- Follow along with the adventures of an amateur pea breeder. Mendel comments: “go for it, girl”.
- And the corn (maize) genome is announced, apparently with recipes. Via.
- Namibians domesticate nutritious wild legume. Mendel comments: “what’s wrong with peas?”
- New Zealand (re)discovers square peaches. Mendel unavailable on this one.
- Honeybee evolution summarized.
Thanks for giving me a mention! I have the same motivation as Mendel too … just doing it for the pleasure of it. I never knew staring at trays of seedlings could be so much fun.
In the US we call the “square” peaches donut or saturn peaches. They are especially popular in the Seattle area.
We’re staring through your eyes, so keep it up.
Onkel Bob (and others) in Italy those peaches are often called Saturnia and they have a very restricted season. They are immensely perfumed, juicy and sweet. But I seriously wonder how they will cope with an intensive commercial market. They travel poorly, bruise easily and taste superb, three qualities that are unlikely to endear them to big wholesalers.
Here’s the link to the full article from which the photo linked to by Onkel Bob came from. There’s also a great picture on flickr.