Nibbles: Halloween roots, Fred’s great potatoes, Ellis on TV, CIP genebank online, Weird potato, Weird watermelon, Paul Gepts, Caucasian sheep, Livestock hybrids, COP23

Halloween is an agricultural thing. Basically.
Frederick the Great had a thing for potatoes. Among other things.
CIP genebank manager on TV. He has a thing for potatoes too. As you can tell from his new website.
Pop quiz: Can you find this N American potato in the CIP genebank?
The extraordinary story of the ancient Native American crookneck watermelon. Bet it goes well with S. jamesii.
Paul Gepts gets award. No word on his thoughts on potatoes, but he does like beans.
Transhumance lives in the Caucasus.
What in tarnation is a zubron?
Making the case for climate action on agriculture at COP23. And vice versa.