An absorbing love letter to the English apple tree...lyrical and joyful TLSA delightful book Sunday TimesShortlisted for the Andr Simon Food and Drink Book Award 2016A Radio 4 Book of the WeekWonderful, revelatory ... very moving Sheila Dillon, BBC Radio 4 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 SundayTaking us through the seasons in Englands applegrowing heartlands, this magical book uncovers the stories and folklore of our most familiar fruit. An orchard is not a field. Its not a forest or a copse. It couldnt occur naturally its definitely cultivated. But an orchard doesnt 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.

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: TVS; Weight: 380 g; Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 21

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