The Apple Source Book
particular uses for diverse apples
by Sue Clifford and Angela King
with Philippa Davenport
for Common Ground
Hodder & Stoughton
4 October 2007
hb 304 pages, b&w illustrations £16.99
The Apple Source Book is a celebration of nearly 3,000 varieties of apple we can grow in these islands, with their distinctive flavours, uses, places of origin, stories and associated customs.
Recipes from 52 chefs, food writers and gardeners are complemented by a wealth of useful information about apple identification, orchards, wild life, specialist nurseries, suppliers of fruit, blossom routes, Community Orchards as well as ideas for Apple Day, wassailing, juice pressing, cider making and a 40 page county by county gazetteer of where varieties originated.
Taking the apple as a symbol of the physical, cultural and genetic diversity that we should not let slip away, The Apple Source Book demonstrates how anyone can make a difference.
CONTENTS LIST
INTRODUCTION
A CASE FOR VARIETY
AN APPLE FOR ALL SEASONS - Joan Morgan
TEN GREEN APPLES - Carol Trewin
CIDER AND CIDER ORCHARDS
ATTRACTING WILD LIFE TO ORCHARDS - Gail Vines
COMMUNITY ORCHARDS
APPLE DAY
WASSAILING
RECIPES
THE ENGLISH AND THEIR APPLES: A COOK’S PERSPECTIVE - Philippa Davenport
SOUPS AND SMALL SAVOURY DISHES
SALADS AND VEGETABLES
FISH, FOWL, GAME AND MEAT
PUDDINGS
BAKING, BEVERAGES AND MISCELLANEOUS
GAZETTEER OF LOCAL VARIETIES
PRACTICAL ACTION & SOURCES
SAVE OUR ORCHARDS
IDEAS FOR CELEBRATING APPLE DAY
APPLE IDENTIFICATION
BLOSSOM WALKS AND FESTIVALS
STORING APPLES
SMALL SCALE APPLE JUICE AND CIDER MAKING
ORCHARD HONEY
MISTLETOE
GROWING YOUR OWN
SPECIALIST NURSERIES/SUPPLIERS
SPECIALIST SUPPLIERS OF FRUIT
NATIONAL COLLECTIONS OF FRUIT TREES
CONTACTS
REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING
COMMON GROUND AND PUBLICATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PICTURE CREDITS/LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
RECIPE CONTRIBUTORS
Darina Allen
Lindsey Bareham
Frances Bissell
Raymond Blanc
Joanna Blythman
Lynda Brown
Sally Clarke
Shona Crawford Poole
Tamasin Day-Lewis
Philippa Davenport
Elizabeth David
Charles Dowding
Gail Duff
Rose Elliot
Hattie Ellis
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Bob Flowerdew
Mathew Fort
Henrietta Green
Francesca Greenoak
Sophie Grigson
Skye Gyngell
Barny Haughton
Patricia Hegarty
Fergus Henderson
Shaun Hill
Mark Hix
Simon Hopkinson
Clarissa Hyman
Juliet Kindersley
Sue Lawrence
Jeremy Lee
Richard Mabey
Claire Macdonald
Laura Mason
Patricia Michelson
Joan Morgan
George and Barbara Morris
Grace Mulligan
Jill Norman
Tom Parker-Bowles
Sara Paston-Williams
Anna Pavord
Craig & Christine Pillans
Rose Prince
Simon Sekers
Nigel Slater
Delia Smith
Caroline Waldegrave
Andrew Whitley
Margaret Wilson
Alice Wooledge Salmon
ILLUSTRATORS : Ivan Allen, Richard Allen, Matt Clervaux, Glyn Goodwin, Brian Grimwood, Clifford Harper, Lucinda Rogers, Stephen Turner, Dan Williams and DESIGNER Will Webb.
Common Ground, Gold Hill House,
21 High Street, Shaftesbury,
Dorset SP7 8JE Tel: 017447 850820
Common Ground is a charity supported by Defra EAF, the Tedworth Charitable Trust, the John Ellerman Foundation, the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Headley Trust, the Raphael Trust.