Seven Items From a Nurseryman"s Sales Book
1) Three Fine Peaches: Carman, Triumph, Globe. Color lithograph on paper. Measures 8 ¾"H x 5 ¾"W. With advertistment photocopied on verso. 2) Three Best Quinces: Champion, Orange, Meeches. Color lithograph on paper. Measures 5 ¾"H x 8 ¾"W. With advertistment photocopied on verso. 3) Black Diamond: the Finest Black Rasberry in the World. Measures 8 ¾"H x 5 ¾"W. With advertistment photocopied on verso. 4) Three of the best Winter Apples: Pewaukee, North-Western Greening, Jonathan. Measures 8 ¾"H x 5 ¾"W. With advertistment photocopied on verso. 5) Apples for Summer, Fall and Winter. Rome Beauty, Maiden Blush, Early Harvest. Measures 8 ¾"H x 5 ¾"W. With advertistment photocopied on verso. 6) 4 seed packages for Radishes from Card Seed Co., Fredonia, N.Y. Each measures 5"H x 3 ¼". 7) 2 seed packages for Herbs from Card Seed Co., Fredonia, N.Y. Each measures 5"H x 3 ¼".
This sort of book would have been carried by a salesman from farm to farm in order to sell seeds to the farmers.