Project Gutenberg 2014-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 330 Hogg, Robert 1818 1897 British Pomology Or, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain Produced by Chris Curnow, Fay Dunn and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "British Pomology" by Robert Hogg is a detailed scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the history, description, classification, and synonymy of fruits and fruit trees in Great Britain, with a particular emphasis on apples. The work is intended for pomologists and horticulturists, providing an extensive reference for understanding and cultivating various fruit varieties. At the start of the book, the author emphasizes the significance of pomology, lamenting the decline in its study and highlighting the efforts of historical figures like Mr. Knight and the Horticultural Society of London. He provides an overview of the apple, discussing its cultural relevance and botanical characteristics. Hogg explains the apple's widespread cultivation in Britain and traces its history, touching upon its indigenous nature and early records from ancient times. The author introduces both the fruit’s culinary uses and its botanical classification, launching into a comprehensive examination of various apple varieties, classified by their physical traits, flavors, and growing conditions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Apples SB Text Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Nutrition Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: History - British Category: Science - Biology Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 1459360 2025-06-19T06:41:44.548727 text/html 1407040 2024-10-24T12:15:59 text/html 872862 2025-06-19T06:42:20.693044 application/epub+zip 906554 2025-06-19T06:41:52.604182 application/epub+zip 402935 2025-06-19T06:41:47.902728 application/epub+zip 1555191 2025-06-19T06:42:34.574958 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1290313 2025-06-19T06:42:15.134129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 674181 2022-09-21T13:52:45.569572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 837919 2025-06-19T06:41:38.997764 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 818091 2024-10-24T12:15:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16481 2025-06-19T06:42:34.782968 application/rdf+xml 13272 2025-06-19T06:41:48.331708 image/jpeg 2006 2025-06-19T06:41:48.125685 image/jpeg 830468 2025-06-19T06:41:44.782710 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia