David J. Mabberley has served as Executive Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust in Sydney. He is an Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford, Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney, and Professor Extraordinary at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. He is the co-author of Joseph Banks' Florilegium.
Celebrated botanist Mabberley delves into the history of fruits too often taken for granted in the modern world . . . A wealth of color illustrations and photographs . . . make this volume a sumptuous trove of art.-- ""Booklist""