@Trevor_FJ @OrchardNotes Spend a lot of time at the USDA pear repository - 1K named culti…

Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

30 June 2022 at 13:07Reply to @Trevor_FJ

@Trevor_FJ @OrchardNotes Spend a lot of time at the USDA pear repository - 1K named cultivars. An impression: Americans name their pears after Presidents, the French after Duchesses, the Germans after Counts and the English after clergy. 😊 Stand for Old Time Anglicanism! My photo, local pear diversity.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 8 Feb 2022

1/ Today, a perfect day with my besties, around a familiar seasonal ritual: cutting scion at what is surely the world’s most diverse pear repository. #agrariansharingnetwork

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