The apple takes centre stage in this selection, from the best way to pollinate a fruit tree to the tastiest apple recipes.
We become acquainted with Professor A.M. Sprenger. He was a student at the Rijks Hogere Land-, Tuin-, en Bosbouwschool (as Wageningen University & Research was formerly known) and was a professor there for many years. Among other things, he studied the best way to prune fruit trees in order to increase their fertility and the best storage methods to preserve the quality of the fruit. He actually wanted to become a painter (¹), and in fact also produced beautiful paintings of various apple varieties in addition to conducting important research for Dutch fruit cultivation.

But what are you supposed to do with all those delicious apples? Lotte is an enthusiastic hobby cook. She searched through the books of Special Collections for interesting and tasty recipes and decided on two for making apple biscuits and compote.

(¹) De betekenis van professor Sprenger voor de Nederlandse fruitteelt / J. Veel. In Pomospost (2016) 2, p. 11-15.