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Found a rare book owned by horticulturalist Sir Ronald Hatton

alistaircrisp9650843alistaircrisp9650843 Posts: 2
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Hi all,

Interesting charity shop find, a copy of Thomas Hitt's Treatise of Fruit Trees, II edition, 1776. The provenance I believe includes the well-known Pomologist and Horticulturalist Sir Ronald Hatton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Hatton)! 

Closer look for anyone interested :)


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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @alistaircrisp9650843 I really love the last photo of how to train an espalier. I recently saw an item on TV about Bulmers Cider and it's historic archive. I had never heard of a pomologist at that point but a very apt word. Perhaps they would be interested in this exciting book. Whatever happens I hope it is never broken up and the plates framed.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • alistaircrisp9650843alistaircrisp9650843 Posts: 2
    GardenerSuze said:
    @alistaircrisp9650843 I really love the last photo of how to train an espalier. I recently saw an item on TV about Bulmers Cider and it's historic archive. I had never heard of a pomologist at that point but a very apt word. Perhaps they would be interested in this exciting book. Whatever happens I hope it is never broken up and the plates framed.
    Interesting! I hadn't heard about the historic archive and I've just sent off an email to see if they are interested. 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @alistaircrisp965084 It was Charlie Ross on an episode of Bargain Hunt. There were some beautiful Apple prints on a table in an amazing room which holds the archive.
    Good Luck I do hope you get a good response.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    What a great find.
    I recently loaned my copy of Beverley Nichols's book, Down the Garden Path, to my daughter which she is enjoying, as a budding gardener. I went online to find a copy of Down the Garden Path to give to "the other mother-in-law" for Christmas, my son-in-law's mother, and came across a copy of Down the Kitchen Sink. I had never heard of it and will be interested to see if it was written in the same vein.
    I am looking forward to an enjoyable light-hearted read.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    edited October 2023
    Down the Kitchen Sink was written over 40 years after the Allways trilogy and is a piecemeal reflection on Nichols’ long life. The companion volumes to Down the Garden Path are A Thatched Roof and Village in a Valley.

    The Thomas Hitt book is probably worth upwards of £200. If it were not for the water staining it could be substantially more.
    Rutland, England
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