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The Best Apples to Buy and Grow (Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guide)

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Average Customer Rating:	5.0
Release Date:	2005-06-28
Publisher:	Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Number of pages:	120
ISBN:	1889538663
Language:	Unknown: English; Original Language: English; Published: English;
Editor	Beth Hanson

Product Categories

General; Fruit; Paperback; 4-for-3 Books; Printed Books

Product description

Everyone--not just gardeners--will want to take a bite out of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's deliciously illustrated tribute to the luscious, healthful apple. Of course, there's plenty of information on cultivation, including the ABCs of growing the fruit at home and lots of expert tips. But foodiess who love to eat and cook with apples will also find this guide useful and enjoyable. With an encyclopedia of 60 of America's best varieties, it's handy to take along when visiting farmer's markets and roadside stands, and will help buyers choose from the bounty of treasured heirloom breeds and tasty new types. To add to the pleasure: fascinating background and stories about the apple.

Customer reviews

« Best Apples »

This book was very helpful. It covers 60 varieties of apples in good detail. All aspects of apples are covered without becoming too picky. This is a good starter book for beginning your apple library.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2010-05-01

« Great Knowledge on Apples »

I originally purchased this book because, being an avid gardener I was intrigued as to the title. I was not disappointed!

The author has great knowledge of so many variety of species as wel as the history of the apple that I read the book in one day. I just could not put it down.

She gives a great recipe to make apple pie, cider and juice as well as which species of apple works best for which recipe.

If you find an interest in growing apples and want to know more about this subject, i would highly recommend this book.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2009-05-31

« The Best Apples to Buy and Grow »

The book is full of useful information. Virtually every type of apple is covered with info on disease resistance, how to grow, what they taste like etc. It is small and can easily be dragged around to nurseries when trying to decide what apple trees to buy to grow, which is exactly why we got the book. The reviews I read before purchasing were accurate. Thanks!

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2007-01-14

« Very readable »

I am doing a lot of apple reading for a personal project and found this book to be very helpful. On the same subject Browning's The Story of the Fruit of Temptation is good, andfor a wider view try The Story of the Apple by Juniper.

Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2006-10-16

« Lots of useful information in a small, affordable softcover. »

I am impressed with the quantity and quality of information in this nice little book (it would fit in a vehicle's glove-box). It is written by professional apple folks -- nurserymen, orchardists, researchers, breeders and professors -- and the information is up-to-date, which includes several disease-resistant cultivars that were introduced relatively recently. There is instruction for planting, and even grafting, apple trees. An aspiring backyard orchardist would do good in buying this book, as it is especially written with this activity in mind. Example sections are: Restoring a Derelict Apple Tree, Planting an Apple Tree Hedge, and Using Apple Bags (to grow attractive fruit without pesticides being sprayed).
Not only for someone wanting to plant trees, this book is also packed with information about apple fruit. What varieties can be stored through the winter at home, which to choose for baking, for making cider, for fresh eating? The guide to 60 different apple cultivars, both antique and newer varieties, includes for each the most useful information, including appearance and taste, vigor and hardiness, susceptibility or resistance to diseases, blooming and ripening times, and more. Most of the 60 are pictured, but a handful are not. Sources of trees and fruit are listed, and a nice bit of apple history is also included. I find it easy to recommend a book of this quality.