Napa is home to many different kinds of flora and fauna. The books on this page cover topics related to agriculture and animal husbandry. The books in the Special Collections are usually rare, valuable, and/or delicate, so it is important to handle them with care.
Technology has made modern farming practices possible, and there are many interesting books and manuals about that technology.
| Author/Editor | Title | Call Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.E. Jacob | Factors Influencing the Yield, Composition, and Quality of Raisins |
630.72 Jacob |
Produced by the University of California College of Agriculture Agricultural Experiment Station Berkeley, California; Bulletin 683; January, 1944; pages tearing away from spine - handle with care |
| William V. Cruess | Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Products: A Textbook for Student, Investigator, and Manufacturer |
634 Cruess |
Delicate spine - handle with care; 3rd edition |
| L. Pasteur; (translated by Frank Faulkner; D. Constable Robb) | Studies on Fermentation: The Diseases of Beer, Their Causes, and the Means of Preventing Them |
660.28449 Pasteur |
Published 1879; "A translation, made with the author's sanction, of 'Études sur la Bière,' with Notes, Index, and Original Illustrations"; possible slight water damage to cover and pages; minor wear and tear to cover |
Napa Valley is fertile land and many different plants are grown on the land. Below are a handful of texts on this subject. They are rare, valuable, and/or delicate, so it is important to handle them with care.
| Author/Editor | Title | Call Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company | Dried Fruits, Prepared and Dedicated to the Dried Fruit Industry by Santa Fe System Lines |
389.3 Atchison |
Tears to external cover along spine |
| Bob Brown | Let There Be Beer! |
394.1 Brown |
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| M. F. K. Fisher | A Cordiall Water: A Garland of Odd and Old Receipts to Assuage the Ills of Man & Beast |
COPIA 615.321 Fisher |
Handwritten dedication on inside cover: For Rosemary Manell From MFK Fisher and For dear Rosie From her loving (?) Mary (?) Gauces(?) (mfk) Glen Ellen, 1981 (initialed by author) |