Based on real events, this is the story of how the Golden Delicious apple came to be. Owners of a nursery in Missouri were looking for the perfect apple. It wou

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Sin, cider and apple crumble... the 10,000-year story of the world's most tempting fruit. The Apple: A Delicious History takes the reader on an extraordinary jo

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Ninety North American apples, described in words and identified in the author's beautiful and precise watercolors. In this charming and informative book, Roger