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Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865 Southern cultivator.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.11 Author/Creator: Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865 Place Written: Augusta, Georgia Type: Header Record Date: 1861, 1862, 1864 Pagination: 9 issues : 4 p. : Height: 26.5 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

The Southern Cultivator was published monthly (sometimes combined) with 32 pages at the first of this run, which reduced to 24 pages and then 16 by the end of the run. Each issue contains letters to the editor with detailed responses. Regular columns include Hints for the Month, Rural Hygiene, Rural Architecture, Horticulture, etc. Advertisements for seeds are printed here, as are lists of new publications and market reports. A few recipes and poems are often included, with occasional serialized articles and travelogues.
Vol. 9 nos. 2, 7; Vol. 20 nos. 1, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10; Vol. 22 nos. 1, 3, 6
(1861/2, 1861/7, 1862/1, 1862/5&6, 1862/7&8, 1862/9&10, 1864/1, 1864/3, 1864/6)

Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1861-1864

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