Alfred A. Hoffy (1796–1872) was a mid 19th-century American lithographer and botanical illustrator who founded the first American periodical devoted solely to fruit cultivation.[1][2][3] Born in London, he immigrated to New York City in 1830 after serving for years in the British Army and reaching the rank of major. He became a lithographer with J.T. Bowen in New York; later the partners moved to Philadelphia.
Hoffy founded a quarterly journal, Hoffy's Orchardist's Companion, and illustrated it with high-quality plates, but found it too expensive to sustain. Later he worked on another publication about American fruits, North American Pomologist, with William D. Brincklé. They published a compilation in 1860 of the entire series.