Wild Apple Exhibition: Pomological Series Volume 5

From a limited printing of 500 copies.

Somewhere off Route 32, a pear tree is growing out of a stone wall. On the edge of a parking lot in New York’s Southern Tier, a crabapple tree pushes through the asphalt. In the hills above Walla Walla, a golden apple blushes pink on a wind-exposed slope. This is the terrain of Wild Apple Exhibition Pomological Series, Volume 5—a field guide to the extraordinary fruit that still thrives in the overlooked margins of North America.

Drawn from pastures, hedgerows, forests, and forgotten orchards, the 70 apples and pears featured here were discovered by a ragtag network of explorers: orchardists, botanists, foragers, and fruit obsessives, many working entirely on their own. Each specimen is presented with care—descriptive notes, origin stories, and tasting impressions—alongside vivid photography by William Mullan that captures their singular beauty.

Among this year’s notable finds:

• 3 Wishes, a bittersharp crabapple with ultra-crisp, juicy flesh and surprising disease resistance

• Blue Creek Blush, bright and playful with a flavor like crystallized honey and taffy

• Dezso’s Dessert, a rosewater-sweet pear growing beside a cow pasture in Connecticut

• TJ Pippin Rouge, a deep, molasses-toned cider apple from a tangled “apple bramble” in Oregon

This is the fifth volume in an ongoing project—equal parts catalog, expedition log, and act of devotion, it invites readers into a living landscape of taste, memory, and possibility.

Some earlier volumes in this series have sold out, but we have a small amount of remaining stock for  Volume 3 from 2023 and Volume 4 from 2024.

Paperback. Color photographs throughout.