fruit: Accurately Drawn and Coloured After Nature, With Full Directions for the Young Artist (London: Printed for William Stockdale, 1817), by George Brookshaw (page images at Wisconsin)

• The Phantom Bouquet: A Popular Treatise on the Art of Skeletonizing Leaves and Seed-Vessels and Adapting Them to Embellish the Home of Taste (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co.; London: A. Bennet, 1864), by Edward Parrish
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Fruits of Warm Climates, by Julia F. Morton (illustrated HTML at Purdue)

• Annali della R. Stazione Sperimentale di Agrumicoltura e Frutticoltura in Acireale (in Italian) (partial serial archives)

• Effects of Maturity Changes on Nondestructive Measurements of Citrus Fruit Quality (USDA Agricultural Research Service technical bulletin #1410; 1970), by Otto L. Jahn (page images at HathiTrust)

• Citrus Production in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas (Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin #419; 1930), by Hamilton Paul Traub and William Heartsill Friend (page images at HathiTrust)

• Enhancing the Quality of U.S. Grain for International Trade (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Enhancing the Quality of U.S. Grain for International Trade (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Recherches sur les Céréales Roumaines: Les Blés et Leurs Farines, le Mais et l'Orge (in French; Bucharest: Institut d'Arts Graphiqus "Eminescu", 1900), by Vlad Carnu-Munteanu and Corneliu Roman
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• Grain Growers' Coöperation in Western Canada (Harvard Economic Studies v32; Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1928), by Harald S. Patton (page images at HathiTrust)

• Grain Elevators in Canada (with predecessor publications, in English and French; 1911-1998), by Canadian Grain Commission (partial serial archives)

• Calumet "K", by Samuel Merwin and Henry Kitchell Webster (Gutenberg text)

• Enhancing the Quality of U.S. Grain for International Trade (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• The Vegetable Garden: Illustrations, Descriptions and Culture of the Garden Vegetables of Cold and Temperate Climates (English edition; New York: Dutton and Co., 1905), by Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie., ed. by W. Robinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Vegetable Garden: Illustrations, Descriptions and Culture of the Garden Vegetables of Cold and Temperate Climates (third English edition; New York: Dutton and Co., 1920), by Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie., ed. by W. Robinson, contrib. by W. P. Thomson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Salads and Vegetable Cookery, by Carson Gulley (page images at Wisconsin)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.