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try here: http://www.esveld.nl/catal/heestersa.htm

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Most of these maples are grown and sold and shipped by the owner of this website.

It seems imho that these might be the books to own on maples...

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The nomenclature of ACER is based on the book 'Maples of the World' by D.M. van Gelderen, Dr. H.J. Oterdoom en Dr. P.C. de Jong. This book is considered to be the major reference of the genus Acer for the next decades. 458 pages, more than 200 colour pictures and hundreds of line drawings make up this magnificent book.
'Maples of the World': price € 85.--.

In 1999 the new book by D.M. van Gelderen and C.J. van Gelderen: 'Maples for Gardens, The Illustrated Encyclopedia' was published. This new book is be a great pictorial guide to the beautiful maples with over 700 new pictures. A magnificent companion to 'Maples of the World'. Price: € 59.95.

"The Dutch Plant Collection of Acer is located on our nursery (the Aceretum) and includes over 600 species and cultivars and can be visited during business hours free of charge."


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I guess I better complete this now that I started it...

Recommended Literature:

D.M. van Gelderen & P.C. de Jong & H.J.Oterdoom : Maples of the World
C.J. van Gelderen & D.M. van Gelderen : Maples for Gardens, A Color Encyclopedia
Helmut Pirc : Ahorne
J.D. Vertrees & Revised and expanded by Peter Gregory : Japanese Maples
Masayoshi Yano : Book for Maples
Antoine le Hardy de Beaulieu : An Illustrated Guide to Maples

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