The New Book of Apples: The Definitive Guide to Apples, Including Over 2000 Varieties

by Joan Morgan, Alison Richards, Elisabeth Dowle (Illustrator)

This extraordinary book contains the most wide ranging history of apples ever written and a detailed survey of over 2,000 of the world's apple varieties. Beautifully illustrated with 32 exquisite colour paintings, the last edition of this book received many accolades and was quickly recognised as a classic. Complete with a fully revised directory covering all the varieties of apples to be found in the world's largest apple collection, The New Book of Apples includes full historical, geographical and botanical details as well as tasting notes on each type of apple. Exploring the role of apples in cooking, cider making, gardening, myth and medicine, this is an indispendable reference guide.

Genres: Gardening, Food, Nonfiction

304 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2002

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Reviews

[Jacob · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book telling the history of the apple from antiquity to its modern prominence. An appendix lists two thousand varieties with short descriptions and valuable information. Another appendix does the same, but for cider apples. This is a great resource for anyone interested in apples.

[Martine Bailey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This large and beautiful book is the best exploration of the apple and its history I have ever seen.
Century by century it looks at the myths, artistic depictions and development of the apple. It is encyclopaedic in scope and is illustrated with gorgeous hand-drawn illustrations of old species. I particularly loved the history of the botanic garden and orchards under Cromwell and the many rich engravings. In terms of cider production, cooking with apples and its catalogue of every great apple I doubt it could be bettered.