02275cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000290011324501320014226400510027430000470032533600260037233700260039833800360042450000310046050801940049152011720068553400450185765300110190285600430191399900170195647367UtSlPG20260610134105.0mcr n260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aSB1 aHogg, Robert,d1818-189710aBritish Pomology :bOr, the History, Description, Classification, and Synonymes, of the Fruits and Fruit Trees of Great Britain 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2014 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2014-11-16 aProduced 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) a"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.) nOriginal publication data not identified aApples40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47367 c88206d88206