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2) Apples
Author
Publisher
The Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With more than 150 art-quality color photographs, Apples of Uncommon Character shows us the fruit in all its glory. Jacobsen collected specimens both common and rare from all over North America, selecting 123 to feature, including the best varieties for eating, baking, and hard-cider making. Each is accompanied by a photograph, history, lore, and a list of characteristics. The book also includes 20 recipes, savory and sweet, resources for buying and...
Author
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1800s a migrant farmer named Maria Ann Smith worked as an apple orchardist. Her discovery of a new type of apple that never turned red, but was always green, tart, sweet, and perfect for a pie, was due part to a fluke of nature, and part to Maria's insight and determination. The beloved Granny Smith apple that we know today was named in her honor. This is her story"--
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