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This vintage book is a complete guide to growing pears, with information on equipment, diseases and pests, harvesting, fertilising, and many other related aspects. Accessible and detailed, this volume will be of utility to anyone with an interest in growing pears, and would make for a great addition to collections of horticultural literature. Contents include: ¿The Pear¿, ¿Origin and History¿, ¿Soil and Situation¿, ¿Forms of Trees¿, ¿Propagation¿, ¿Rootstocks for Pears¿, ¿Plating¿, ¿Pears for Growing as Espaliers¿, ¿Pears Recommended for Cordon Culture¿, ¿Pears Recommended for Bush and Pyramid Forms¿, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.

This vintage book contains the classic account of the life of Humayun, the second Mughal Emperor. He controlled the area that now comprises Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1531 to 1540, and again from 1555 to 1556. A fascinating and uniquely insightful biography written by his half-sister, "The History of Humayun" is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the history northern India, and it is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Contents include: ¿Biographical Account of Gul-Badan Begam and her Family¿, ¿Gul-Badan Begam¿s Book, The ¿Humayun-namä¿, ¿Notes on the Persian Titles¿, ¿Translation of the ¿Humayun-namä of Gul-Badan Begam¿, ¿Biographical Notices of the Women Mentioned by Babar, Gul-Badan, and Haidar¿, etcetera. Many antiquarian texts such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.