The Story of the Apple,9780881927849

The Story of the Apple

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ISBN13: 9780881927849
ISBN10: 0881927848
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-08-09
Publisher(s): Workman Pub Co
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Summary

The Story of the Apple reveals the solution to a long-standing puzzle. Where did the apple come from, and why is the familiar large, sweet, cultivated apple so different from all other wild apple species with their bitter, cherry-sized fruits? This book will fascinate gardeners who wish to know more about the origin and natural history of the plants that they grow in their yards or orchards, researchers and students in botany and horticulture who want the evidence from DNA, geology, anthropology, archaeology, zoology, and Classical history, and anyone with an interest in diet, well-being, and the benevolent effects of plants on the emergence of humankind.

Author Biography

David J. Mabberley is the Soest Professor of Horticultural Science and Director of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens, and visiting professor at the University of Leiden.

Table of Contents

Preface 11(6)
Acknowledgments
13(4)
CHAPTER 1 What are apples? 17(29)
Apple relatives
18(8)
Apple fruits, flowers, and seeds
26(4)
Apple dispersal
30(4)
Apple country
34(12)
The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
38(1)
The monsoon region
38(3)
The Tian Shan
41(5)
CHAPTER 2 Origin of the apple 46(35)
Malus pumila and its relatives
47(6)
DNA evidence
48(2)
Evidence from cultivars
50(3)
The origin of the apple: A tentative conclusion
53(3)
The fruit forest
56(11)
The three phases of the apple crop
67(6)
Enter the bear
73(2)
Enter the horse
75(3)
Camels
78(1)
And dung beetles?
78(3)
CHAPTER 3 Archaeology and the apple 81(10)
The Turkic Corridor
84(3)
Pack animals
85(2)
Ancient apple names
87(4)
CHAPTER 4 Apples and grafting 91(24)
Grafting and the apple's move westward
94(3)
Archaeological evidence for grafting
97(3)
Grafting in the Middle Ages and after
100(5)
Grafting in China
105(3)
Apple rootstocks
108(7)
CHAPTER 5 Westward migration of the apple 115(39)
Chinese names for apples
115(5)
Silk Roads
120(3)
Lapis Lazuli Road
123(3)
Apples in Europe
126(10)
Celtic place-names and the apple
129(1)
Romans in Britain
130(1)
The empire of Charlemagne
131(1)
Berbers and Moors
131(1)
Post-Roman place-names and the apple
132(2)
The Battle of Hastings
134(2)
Reception of the apple in the West
136(13)
The image of the apple
140(3)
The apple in Germany
143(3)
That puzzling word reinette
146(1)
The textbook and the apple
146(3)
The apple in folklore and other stories
149(5)
Newton's apple
149(1)
'Norfolk Beefin'
150(1)
'Bramley's Seedling'
150(1)
'Ribston Pippin'
151(1)
'Blenheim Orange'
152(1)
And some non-apples
153(1)
CHAPTER 6 Apple migration across the seas 154(5)
Scurvy
154(1)
Colonies
155(4)
CHAPTER 7 Beyond dessert: Cyder and ornamentals 159(21)
Cyder and cider
160(4)
Early Europe
164(1)
Britain
165(2)
Scudamore's 'Redstreak'
166(1)
Vinetum Britannicum
166(1)
France
167(1)
North America
168(2)
Johnny Appleseed
169(1)
Virtues of cyder
170(2)
Other methods of apple preservation
172(2)
Apple growing
174(1)
Apple wood
175(1)
Apple hybrids
175(2)
Ornamental crabs
177(3)
'Niedzwetzkyana'
178(2)
CHAPTER 8 A dénouement 180(4)
The future of the apple
183(1)
APPENDIX Classification and distribution of apple species 184(3)
References 187(24)
Index 211

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