Occasionally — just occasionally — Genebank Database Hell doesn’t live up to its fearsome reputation. Or maybe it’s just diminished expectations on my part, I’m not sure. Anyway, Eurisco confirms that the Irish onion called Buan Jeremy blogged about yesterday is found in the genebanks at Warwick and VIR. Interestingly, a grand total of 7 onions of Irish origin are in existence in the world’s genebanks, most of them at VIR. Thank goodness for Europe’s amateur heirloom gardeners, eh?
And of course, “Of Irish origin” in this case means “collected in Ireland” in almost all cases.
Indeed.
how would I find details of these onions?
What kind of information are you looking for?
Is anyone maintaining them? Can i get hold of them? What are they like?
I would contact the genebank at Wellesbourne for that kind of information.