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• Ersatzstoffe aus dem Pflanzenreich: Ein Hilfsbuch zum Erkennen und Verwerten der Heinrischen Pflanzen für Zwecke der Ernährung und Industrie in Kriegs- und Friedenszeiten (in German; Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1918), ed. by Ludwig Diels (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Wild About Mushrooms: The Cookbook of the Mycological Society of San Francisco (online edition, 2000), by Louise Freedman, contrib. by William Freedman (illustrated HTML at mssf.org)
• The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our Commoner Fungi, With Special Emphasis on the Edible Varieties (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1910), by Nina L. Marshall, illust. by John Alexander Anderson and H. C. Anderson
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our Commoner Fungi, With Special Emphasis on the Edible Varieties (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1923), by Nina L. Marshall, illust. by John Alexander Anderson and H. C. Anderson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Toadstools, Mushrooms, Fungi, Edible and Poisonous: One Thousand American Fungi: How to Select and Cook the Edible, How to Distinguish and Avoid the Poisonous, Giving Full Botanic Descriptions (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., c1900), by Charles McIlvaine and Robert K. Macadam (page images at HathiTrust)
• Toadstools, Mushrooms, Fungi, Edible and Poisonous: One Thousand American Fungi: How to Select and Cook the Edible, How to Distinguish and Avoid the Poisonous, With Full Botanic Descriptions (new edition; Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., c1912), by Charles McIlvaine, Robert K. Macadam, and Charles Frederick Millspaugh (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Wild About Mushrooms: The Cookbook of the Mycological Society of San Francisco (online edition, 2000), by Louise Freedman, contrib. by William Freedman (illustrated HTML at mssf.org)
• The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our Commoner Fungi, With Special Emphasis on the Edible Varieties (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1910), by Nina L. Marshall, illust. by John Alexander Anderson and H. C. Anderson
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our Commoner Fungi, With Special Emphasis on the Edible Varieties (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1923), by Nina L. Marshall, illust. by John Alexander Anderson and H. C. Anderson (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Choice Recipes: How to Use Fleischmann's Compressed Yeast (distributed by Fleischmann and Co., c1889), by Eleanor Kirk (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Kvasný Průmysl (partial serial archives)

• Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets (Brooklyn: Pub. by the Women's Auxiliary, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1937), by John Evelyn, contrib. by Helen Morgenthau Fox (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

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

• 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)

• Wild Fruits, by Henry David Thoreau, ed. by Bradley P. Dean (HTML at walden.org)

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