Monty Don's favourite book of the year
Christopher Stocks is a writer and journalist who has worked for, among others, Harpers & Queen, ES Magazine, Arena and Wallpaper, reporting on everything from Uruguayan beach resorts to an underground submarine base off the coast of Sweden. More recently he wrote a weekly gardening column for the Independent On Sunday, and he is a regular contributor to Gardens Illustrated. He collects unusual perfumes and old Shell Guides, won a 2007 Bridport Prize for his poetry, and shares a birthday with Donny Osmond and Hermione Gingold. Forgotten Fruits is his first book.
A great source of inspiration
*Telegraph*
Scholarly and fascinating ... conjures a lost world from the humble
gooseberry, leek and apple
*The Times*
Attractive anecdotal book
*Financial Times*
Delightful celebration of Britain's forgotten fruit and veg ... an
intriguing hybrid of narrative history and encyclopaedia
*Guardian*
[A] captivating book ... written with a wonderfully light and
assured touch
*Gardens Illustrated*
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