Cuckoo in June: Tales of a Sussex Orchard [signed] [first edition]

The author tells how, in 1954, he abandoned the secure life of a chartered accountant and bought a small apple farm in the Weald of Sussex. With no knowledge of fruit farming, he found himself at a loss in a strange, rural world. He tells, with many an amusing anecdote, how the farm survived drought, frost and hail and for a time prospered. The surge of Golden Delicious and the strangling power of the supermarkets nearly drove the farm to the wall, but with the help of skilled staff it still survives as a happy place.