Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
A distributed fellowship—lay fruit enthusiasts and professional ag scientists—hones our sense of which pear varieties, among the 1,000 we track in field and kitchen, are worth carrying forward in @AgrarianSharing's applied agrobiodiversity work. Each spring, we adjust the target.
Nick Routledge@AgrarianSharing · 12 Sept 2024
2/ Millennials? The oldest European, as distinct from Asian variety we share, is a 2,000 year-old Roman pear. Don’t be duped. It takes not sentimentality, but substance, to outlast a passing show of cultures, languages and civilizations coming and going through a swinging door.
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Photograph of pear diversity - a dizzying array of sizes, shapes and colors - represented at one of our fall fruit shows. ‘Pound’ pear is the two pound giant, up-front-and-center.