Taming fruit
Subtitle: how orchards have transformed the land, offered sanctuary, and inspired creativity
By: Bernd Brunner ; translation by Lori Lantz
Contributors: Lantz, Lori, translator
Publisher: Greystone Books
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Vancouver; Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781771644099; 9781771644082
Subjects: Orchards; History; Vergers; Histoire
Description: "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."--
Notes: Translated from the German.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.