Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors: Horticulture Correspondence and Papers

Files and papers dealing with the responsibilities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and predecessors in the field of horticulture.

These include the A file series on diseases, destructive insects and pests, 1893-1915; the HB file series on Beekeeping, 1921-1939; the HC file series on cultivation, 1920-1939; the HD file series on diseases, 1920-39; the HG file series on home grown cereals, 1941-65; the SR file series on ships' stores including infestation, 1940-1944; and the TPY file series on technical publications, 1940-1946.

Contains some files re-registered from the FPD file series (MAF 42),CCB file series (MAF 119), CPR file series (MAF 120), the DFP file series (MAF 126), the HH file series (MAF 133), the HI file series (MAF 134), the MAS file series (MAF 195), the PDB file series (MAF 207), the SDB file series (MAF 273) and the SDS file series: MAF 370

For further A file series records on Horticulture: Diseases, destructive insects and pests see also MAF 44