Winner of the Garden Media Guild Awards Reference Book of the Year 2016, the Guild of Food Writers Food Book of the year 2016, and the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2016 for Outstanding Achievement. Accompanied by a beautiful and comprehensive website of the same name, this wonderfully unique book is an indispensable and one-of-a-kind guide. It tells the story of the pear from its delightful taste and wonderful appearance to breeding and cultivation, following the fruit's journey through history and around the world. ...
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Winner of the Garden Media Guild Awards Reference Book of the Year 2016, the Guild of Food Writers Food Book of the year 2016, and the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2016 for Outstanding Achievement. Accompanied by a beautiful and comprehensive website of the same name, this wonderfully unique book is an indispensable and one-of-a-kind guide. It tells the story of the pear from its delightful taste and wonderful appearance to breeding and cultivation, following the fruit's journey through history and around the world. Beautifully illustrated with 40 botanical watercolour paintings by Elisabeth Dowle, The Book of Pears is the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the pear. Moving through continents and cultures, Joan Morgan celebrates the pear's long history as both a fresh and cooking fruit. Revealing the secrets of the pear as a status symbol, some of the most celebrated fruit growers in history, and how the pear came to be so important as an international commodity. The pear directory, which makes up the second half of the book, covers the world's ancient and modern varieties, each with full tasting notes and historical, geographical and horticultural detail. A fully illustrated version of this directory is shown on the author's website ...
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Elisabeth Dowle. Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 304 pages, with 40 color plates and over 90 historic images. "A comprehensive directory of over 500 varieties of pears, including eating, cooking and perry pears. Also with practical advice on growing and cooking pears." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET-NEW.
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New. Tells the story of the pear from its taste and appearance to breeding and cultivation, following the fruit's journey through history and around the world. This book reveals the secrets of the pear as a status symbol, some of the most celebrated fruit growers in history, and how the pear came to be so important as an international commodity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: WMPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 206 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1210. 2015. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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