I seem to have unintentionally started a collection of older botanical illustration of New England flora. I suppose it was inevitable, as I decided to make all the wildflower pictures I was taking into more of a thing, and we do frequent a fair number of used bookstores, where I will generally look for subjects that are on my mind.
This book is fruit specific, and seasonally oriented. It’s a little less scientifically minded than the last book I picked up, so the labeling has held up over time better. (The originally purchaser of the book added a dedication dated 1/11/47 to the person they gifted it to.) I did enjoy seeing some of the different common names for familiar plants – like black elder for winterberry.