The British Pomology
The History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain

A comprehensive and detailed guide from 1851 to the 942 varieties of apple tree then growing in Britain.

Robert Hogg (Author)

9781108039444, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 December 2011

328 pages, 70 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.35 kg

Robert Hogg (1817–97), son of a Scots nurseryman, was destined for a career in medicine, but abandoned his studies to pursue horticulture. Employed by a famous London tree nursery, he travelled widely in Britain and Europe to study gardening practice. This work, first published in 1851, was intended to encourage a taste for the 'most important, most instructive, and intellectual branch of horticultural science' - the cultivation of fruit. (The book is subtitled 'The Apple', as though further volumes on other fruit were intended, but none appeared, though Hogg did publish The Fruit Manual (also reissued in this series) in 1860.) It lists and gives detailed descriptions, including drawings, of 401 apples in cultivation in Great Britain, and a further 541 of which Hogg had no direct knowledge. He provides classification lists by fruit colour, shape, seasonality and region - a fascinating resource for the history of horticulture and of food.

Preface
Abbreviations and list of books referred to in the following work
The apple - its classification
The apple - its varieties
The apple - select varieties
Index.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST]