Taming fruit : how orchards have transformed the land, offered sanctuary, and inspired creativity / Bernd Brunner ; translation by Lori Lantz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunner, Bernd, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Lantz, Lori, translator.

Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Orchards.

Orchards--History.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2021]

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

"Humans have always had a special appreciation for fruit that grows on trees. Could it be because orchard fruits grow closer to heaven than other plant products do as some poets have suggested? Or could it be because the places where these fruits grow are alive with light and shadow and redolent of sweet scents, offering us sanctuaries where we can retreat from the cares of daily life? Where did the fruits we grow in orchards come from and how did they develop? Bernd Brunner set out to discover how the search for desirable fruit has shaped us, and how we have shaped fruit by selecting those that appeal most to our senses of taste and delight. The result is a readable, lavishly illustrated book about orchards as places that for millennia have stimulated human creativity and that have provided sustenance for both the body and the soul. It is the first book to explore the history of orchards in such depth."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Before There Were Orchards

2. The Rustle of Palm Leaves

3. Gardens of the Gods

4. Not Far From the Tree

5. Studying the Classics

6. Earthly Paradises

7. Pears for the Sun King

8. Moving North

9. Orchards for the Masses

10. Cherry Picking

11. Pucker Up

12. As American as Apple Pie

13. Orchards Unbound

14. Pomological Gentlemen

15. Orchards of the Senses

16. Returning to the Wilder Ways of Fruit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Brunner, Bernd, 1964- Taming fruit.

ISBN:

9781771644075

1771644079

OCLC:

1237631905

Publisher Number:

99990178479