The Illustrated History of Apples in the United States and Canada, by Daniel J. Bussey, is available at Jak Kaw Press. The seven volume set is currently on sale, priced at $150.00, originally $320.

The series covers more than 16,000 varieties of apples found in the United States and Canada, and features nearly 10,000 synonyms and 1,400 life sized watercolor paintings, a few of which can be seen above.

The author, Daniel J. Bussey, spent the last 30 years searching through countless libraries, searching for everything published about apples in the last two centuries. Working alongside editor Ke...