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There are a lot of reasons I went into horticultural science. But mostly it comes down to:
I love fruit.
I remember the tastes of diverse fruits I had when younger...before markets had gotten consolidated into as huge ones as now.
When folks talk food security, they tend to be talking about grains and pulses. And those are very important.
But fruits aren't optional for me.
I love fruit.
Could use some help from European scientists (esp plant scientists) again...
I've been looking on https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu for PhD openings. I also look at Agristok's RSS feed. And many universities' websites. But if your nation prefers its own jobs board/PhD listings over using Euraxess, I would love to know what the site is so I can add it to my list of ones to watch.
Thank you.
A Tale of Two Fruits | Lost LA | S9 E2
I wish the funded PhDs I'm seeing had more to do with this (horticultural science, germplasm conservation, and history) and less to do with training machines to put people out of jobs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOny3R7upas #LosAngeles #SouthernCalifornia #FruitToot #Pomology #Botany
More funded postdoctoral appointments in my cluster of areas than funded PhDs. Of course, you can't get postdocs without funding doctoral study first... #AcademicChatter #Botany #Pomology
2026 research includes historic orchards in Redwood National and State Parks. Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and https://www.nps.gov/subjects/culturallandscapes/historic-orchards-in-national-parks.htm and https://www.nps.gov/redw/learn/historyculture/historicalorchards.htm and https://search.nal.usda.gov/discovery/collectionDiscovery?vid=01NAL_INST:MAIN&inst=01NAL_INST&collectionId=81279629860007426 and #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #photography #forest #trees #sun #rain #apple Image credit (1) R. C. Steadman / USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection and (2) Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #california #redwood #colors #landscapephotography #travel #phenology #plants #orchard #orchards #history #culture #usda #pomology
Is there such a miracle as funding for a "roll your own" PhD in EU, UK, Canada, NZ?
I'm finding that most funded PhDs in plant science are slanted towards computation (either bioinformatics or remote sensing or AI) and that's not my forte nor my interest. I'd really like to be able to construct a research topic of my own given I'm not finding what I'm hoping for in advertised PhDs.
I'll never know if I don't ask, right?
No teacher like experience...
I've eaten medlars before this, but it's just been tasting one or two of known cultivars.
This time it was buying a bag of unknown provenance.
I just realized medlars are like the goatse of the pomological world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mespilus_germanica #Botany #Pomology #FruitToot
Icon Of Fruit Growing And Personality Of Albanian Agronomy: Abdin Dervish Çiçi
"Within 8 years (1956-1964) he created from nothing 1200 ha of vineyards, the largest plantation in the Balkans, perhaps even beyond. He would go out into the field before sunrise and return after dark. In the NB “Gjergj Dimitrov” he also received the rank of “General of Albanian orchards”."
Another lookup inspired by a post in the Albania sub-reddit.
https://bota-bujqesore.blogspot.com/2020/02/simbol-i-frutikultures-dhe-personalitet.html #Agriculture #Pomology #Albania
@nettle @plantscience @academicchatter It's from an email sent to APS members. https://americanpomological.org/?page_id=71 #FruitToot #HorticulturalScience #Pomology #Botany
The American Pomological Society is finally digitizing more of its journals.
"The new website for the Journal of the American Pomological Society (https://journal.americanpomological.org) is now live and ready to accept manuscript submissions for review."
#FruitToot #HorticulturalScience #Pomology #Botany @plantscience @academicchatter
Economic and Social Impact of Huanglongbing on the Mexico Citrus Industry: A Review and Future Perspectives
(… note the story is pretty much the same in the US and this threat against citrus is global)
https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/10/5/481
#food #fruit #citrus #environment #agriculture #pomology #disease
Bees on the apple tree blossoms.
#BloomScrollingWithBee #bees #FlowerWithBee #orchard #gardening #pomology
Gravenstein apples are blooming and a few Jonathan blossoms are open too.
#gardening #orchard #pomology #FruitTrees #AppleTrees #apples #flowers
Bosc pear, Comice pear, Brooks plum, and Harcot apricot 7 days after being woken up from their winter sleep.
#gardening #orchard #pomology #PlumTree #ApricotTree #PearTree #FruitTrees
@JimmyB Yep, the big trees took big ladders here.
All 5 trees planted today.
Apricot with a closeup of the chicken wire around the fence hoop to keep geese heads out.
Everything about 12-15ft spaced from others but I maintained my alignment sort of with half spaced diagonal between the apples that were almost 20 ft apart. They're all semi-dwarf except the Brooks plum is a dwarf. Some are "larger size" but I'm not sure if that's just the delivered tree, or the larger side of semi-dwarf.
Gravenstein apples 'first pink' stage. Weather looks ok but it's kind of early by a week or two.
New fruit trees and a currant today!
Hardy Chicago Fig, Titania Black Currant, Harcot Apricot semi dwarf, Comice European Pear semi-dwarf, Bosc European Pear semi-dwarf, Brooks Plum dwarf on St Julian rootstock, Imperial Epineuse Plum dwarf on St Julian rootstock.
Put the quart fig in a not-quite gallon pot under the lights, and put the other trees and currant in the garden soil pile.
#gardening #orchard #FruitTrees #fruticulture #pomology #pear #apricot #plum
Hazelnut blossom February 17, 2024, the first flower of the year.
Sad for AZ gardeners - it is a lovely state and if it were not for the water issues, I would consider moving there (or NM).
Figs are tasty & wonderfully healthful in moderation.
before using them to make raised bed walls?
I just planted a persimmon tree in the center of where previously there was a 4 x 4 cedar compost bin. The last set of boards are still there keeping the soil level a few inches higher than the surrounding ground. I want to replace the boards with concrete cinder blocks.
If yes, how long to soak them?
Or is this a bad idea - should I use cedar boards instead?
I want to plant a persimmon tree in my small backyard and would like variety recommendations.
I'm in central North Carolina, Zone 7b, Trewartha code Cfhl. Last winter it got down to 11 deg F (-12 C).
The tree would need to be self-fertile ; prefer non-astringent.
#Gardening #NorthCarolina #pomology #permaculture #FruitTrees #Zone7b #Cfhl
#persimmon
hmmm... there's an old nursery rhyme that goes " 'round & 'round the mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel... "
But mulberries grow on big trees, not bushes. Do you think the rhyme refers to a different plant, or perhaps it's possible to coppice the tree to get a bush that still produces berries?
#mulberry #trees #FruitTrees #morus #permaculture #fruit #pomology #gardening
@urbanmicrofarmer Looks like a great read, thanks for sharing!
The #FingerLakes region of Upstate New York where I live is literally bubbling with activity related to this #CiderRevival. I worked in apple orchards & cideries myself for many years
More recently I helped create #OpenAccess digital collections related to #pomology and #cider making at the Biodiversity Heritage Library, as part of a larger series of events we hosted at Cornell's Mann Library
More details @ https://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2018/06/for-the-love-of-cider.html
It's a little known fact that the greatest pomologist in living memory, #johnmastodon , was a silent collaborator on the research of many other great pomologists, such as Autio and Greene, writing papers such as: https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/26/7/article-p840.xml
#pomology
Sternrenette. Ein #Apfel wie ein Sternenhimmel.
@krassina I hope next week we can make #FruitFriday a thing, with all things #pomology 🍎