The American Grape Grower's Guide: Intended Especially For The American Climate. Being A Practical Treatise On The Cultivation Of The Grape-Vine In Each Department Of Hot House, Cold Grapery, Retarding House, And Outdoor Culture… by CHORLTON, WILLIAM - 1856

New York: C. M. Saxton & Co.,, 1856. Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo (18.7 x 12.4). Original blind stamped brown cloth. Collation: x, [11]-171, 12 [catalog] pp. This work is illustrated with a frontispiece and 30 in text figures. The binding is sound with sunning on the spine and hinges. The text has some minor foxing being greater for the preliminaries and the catalog in the rear.

This work was of major influence for American grape growing, particularly under glass. Chorlton provides tabular data for comparing growth, flowering and fruit development for vines in the hot house versus those grown outdoors. He also discusses all aspects of hot-house management, propagation, pruning, and disease. This was a popular work that went through a number of editions. (Gabler, G16)