OP: The Apples of New York (2 vols)

B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1905. Hardcover. Good.  The two-volume set that launched a series of never-equaled treatises on New York produce! Published by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station and written by horticulturalist Spencer Ambrose Beach (1860–1922), The Apples of New York (1905) is a remarkable and invaluable record of the historical, scientific, cultural, and economic impact of the beloved state fruit.  The other six books in the series, written by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick (1870–1951), cover grapes, plums, cherries, peaches, pears, and small fruits. All of them are prized not only for the wealth of information in each but also for their color print inserts, produced by Zeese-Wilkinson Company.  It’s impossible to walk away from these volumes without an appreciation for well-researched work. The erudite enthusiasm is infectious. You’ll be drawn in by the stunning plates and delightful cultivar names (Limbertwig, Granite Beauty, Belborodooskoe) and stay for a pleth