The apple library has grown. Begun at the end of last year, the New England Apple Library has been established to act as a resource for students, farmers, consumers and to preserve copies a number of books that have gone out of print.
We are interested in books on all subjects having to do with apples: horticultural, cooking, children's, history and culture. If you have surplus books or books that you are thinking of getting rid of, please give us a call at 413-247-9966 and we will make arrangements to collect and archive them.
Here is a list of our current titles:
Cooking with apples:
Apple Cookbook by Olwen Woodier (Story Books)
Apple Kitchen Cook Book, Demetria Taylor (International Apple Institute)
Cooking with Apples, Shirley Munson and Jo Nelson (Countryside Press)
The Apple Cookbook, William Kaufman (Pyramid Books)
The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Cookbook, Celebrity Kitchens, Inc. (Berkeley Publishing)
Apple Cookbook, Cynthia and Jerome Rubin (Emporium Publications)
Apple Orchard Cook Book, Janet Christensen and Betty Bergman Levin (A Berkshire Traveler Book)
The Love Your Heart Cookbook, Carole Kruppa, (Surrey Books)
An Apple Harvest by Frank Browning, Sharon Silva (Ten Speed Press, 1999).
In Praise of Apples: A Harvest of History, Horticulture & Recipes, by Mark Rosenstein, Chris Rich, Editor (Lark Books, 1999).
A is for Apple by Greg Patent and Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (Broadway Books, 1999). Lots of recipes and tidbits about apples and their cultivation.
Apple Pie Perfect by Ken Haedrich (Harvard Common Press, 2002). Everything you always wanted to know about making apple pie-there are 100 versions here!
Children's books:
Apples, apples, apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace (Winslow Press). A children's book about picking apples on a fall day.
Apples Here! By Will Hubbell (Albert Whitman, 2002).
Horticulture:
The Apples of New York, Vols. I and II, Beach, NY, Agricultural Experiment Station
Apples and Apple Products, Smock and Neubert, Volume II, Economic Crops (Interscience Publishers)
History and culture:
Apples, Apples, Apples, Elizabeth Helfman, (Thomas Nelson Inc.), covers all aspects from growing to myths and folklore.
Apples, Roger Yepsen (Norton, 1994). A beautiful book with Yepsen's excellent illustrations and written descriptions of a number of cultivars, plus lots of background about apples and how to use them.
The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan (Random House, 2001). Apples are one of four plants (the others are potatoes, tulips and marijuana) examined at length for their appeal to humans. A lengthy section is devoted to exploring the myths behind Johnny Appleseed.
Apples, Frank Browning (North Point Press, 1998). Lots of good history, from the origins of apples in central Asia to their commercial production today.
The Book of Apples,
by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards (Ebury Press, 1993). "A GREAT historical
reference on apples," writes Julia Stewart Daly, vice president of
public relations for the U.S. Apple Association, "and the most comprehensive
variety list I've seen recently. I refer to mine on a daily basis."
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