
Scientist and botanist
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau
The French scientist who wrote the great book of fruit trees.
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The life
1700–1782Born Paris, France
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau was a French scientist who studied trees, farming and shipbuilding. His Traité des arbres fruitiers (Treatise on Fruit Trees), first published in 1768, described the fruit of French orchards, and later editions added fine colour plates. Our apple card comes from it.
