2/ Then, over the course of two days, our teams walked the world's most diverse pear and apple collections (in Corvallis, OR and Yoncalla, OR) to cut targeted material from among thousands of varieties we're now familiar with. That's lots of tracking and processing, all told!
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Folk gather round for an introduction from Joseph Postman, former curator of the USDA's pear germplasm repository and a longtime dear friend and ally to the Agrarian Sharing Network.
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Chris Homanics, down from WA, to manage selection and collection of about 130 accessions from among 1,000 named cultivars.
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Blue skies all day except for our final minutes. A dusting of raindrops and a rainbow.
Here, we're cutting scion at the USDA germplasm repository in Corvallis, OR. So grateful for the friendships we've built through long years sharing in and around the fields of the USDA, and the kindness extended our larger mission, principles and works. facebook.com/groups/agrariansharingnetwork/permalink/3341690786079989/?fs=e&s=cl
