The apple is often seen as in some sense quintessentially English and attracts a level of passion not readily associated with other fruit. The merits of Cox's Orange Pippins, or the demerits of Golden Delicious are to some people real issues and the fantasy of owning an orchard is remarkably widespread. Frank Browning provides an introduction to how apples are grown, the different varieties, the business of apples, their origins and their myriad uses. Far from being in any sense "English", apples have in fact spread ...
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The apple is often seen as in some sense quintessentially English and attracts a level of passion not readily associated with other fruit. The merits of Cox's Orange Pippins, or the demerits of Golden Delicious are to some people real issues and the fantasy of owning an orchard is remarkably widespread. Frank Browning provides an introduction to how apples are grown, the different varieties, the business of apples, their origins and their myriad uses. Far from being in any sense "English", apples have in fact spread inexorably around the world from their heartlands in Kazakhstan.
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Add this copy of Apples to cart. $21.13, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1999 by Allen Lane The Penguin Press.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo. 172pp, three appendices: Twenty (or so) prize apples; back-yard orchards; and a few good recipes from around the world, index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The author celebrates the unstoppable spread of apples around the world, their astonishing diversity, their myriad uses, their mythology and their future.
Add this copy of Apples: the Story of the Fruit of Temptation to cart. $33.35, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Penguin Books Ltd.
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