Apple

Apple

by Reiss, Marcia

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This book explores the apple's history and the latest debates about the use of agrichemicals, the rise of organic and heirloom orchards, and the hopes and fears of genetic crop modification. The fruit figured in the politics of expansion and the displacement of Native Americans on the American frontier; once a seasonal fixture of every small farm, the apple is now a global commodity, produced, packaged and distributed as a mass-market item. Beautifully illustrated with historic and contemporary…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Apple / Marcia Reiss

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This book explores the apple's history and the latest debates about the use of agrichemicals, the rise of organic and heirloom orchards, and the hopes and fears of genetic crop modification. The fruit figured in the politics of expansion and the displacement of Native Americans on the American frontier; once a seasonal fixture of every small farm, the apple is now a global commodity, produced, packaged and distributed as a mass-market item. Beautifully illustrated with historic and contemporary images, and with a directory of popular and heirloom varieties, Apple is a mouth-watering exploration of this fascinating fruit.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.
  • Edition:[Enhanced Credo edition]

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Reaktion books
  • Place of Publication:London, United Kingdom
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (84 entries) : : 131 images

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781785392184, 1785392182
  • oclc:ocn908338257
  • LC Classification:SB363
  • Dewey Decimal:641.3411

Table of Contents

Introduction: Backyard apples -- Out of the Wild: An Ode and a Lament -- A Rose is a Rose is a Rose -- is an Apple -- The Search for Sweetness -- Cider Chronicles -- The American Apple -- Apple Adulation -- Good Apples -- Bad Apples -- Misplaced Apples -- The Politics of Pomology -- Apples Today and Tomorrow -- Apple Varieties -- Introduction to Apple Varieties -- Ambrosia -- Ananas Reinette -- Ashmead's Kernel -- Baldwin -- Belle de Boskoop -- Blue Pearmain -- Braeburn -- Bramley's Seedling -- Calville Blanc d'Hiver -- Cameo -- Chenango Strawberry -- Claygate Pearmain -- Cortland -- Costard apples -- Cox's Orange Pippin -- Crispin -- Dolgo -- Duchess of Oldenburg -- Empire -- Esopus Spitzenburg -- EverCrisp -- Flower of Kent -- Fuji -- Gala -- Golden Delicious -- Granny Smith -- Gravenstein -- Harrison Cider Apple -- Hewe's Virginia Crab -- Holstein -- Honeycrisp (Honeycrunch) -- Hubbardston Nonesuch -- Idared -- Indian Magic -- Jazz -- Jonathan -- Kanzi -- Kiku -- King Luscious -- Kingston Black -- Lady Alice -- Lady Apple -- Lamb Abbey Pearmain -- Liberty -- McIntosh -- Macoun -- Newtown Pippin -- Norfolk Beefing -- Northern Spy -- Paula Red -- Pink Lady -- Red Astrachan -- Red…

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Subjects

Apples Apples in art History Human-plant relationships Plantes et civilisation Plants and civilization Relations homme-plante Rosaceae Rosaceae -- History Rosacées -- Histoire

Writers

Reiss, Marcia

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