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Abercrombie, John (1726- 1806)

For Bib. & Biog, see his: The gardener's pocket
journal. 11th ed.,  1808, p.iii-v; Gard. Chron. (3)
40: 437-438. 1907; Jour. Hort. 55:469-471. 1876 .

The British fruit gardener; and art of pruning. London, L.
Davis, 1779.  346 p.  (Dept. Agr.; Mass. Hort. Soc. )

-----  [German]  Vollständige anleitung zur erziehung und
wartung aller in Teutschland in freyer luft zu ziehenden obstund 
fruchtbäume und fruchtsträucher, aus dem Englischen ... von
F. H. Lueder. Lübeck, 1779.  360 p. (Brit. Mus. Sup.)

----- ----- Lübeck (Leipzig?) 1781.   (Beckmann, Phys. Oekon.
Bib. 11(4): 535-536. 1781; Hirschfeld, Garten-Kal. 1782, p.49;
Dochnahl, Bib. Hort. p.2; Verz. Darmstadt, p.14.)

The complete forcing-gardener; or, The practice of forcing
fruits, flowers and vegetables to early maturity and perfection,
by the aid of artificial heat. London, L. Davis, 1781.  192 p.
(Dept. Agr.;  Mass. Hort. Soc.)

-----London, 1789. (Pritzel, 1st ed.)
Is this possibly same as his “Complete kitchen gardener" 
of same date?

The complete kitchen gardener, and hot-bed forcer; with his
thorough practical management of hot-houses, fire-walls, and forcing-houses, and the improved modern culture of the pinery-stoves,
and pine-apples. London, J. Stockdale, 1789. 509 p.  (Dept.
Agr. )

Rhoads, Cat. 24 , no.1358, gives this title with date
1799, and 509 p. as above; may be mere error in date.

The complete wall-tree pruner; or,  Principles of pruning and
training all sorts of wall fruit trees ... Also, a complete register 
of all the different species and respective varieties of the
best fruits. London, S. Bladon [1783 ] 244 p.  (Dept. Agr.)

Daily assistant in the modern practice of English gardening
for every month in the year. See his The gardener's daily
assistant &c.
        