Frank Browning leads us on a beguiling journey through the primal myths of the world's most popular fruit and then explains that the first apples really appeared in Kazakhstan on the slopes of the Heavenly Mountains. He visits the apple germplasm repository in Geneva, New York, and describes the powerful effects of genetic engineering on the apples of the future. In Wenatchee, Washington, world capital of apple growing, he meets Mr. Granny Smith and learns about the apple's niche in the global marketplace, before setting ...
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Frank Browning leads us on a beguiling journey through the primal myths of the world's most popular fruit and then explains that the first apples really appeared in Kazakhstan on the slopes of the Heavenly Mountains. He visits the apple germplasm repository in Geneva, New York, and describes the powerful effects of genetic engineering on the apples of the future. In Wenatchee, Washington, world capital of apple growing, he meets Mr. Granny Smith and learns about the apple's niche in the global marketplace, before setting off to sample Calvados from the pot stills of Normandy and cider from Somerset.
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Fascinating read, had no idea how complicated the history and "life" of apples was. I was totally absorbed reading it. Blew Johnny Appleseed out of the water!
ayelvington
Dec 18, 2008
Satisfying and delicious
I took tremendous delight in exploring the history and lore of something that a lot of us take for granted, apples.
Cover to cover, Mr Browning divulges the lineage, history, and possibly the future of a fruit that feeds millions, and has cost some their lives.
This is an engaging, entertaining, and discretely educating volume that was difficult to put down, and I didn't have to wash my hands.
