News: New Fruit Books

June 2008
Man-Made Eden by James Russell: the history of fruit growing and the present status of orchards in Somerset an Gloucestershire .
Man-Made Eden, Historic Orchards in Somerset and Gloucestershire; with photographs by Stephen Morris; published by Redcliffe Press Ltd, Bristol; 156 pages; numerous colour photographs; £15.00.
Reviewed:  on Fruit Forum:

http://www.fruitforum.net/edward-bunyard-biography-a-book-for-the-scholar-and-enthusiast.htm

Community Orchards; Handbook; the guidebook to creating and looking after a Community Orchard by Common Ground.
Community Orchards; Handbook by Angela King and Sue Clifford; published by Common Ground, Dorset; 225 pages; many coloured illustrations; £10 +£3 p&p from Common Ground Gold Hill House, 21 High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8JE (01747 850820).
Reviewed: on Fruit Forum:

http://www.fruitforum.net/traditional-orchards-for-commerce-and-community.htm

October 2007
The Apple Source Book: a celebration of  apples and their many uses, customs and stories brought together by Sue Clifford and Angela King, the founders of Common Ground, with contributions from many authors together with numerous recipes.
The Apple Source Book; particular uses for diverse apples by Sue Clifford and Angela King with Philippa Davenport for Common Ground; published by Hodder & Stoughton, 304 pages, b&w illustrations, £16.99.

The Northern Pomona is a guide to apples that do well in the north of Britain, which has been produced in the main by horticulturists, cooks and chefs located around Helmsley Walled Garden, in North Yorkshire. The book is edited by Lin Hawthorn and illustrated with over 50 water colour paintings of apple varieties by  Bridget Gillespie. All the proceeds from the Pomona are going towards the restoration work at Helmsley Garden and its role as a community enterprise.
The Northern Pomona: Apples for Cool Climates; published by Pomona Publications York (www.northernpomona.co.uk ); illustrated with water colours; £50.

May 2007
The Downright Epicure; Essays on Edward Bunyard (1878-1939): biography of Edward Bunyard, the well known fruit authority of the 1920s and 1930s. Edited by Edward Wilson with contributions from Alan Bell, Simon Hiscock, Joan Morgan, Richard Sharp and Edward Wilson.  
The Downright Epicure; Essays on Edward Bunyard (1878-1939) edited by Edward Wilson; published by Prospect Books; £30; pp 400.

Reviewed: on Fruit Forum:

http://www.fruitforum.net/edward-bunyard-biography-a-book-for-the-scholar-and-enthusiast.htm