Historic Fruit online

The Special Collections has a substantial collection of historic fruit literature, books on fruit growing, fruit crops and nursery catalogues with fruit varieties from the end of the 15th century till the end of the 20th century.

Some of the old books on fruit crops are made electronically available on cd-rom by C.M. Ballintijn. They can be bought at the Fruithof Frederiksoord Foundation or at the Noordelijke Pomologische Vereniging. You can either browse them on this website or borrow them at our library.
But of course it is also possible to come to the Special Collections to study the original books. []

• J.H. Knoop, Pomologia, 1758 Fructologia, 1763
  
• M. van Noort, Pomologia Batava, 1830
• S. Berghuis, De Nederlandsche boomgaard. dl. 1: Appels, 1868
  S. Berghuis, De Nederlandsche boomgaard. dl. 2: Peren en steenvruchten, 1868
• K.J.W. Ottolander [et al.] Het fruit uit Flora en Pomona, 1876, 1879
• Lauche, W., Deutsche Pomologie : 100 Birnensorten, 1882
  Lauche, W., Deutsche Pomologie : 100 Aepfelsorten, 1882-1883
• H. de Greeff, Onze appels en peren, 1905-1908
• R. Lijsten, A. Beeftink, Nederlandsche fruitsoorten, 1942

More sources at Wageningen UR Library

• Krelage Collection (1650-1900): 1100 books and journals on horticulture.
• An international collection of nursery catalogues (1830-2000)

Other historic fruit sources

• Deutschlands Obstsorten by J. Müller, Stuttgart, 1907-1932, 7 Vol., ca. 300 pl. from Beda Christoph Hammerschmidt.
• Obstsorten Datenbank; Obstsortenlisten aus historischen Büchern (A-K) und Obstsortenlisten aus historischen Büchern (L-Z) Bund Lemgo.
• British apples: report of the Committee of the National apple congress held in the Royal Horticultural Gardens, Cheswick, Oct. 5th to 25th, 1883 [by] A.F. Barron
• USDA pomological watercolor collection: at NCGR-Corvallis (National Clonal Germplasm Repository)   at the Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library, USA
• Traité des Arbres Fruitiers by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, 1768. - 2 Tomes of the Oak Spring Garden Library

From the Digital Gallery of the New York Public Library (NYPL):

• Pomona Britannica; or, A collection of the most esteemed fruits...with the blossoms and leaves... (1812)
• Pomona Italiana: Trattato degli alberi fruttiferi conteneate la Descrizione delle megliori varietáa dei Frutte coltivati in Italia, accompagnato da Figure ... (1817-1839)

Rare books on fruit from the Missouri Botanical Garden Library where it is possible to search illustrations by latin and common names in all the scanned works.

• La flore et la pomone françaises by J.H. Jaume Saint-Hilaire, 1828-1833. .
• Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de l'ille de Java: by Madame Berthe Hoola van Nooten. - 3me ed., 1880 .

Pomologische Bibliothek : of the Bücherei des Deutschen Gartenbaues e.V., Berlin

• A.F.A. Diel, Kernobstsorten, 1799-1832
• E. Lucas, Obstkunde, 1855-1875
• Schweizerisch Obstsorten, 1873-1876
• Pomologische Monatshefte, 1855-1905

Wageningen Digital Library, 6 January, 2011