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The Extraordinary Story of the Apple

by Barrie E Juniper and David J Mabberley Kew Publishing, £40

The humble apple, ostensibly the most English of fruits, is actually nothing of the sort. This fascinating tome from Kew considers the fruit’s origins in the wild Tian Shan mountains of Central Asia, and then traces its spread across Europe, the Americas

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