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The Ghost Orchard

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For readers of H is for Hawk and The Frozen ThamesThe Ghost Orchard is award-winning creator Helen Humphreys’ fascinating journey into the name of the game history of an iconic food. Delving deep into the storied past of the apple in North The us, Humphreys explores the intricate link between agriculture, settlement, and human relationships. With her signature insight and exquisite prose, she brings light to such varied topics as how the apple first came around the Atlantic Ocean with a slightly unknown Quaker woman long before the more famed “Johnny Appleseed”; how bountiful Indigenous orchards were targeted to be taken over or eradicated by white settlers and their armies; how the once-17,000 varietals of apple cultivated were catalogued by watercolour artists from the US’ Department of Pomology;  how apples wove into the life and poetry of Robert Frost; and how Humphreys’ own curiosity was once piqued by the Winter Pear Pearmain, believed to be the world’s best tasting apple, which she found growing beside an abandoned cottage not far from her home.

In telling this hidden history, Humphreys writes movingly in regards to the experience of her research, something she undertook as certainly one of her closest friends was once dying. The result is a book that may be both personal and universal, combining engaging storytelling, historical detail, and deep emotional insight.

 

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