The Apple Orchard

The Story of Our Most English Fruit

Pete Brown

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Penguin Books Ltd
15 April 2017

Horticulture; The countryside, country life

Taking us through the year by its seasons, The Apple Orchard turns the most ordinary of fruits into something magical, showing its place at the heart of our lives

An orchard is not a field.

It's not a forest or a copse.

It couldn't occur naturally; it's definitely cultivated.

But an orchard doesn't override the natural order- it enhances it, dresses it up. It demonstrates that man and nature together can - just occasionally - create something more beautiful and (literally) more fruitful than either could alone. The vivid brightness of the laden trees, studded with jewels, stirs some deep race memory and makes the heart leap.

Here is bounty, and excitement.

By: Pete Brown
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9780141982281
ISBN 10: 0141982284
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Pete Brown is simultaneously allergic to and obsessed by apples. He has written several books on food and drink, including Man Walks into a Pub, Three Sheets to the Wind, and Hops and Glory. His discriminating palate has led him to be a judge in the Great Taste Awards and the Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards, and a frequent contributor to Radio 4's Food Programme.

Reviews for The Apple Orchard: The Story of Our Most English Fruit

A delightful book * Sunday Times * His ability to laugh at himself, openness to wonder and willingness to go wherever the search takes him make Brown an engaging writer and The Apple Orchard an entertaining journey * Mail on Sunday * An absorbing love letter to the English apple tree...lyrical and joyful * The Times Literary Supplement * Wonderful, revelatory ... very moving -- Sheila Dillon, BBC Radio 4