The most complete guide to pear varieties and their history ever written
Joan Morgan PhD is a pomologist and fruit historian,
internationally renowned for her work on apples. In recognition of
her work, Joan has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's
Veitch Memorial Medal (for contributions to the advancement of the
'science and practice of horticulture'), and she is one of only 50
recipients of the Institute of Horticulture 'Award for Outstanding
Services to Horticulture' and is an Honorary Freeman of the
Worshipful Company of Fruiterers.
Joan is closely associated with the UK National Fruit Collection,
Brogdale, Kent; The Book of Pears gives a Directory to its Pear
Collection as The Book of Apples does for the Apple Collection. She
is Chairman of the RHS Fruit Trials Forum and Vice Chairman of the
RHS Fruit, Vegetable and Herb Committee.
Joan Morgan is the author, with Alison Richards, of The Book of
Apples, The New Book of Apples, A Paradise out of a Common Field-
the pleasures and plenty of the Victorian garden and a main
contributor to The Downright Epicure, Essays on Edward Bunyard.
She has devoted many years to researching and compiling The Book of
Pears.
Joan Morgan’s magnificent new work on Pears…my food book of the
year.. illustrated with Elizabeth Dowle’s exquisite paintings’
*Instagram*
A remarkable book, a scholarly work, a joy to read and look at.
*The Food Programme, BBC Radio 4*
The publication of this most readable book is a cause for
celebration.
*The Spectator*
The Book of Pears is ‘stunning, it’s beautiful, brim-full of
information and inspiration.’
*BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards*
This is food history at its finest. Morgan’s rigorous and fluent
prose grows from its botanical base to widen our understanding of
society and culture.
*TLS*
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