Book of Apples - Hardcover

Morgan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091777593 ISBN 13: 9780091777593

Publisher: Ebury Press, 1993

Synopsis

This book is likely to become an immediate classic - a comprehensive world-wide survey of apples. Joan Morgan is probably the only person alive to have tasted and annotated every known apple variety in Britain (and many others), and her scholarship, knowledge and evident love of apples shine through these pages. Beginning with a fascinating history of apple-growing from earliest times, she describes the multiplication of varieties which culminated in the golden age of apples as a dessert fruit in the 19th century. There is a practical section on growing apples and eating them - the characteristics of different varieties, growing, training and pruning, pest protection, serving and cooking. And finally there is a complete annotated directory of the National Apple Collection at Brogdale, the largest of its kind in the world. Also included are useful lists of apple collections throughout the world, and of nurserymen supplying individual varieties. The book is illustrated by 36 magnificent colour paintings by Elizabeth Dowle, specially commissioned for this book, as well as numerous other illustrations in line and halftone.

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This lovely and informative book is published in association with the Brogdale Horticultural Trust of Kent, England, which boasts the largest apple collection in the world, containing both ancient and modern varieties. There is a detailed history of the fruit, starting with the Middle Ages, when most apples were destined for the cider press, and a directory of more than 2,000 of the world's varieties (with cider apples listed in a separate directory). The directories provide a summary of each variety's (cultivar's) characteristics and history. There is an appendix on cooking with apples, which contains 11 recipes, one on growing apples, and a third that lists apple organizations worldwide. Thirty-two opulent color paintings and 70 black-and-white illustrations (including Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, of course) are included. George Cohen

Edition details

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091777593
• ISBN 13: 9780091777593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288