(Trade Catalogue - Strawberries)    ROLAND CHAPRON, Fraisiériste-Spécialiste Obteneur.   CATALOGUE DE FRAISIERS   Les Plus Importantes Cultures De France...     Caen: Automne 1932 - Printemps   1933.          An uncommon nursery catalogue of strawberry plants illustrated with 3 color plates, of which two are double-page. Roland Chapron were successors to the Maison Louis Gauthier. A folded broadside has been laid in which vaunts their prize-winning Louis Gauthier strawberry, "la plus grosse et la plus productive de toutes les Fraises connues." Several single pages are devoted to new varieties such as "Madame Raymond Poincaré," "Merveille De France," "Ville De Caen," etc. A small selection of raspberries, violets, etc are also offered. The photographic frontispiece shows M. Chapron at his stand at the Paris Exposition of 1930 being congratulated for his gold medal by the president of the French Republic.   Stapled pamphlet (24 x 15.5 cm); 52 pp. with text illustrations from engravings + photographic frontispiece + folded broadsheet + 3 color lithographed plates of strawberries, 2 of which are double page.            Original printed paper covers nicked along spine and top right corner. Plates fresh and bright. $125.00

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