Old Southern Apples For media inquiries contact:

Revised and Expanded Edition Brianne Goodspeed

bgoodspeed@chelseagreen.com
Creighton Lee Calhoun, Jr. 802.295.6300 ext. 107
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$75.00 US • Hardcover Jenna Dimmick
ISBN 9781603582940
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8 1/2 x 11 • 352 pages
802.229.4900 ext.120
Pub Date: February 2011

“ Apples beloved in America’s past are making a comeback thanks to the work of crotchety apple growers
like Lee Calhoun…
—Michael Phillips, author of The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist
”
Now Back in Print! A Seminal Reference Book from One of America’s Foremost Authorities in Apple Conservation

First published in 1995, Lee Calhoun’s Old Southern Apples became an instant classic and indispensable reference for
home and commercial orchardists, as well as American historians and scholars. Now back in print in a newly revised and
expanded edition, Calhoun’s masterpiece features descriptions of 1,800 apple varieties that either originated or have been
widely grown in the American South, along with more than 120 stunning color images from the National Agricultural
Library’s collection of watercolor paintings.

The culmination of more than thirty years of research and experience, Old Southern Apples includes both legendary apple
varieties like Nickajack and Magnum Bonum, and more obscure varieties like Buff and Cullasaga. Many of these apples,
which represent our agricultural heritage, either have disappeared or are at risk of becoming extinct.

In addition to A-to-Z descriptions of nearly two thousand apple varieties, both extant and extinct, Calhoun explains the
historical significance of apples in the southern United States, practical information on cultivation, and methods of storing
and using apples for traditional products such as apple cider, apple butter, and apple brandy. Impeccably designed and
painstakingly thorough, Old Southern Apples is both an indispensable reference and a charming gift book for the apple
aficionado.

“ This new edition is so stunning that it will serve to keep these horticultural and culinary treasures in
circulation for at least another century.
—Gary Paul Nabhan, author of Coming Home to Eat and editor of Renewing America’s Food Traditions
”
Lee Calhoun lives in Chatham County, North Carolina, where he settled after a career in the military. Over the
past three decades he has sought out many old-time Southern apples and has grown more than 550 varieties
himself. For many years, he and his wife, Edith, operated Calhoun Nursery, which was a key resource for rare and
regional apple varieties.