Welcome to my ‘Pomolibrary’. The books listed on this page are all on the subject of top-fruit, soft-fruit, orchard management, cider-making, the social, economic and landscape history of orchards and orcharding, or cooking with, eating and enjoying the fruit harvest.
The list below is of the print books in my own collection. I’ve also been able to locate hundreds of copyright-free historical texts that are freely available online. The full list of everything I’ve found to-date can be accessed (read-only) via this spreadsheet.
Research is always ongoing, so if you’re aware of any books that really ought to be added to the Pomolibrary, or open source texts that aren’t already listed on the spreadsheet, or a relevant online archive that I might find useful to search through, please do drop me a line and let me know.
- 2023 – Medlars, Growing and Cooking – Jane Steward
- 2022 – English Orchards: A Landscape History – Gerry Barnes and Tom Williamson
- 2022 – The Lost Orchards – Liz Copas with Nick Poole
- 2022 – The Commonplace Book of John Gwin of Llangwm – ed. Madeleine Gray, Tony Hopkins and Alan Withey
- 2022 – The Neighbouring Orchard – Annie Lord
- 2022 – Melons and Other Cucurbits – Richard Brown
- 2021 – Taming Fruit: How Orchards Have Transformed the Land, Offered Sanctuary, and Inspired Creativity – Bernd Brunner
- 2021 – The New Sylva; A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century (3rd ed.) – Gabriel Hemery & Sarah Simblet
- 2021 – The Orchard Book – Wade Muggleton
- 2021 – The Orchards of Eastern England: History, Ecology and Place – Gerry Barnes, Tom Williamson
- 2020 – Orchard: A Year in England’s Eden – Benedict Macdonald, Nicholas Gates
- 2020 – Orchard Recipes from Eastern England – Monica Askay and Tom Williamson
- 2019 – Heritage Apples – Caroline Ball
- 2019 – The Extraordinary Story of the Apple – Barrie E. Juniper and David J. Mabberley
- 2019 – The Language of Fruit – Liz Bellamy
- 2019 – The Lost Orchard – Raymond Blanc
- 2019 – Mulberry – Peter Coles
- 2019 – Uncultivated: Wild Apples, Real Cider and the Complicated Art of Making a Living – Andy Brennan
- 2018 – Apples of Wales – Carwyn Graves
- 2018 – Damsons: An Ancient Fruit in the Modern Kitchen – Sarah Conrad Gothie
- 2018 – The Devon Orchards Book – Michael Gee
- 2018 – The Shadow Orchard – Jim Chapman
- 2018 – The Original Warden Pear (2nd ed.) – Margaret Roberts
- 2018 – The Worcester Black Pear – Wade Muggleton
- 2017 – Growing Urban Orchards – Susan Poizner
- 2017 – Nuts: Growing and Cooking – Jane McMordland Hunter and Sally Hughes
- 2017 – The Apples and Orchards of Worcestershire – Wade Muggleton
- 2016 – The Apple Orchard: The Story of Our Most English Fruit – Pete Brown
- 2016 – How to Prune an Apple Tree – Chloe Ward
- 2015 – Apple – Marcia Reiss
- 2015 – Apples: a Field Guide – Michael Clark
- 2014 – The Apple Book – Rosie Sanders
- 2014 – A Cornish Pomona – James Evans and Mary Martin
- 2014 – Cider Enthusiasts’ Manual – Bill Bradshaw
- 2014 – Native Apples of Gloucestershire – Charles Martell
- 2014 – Quinces, Growing and Cooking – Jane McMorland Hunter and Sue Dunster
- 2014 – Wild Fruit: A Field Guide to Britain and Europe – Alain & Marie-Jeanne Généve
- 2013 – The Apples of North America – Tom Burford
- 2013 – The Apples and Orchards of Cumbria – Andy Gilchrist
- 2013 – The Apple Pruning Manual – Roger Worracker and Malcom Withnall
- 2013 – The Tradescants’ Orchard – Barrie Juniper & Hanneke Grootenboer
- 2012 – The Illustrated World Enclyclopedia of Apples – Andrew Mikolajski
- 2012 – The Lost Orchards of Cantre’r Gwaelod – Richard Bambrey
- 2012 – Orchards – Claire Masset
- 2012 – Alcohol and its Role in the Evolution of Human Society – Ian S. Hornsey
- 2011 – Apple: A Global History – Erika Janik
- 2011 – Growing Fruit Trees – J. M. Lespinasse, É. Leterme
- 2011 – How to Grow Apples and Make Cider (2nd ed.) – Bill Bleasdale
- 2011 – The Fruit Tree Handbook – Ben Pike
- 2010 – For the Love of an Orchard – Jane McMorland Hunter, Chris Kelly
- 2010 – Tender, Vol II: A Cook’s Guide to the Fruit Garden – Nigel Slater
- 2009 – Bob Flowerdew’s Complete Fruit Book – Bob Flowerdew
- 2009 – Directions for the Gardiner and Other Horticultural Advice – John Evelyn, ed. Maggie Campbell-Culver
- 2009 – Fruitful Legacy – Susan A. Dolan
- 2009 – Organic Fruit Production and Viticulture, A Complete Guide – Stella Cubison
- 2008 – Apples of the Welsh Marches – Marcher Apple Network
- 2008 – Ciderland – James Crowden
- 2008 – Community Orchards Handbook – Common Ground
- 2008 – Forgotten Fruits – Christopher Stocks
- 2007 – Grow Your Own Fruit – Ken Muir
- 2007 – The Northern Pomona: Apples For Cool Climates – ed. Linden Hawthorne, Elke Laver, Bridget Gillespie
- 2006 – The Isle of Wight Apple Book – Alison Harding
- 2006 – The Story of the Apple – Barrie E. Juniper & David J. Mabberley
- 2006 – Berries – Roger Yepsen
- 2005 – Fruits of the Hedgerow and Unusual Garden Fruits – Charlotte Popescu
- 2005 – The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist – Michael Phillips
- 2005 – The Orchard, a Memoir (reprint ed.) – Adele Crockett Robertson
- 2003 – Apples, A Field Guide – Michael Clark
- 2003 – Fruit, An Illustrated History – Peter Blackburn-Maze
- 2003 – Le Potager du Roi – Stephanie de Courtois
- 2002 – Growing Cider Apples: A Guide to Good Practice – Liz Copas, Roger Umpelby
- 2002 – Success With Apples and Pears to Eat and Drink – Alan Rowe
- 2002 – The New Book of Apples – Joan Morgan, Alison Richards
- 2002 – Pomona Britannica, the Complete Plates (Taschen reprint ed.) – George Brookshaw
- 2002 – Favourite Apple Recipes – compiled by J. Salmon (publ.)
- 2001 – A Somerset Pomona: The Cider Apples of Somerset – Liz Copas
- 2001 – Cabbages & Kings – The Origins of Fruit & Vegetables – Jonathan Roberts
- 2001 – Der Apfel, Sortannemen und Synonyme – Johann-Heinrich Rolff
- 2000 – The Common Ground Book of Orchards – Common Ground
- 1999 – Apples, a Social History – Sally Twiss
- 1999 – The Autumn Fruits Cookbook – Charlotte Popescu
- 1999 – Cider, the Forgotten Miracle – James Crowden
- 1999 – Growing Fruit – Harry Baker
- 1998 – Apples, the Story of the Fruit of Temptation – Frank Browning
- 1998 – Cornucopia, the Lore of Fruits & Vegetables – Annie Lise Roberts
- 1998 – Cox at its Best – the Whole Story – Dan Neuteboom and Malcolm Withnall
- 1998 – The Country House Kitchen Garden 1600-1950 – Ed. C. Anne Wilson
- 1997 – The Apple Cookbook – Charlotte Popescu
- 1997 – The Orchard, A Memoir – Adele Crockett Robinson
- 1997 – Pears – Jim Arbury, Sarah Pinhey
- 1996 – Fruity Stories – Joanna Readman
- 1996 – Pomona’s Harvest – An Illustrated Chronicle of Antiquarian Fruit Literature – H. Frederic Janson
- 1995 – Fruit Past & Present (RHS Fruit Group 50th Anniversary) – ed. Karen Wilson and Brian Self
- 1995 – Summer Fruit: A Country Garden Cookbook – Edon Waycott
- 1994 – Berries: A Country Garden Cookbook – Sharon Kramis
- 1994 – Pears: A Country Garden Cookbook – Janet Hazen
- 1994 – Apple Games and Customs – Beatrice Mayfield
- 1992 – The Cuckoo in June: Tales of a Sussex Orchard – David Atkins
- 1991 – The Apple Source Book – Sue Clifford, Angela King
- 1991 – The Fruit Garden Displayed (8th ed.) – Harry Baker
- 1990 – Growing Tree Fruits – Bonham Bazeley
- 1990 – Paradise Out of a Common Field – Joan Morgan and Alison Richards
- 1990 – Pruning Hardy Fruits – Jack Woodward
- 1989 – Hooker’s Finest Fruits – Frederick A. Roach
- 1988 – A Harvest of Apples – Ruth Ward
- 1988 – Fruit Culture, Its Science and Art – Kay Ryugo
- 1988 – The English Apple – Rosanne Sanders
- 1988 – The Apple Book (U.S. Edtn of The English Apple) – Rosanne Sanders
- 1987 – Bulmers of Hereford, A Century of Cider-Making – L. P. Wilkinson
- 1987 – Bulmers Pomona – C. Todhunter, R. Williams and S. Rodney
- 1986 – The Apple Book – Peter Blackburne-Maze
- 1985 – Cultivated Fruits of Britain: Their Origin and History – F.A. Roach
- 1984 – Cider Making in Wales – John Williams-Davies
- 1983 – A Year of Fruits – Sebastian Lousada
- 1983 – Forgotten Fruit – Francesca Greenoak
- 1982 – Cidermaking (Shire Classics) – Michael B. Quinion
- 1979 – Grafting Fruit Trees – Larry Southwick
- 1978 – Simmons Manual of Fruit – Tree, Bush, Cane and Other Varieties – Alan F. Simmons
- 1978 – The Illustrated History of Gardening – Anthony Huxley
- 1977 – The Home Orchard Cookery Book – Gillian Painter
- 1976 – Pruning in the Fruit Garden – F. Hilkenbäumer
- 1975 – Apples: History, Folklore, Horticulture and Gastronomy – Peter Wynne
- 1975 – Climate and the Orchard – H. C. Pereira
- 1973 – Fruit Present and Future Vol II – The R.H.S. Fruit Group, ed. Elspeth Napier
- 1972 – Growing Unusual Fruit – Alan F. Simmons
- 1967 – The Pruning of Hardy Fruit Trees and Bushes (13th impression) – J. M. S. Potter, revised by E. G. Gilbert
- 1966 – Pruning Apple Trees – C. R. Thompson
- 1966 – Fruit Present and Future (RHS Fruit Group 21st Anniversary) – Ed. P. M. Synge and Elspeth Napier
- 1961 – Compost Fruit Growing – S. R. Williams
- 1957 – Raspberries and Loganberries – H. M. Hughes
- 1956 – Currants and Gooseberries – D. S. Crowther
- 1956 – Practical Aspects of the Manuring of Fruit Trees in Gardens (revised edition) – T. Wallace
- 1955 – Fruit From Trained Trees – Stanley B. Whitehead
- 1954 – Mr. Cuthbert’s Guide to Growing Fruit Trees (booklet) – Mr. Cuthbert
- 1954 – The Pruning of Fruit Trees – Paul Champagnat (trans. N.B. Bagenal)
- 1953 – Science and Fruit – ed. T. Wallace and R. W. Marsh
- 1950 – A Fruit Grower’s Diary – Raymond Bush
- 1949 – Fruit Growing for Amateurs – Plant Protection Ltd.
- 1949 – The Plums of England – H. V. Taylor
- 1949 – The Pruning of Apples and Pears by Renewal Methods – C. R. Thompson
- 1948 – Fruit-Growing 2nd edition reprint – N. B. Bagenal
- 1948 – Hardy Fruit Growing – Sir Frederick Keeble and A. N. Rawes
- 1946 – Fruit Bud Development Illustrated by a Series of Charts – U.K. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
- 1946 – The Apples of England (3rd ed.) – H. V. Taylor
- 1946 – The Apples of England (2nd ed.) – H. V. Taylor
- 1944 – Our Heritage of Fruits (re-issued ed.) – Hilda M. Coley
- 1935 – Apples and Pears, Varieties and Cultivation in 1934 – ed. F. J. Chittenden
- 1934 – The Pruning of Hardy Fruit Trees (1947 reprint edition) – Henry Dunkin
- 1933 – The Apple – Sir A. Daniel Hall and M. B. Crane
- 1929 – The Anatomy of Dessert (2006 reprint ed.) – Edward A. Bunyard
- 1926 – Fruit and its Cultivation (4th Edition) – T. W. Sanders
- 1923(?) – The Photographic Guide to Pruning Fruit Trees (reprint edtn.) – Ephraim Porter Felt
- 1917 – Pruning Fruit Trees (reprint ed.) – W. H. Alderman and E. C. Auchter
- 1913 – Pictorial Practical Fruit Growing – Walter P. Wright
- 1901 – Bush-Fruits (2nd ed. reprint ed.) – Fred W. Card
- 1899 – Catalogue of Fruit Trees Cultivated by George Bunyard & Co. (reprint ed.) – George Bunyard & Co.
- 1891 – The Miniature Fruit Garden (reprint ed.) – Thomas Rivers
- 1890 – Fruit Farming For Profit (3rd ed.) – George Bunyard
- 1862 – The Science and Practice of Grafting, Pruning and Training Fruit Trees (reprint ed.) – Alphonse Du Breuil (trans. W. Wardle)
- 1779 – The British Fruit Gardener and Art of Pruning (reprint ed.) – John Abercrombie