A terrific fully illustrated reference book

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Product Description

A unique combination of fascinating history, evocative tasting notes and practical growing advice, The New Book of Apples is an exhaustive guide to this most popular of fruits. This exquisite book contains, in one stunning volume, the most wide-ranging story of apples ever written and a detailed survey of over 2,000 of the world's varieties.

From Imperial Rome to medieval monasteries, from the apple's Victorian heyday to its present transformation into an international commodity, Joan Morgan and Alison Richards trace the remarkable history of the fruit of paradise. Spanning continents and cultures, this comprehensive account is a compelling blend of garden and social history. Carefully researched and enlivened with a rich dash of colourful anecdotes and lavish illustrations by Elisabeth Dowle, The New Book of Apples really brings to life this most familiar of fruits.

This absorbing account is followed by the Apple Directory, which covers all the varieties grown in the orchards of the National Apple Collection at Brogdale in Kent. The largest apple collection in the world, it contains ancient and modern varieties from every corner of the globe. Including full tasting notes on each one, together with full historical, geographical and botanical details, this guide will help you to seek out the finest apples for eating, cooking or pressing into cider, and discovering regional and period favourites.

Simultaneously a biography and reference tool, this book is the classic guide for the amateur and professional alike, for the consumer as much as for the grower. Written with unbounded enthusiasm as well as a high level of scholarship it is a truly invaluable guide to Britain's best-loved fruit.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93368 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-03
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages