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Not Since Jefferson Himself Has Anyone Combined Such Love And Knowledge Of All That Blooms And Grows And Bears Fruit At Monticello As Does Peter Hatch.... History, Pomology, The Mind Of Thomas Jefferson, The Best Of Many Worlds In Scholarship And Nature, Are All To Be Found Here, As Well As A Number Of Surprises.... The Book Is At Once Thorough, Authoritative, And A Pleasure To Read. For It's Not Only That The Author Knows His Subject As Does No One Else, But That He Has The Natural Ability As A Writer To Include Us In Its Pleasures. -- David Mccullough. Introduction -- Part I: The Farm Orchard And The Fruit Garden -- Fruit-tree Culture At Monticello -- The South Orchard -- Part Ii: Apples: Our Democratic Fruit -- The Luxury Of The Peach -- Cherries: For Use Or Delight -- Pears: Leisure-class Fruit -- Plums Of The Old World And New -- Apricots: Precious But Precarious -- Nectarines: The Artificial Plant -- Almonds: A Futile Experiment -- Quinces: Humble And Forgotten -- Part Iii: Grapes: The Species Of Utopia -- Figs: Vulgar Fruit Or Wholesome Delicacy -- Strawberries: Arcadian Dainties -- Currants, Gooseberries, And Raspberries -- Appendix: Fruit Varieties Grown By Thomas Jefferso

Who reads The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello?

Author

Hatch, Peter J., 1949-

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813917467

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14