Books

This 3rd edition book is an invaluable guide to making good cider and apple juice, as well as growing apple trees. Whether you have a couple of trees in your back garden or several acres of orchard this is the book for you!

The newly revised edition of 'Cider - A Somerset Pomona', which now includes cider apples from all the major cider growing counties, namely Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Hereford and Worcester.

The fruit tree handbook is a clear, practical guide for both the amateur and expert fruit grower. It explains all you need to know in order to grow delicious fruit; from designing your orchard, planting and maintaining your trees to harvesting your produce.

Written by Alex Hill, who makes prize-winning Bollhayes Cider and is the founder of Vigo, this simple 8 page guide gives basic information about the process of juice and cider making. It is perfect for the novice cider and juice maker.

This expertly written and beautifully illustrated volume investigates this recent turn-round and offers a positive vision of the future, with practical suggestions on how lovers of Devon might ensure it remains a county of orchards.

The book provides you a simple hard cider recipe that minimizes the investment and effort and shows you how to expand from there.

If you want to get into cider making, Real Cider Making on a Small Scale is a very good start!

An Orchard Odyssey is a gloriously illustrated resource for fruit-lovers everywhere.

This beautifully illustrated book is a lyrically persuasive yet highly practical and extensive guide to growing and using your own fruit.

In The Cider Insider, award-winning drinks writer Susanna Forbes has hand-picked 100 great ciders that are worth seeking out and drinking now.

Everything you ever needed to know about cider, from the history of the drink and the traditions surrounding it, to recommended regional varieties and the best terroirs, from the leading UK expert on cider, Gabe Cook.

This book is essential reading for any group thinking of setting up a community orchard and indeed has a wealth of useful information for any enthusiast keen to revive and maintain Britain's orchard tradition.