Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived

By Diane Flynt, Angie Mosier (photographer),

Book cover of Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South

Book description

For anyone who's ever picked an apple fresh from the tree or enjoyed a glass of cider, writer and orchardist Diane Flynt offers a new history of the apple and how it changed the South and the nation. Showing how southerners cultivated over 2,000 apple varieties from Virginia to Mississippi,…

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1 author picked Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book made me want to pour a glass of cider. Diane Flynt writes about her hunt for heirloom apples as the owner of Foggy Ridge Ciders in Virginia. Along the way, she shares the rich history of apples in the South.

Her writing is poetic. I could almost taste the apples and smell the evening air in the orchards as she checked on her trees. Flynt makes a strong case for why we need agricultural diversity and how the terroir of place is important for the food we produce.

My only regret in reading this book is that Flynt…

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