Nibbles: KC Bansal, Mike Jackson, Spain strawberry genebank, Ho-Chunk maize, Heritage varieties, Romman apples, Hazelnut breeding, Old rye, Serbia grapevine herbarium, Horse domestication, Mt Vernon fruits, Worldwide Day of Botanical Art, Pre-colonial African agriculture

Prof. KC Bansal, who used to run the Indian national genebank, gets a much-deserved UNESCO honour.
Friend-of-the-blog Dr Mike Jackson on running a rice genebank. UNESCO honour for him too?
Spain’s strawberry genebank gets its 15 minutes.
University and Native American nation collaborate on regenerating heritage corn varieties.
The pros and cons of heritage varieties, according to an American farmer.
Did the ancient Romans have heritage apples?
Beautifully written piece on the use of heritage varieties — and much else besides — in breeding hazelnuts in the US. If you only read one of these Nibbles, read this one.
Old shipwrecked rye seeds may end up in whiskey. Best place for them.
Old Serbian grapevine herbarium samples should stay right where they are.
Old horses most certainly did not stay where they were. But where was that exactly?
Not sure where old bottled fruit from Washington’s estate will end up. The DNA lab maybe, like those Serbian grapevines?
There’s going to be a Worldwide Day of Botanical Art on May 18, 2025. Rejoice.
Decolonizing food insecurity in West Africa.

Prof. KC Bansal, who used to run the Indian national genebank, gets a much-deserved UNESCO honour.
Friend-of-the-blog Dr Mike Jackson on running a rice genebank. UNESCO honour for him too?
Spain’s strawberry genebank gets its 15 minutes.
University and Native American nation collaborate on regenerating heritage corn varieties.
The pros and cons of heritage varieties, according to an American farmer.
Did the ancient Romans have heritage apples?
Beautifully written piece on the use of heritage varieties — and much else besides — in breeding hazelnuts in the US. If you only read one of these Nibbles, read this one.
Old shipwrecked rye seeds may end up in whiskey. Best place for them.
Old Serbian grapevine herbarium samples should stay right where they are.
Old horses most certainly did not stay where they were. But where was that exactly?
Not sure where old bottled fruit from Washington’s estate will end up. The DNA lab maybe, like those Serbian grapevines?
There’s going to be a Worldwide Day of Botanical Art on May 18, 2025. Rejoice.
Decolonizing food insecurity in West Africa.