The FC Meme Thread!

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Europeans: We have socialized access to medicine and basic care for all, get with the times.

Americans: We fund every bullet and body on every battlefield that ever threatened your shores so that you don’t have to spend your money on defense, you’re welcome.

 

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From my three weeks as a Columbia River, Washington apple picker in the 70's,

This means he has maintained living samples of the trees themselves. Seems obvious, he has all those apples, eh?

Because apple strains don't grow true to the seed, only to the wood.
To grow a tree that produces say, Jonathans, wood from a Jonathan-producing tree must be grafted on to some starter stock.

So, you can't just preserve Jonathan seeds up there in Svalbard, they won't ever make true Jonathans, rather some variant.

 

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[Grass Yes]

From my three weeks as a Columbia River, Washington apple picker in the 70's,

This means he has maintained living samples of the trees themselves. Seems obvious, he has all those apples, eh?

Because apple strains don't grow true to the seed, only to the wood.
To grow a tree that produces say, Jonathans, wood from a Jonathan-producing tree must be grafted on to some starter stock.

So, you can't just preserve Jonathan seeds up there in Svalbard, they won't ever make true Jonathans, rather some variant.

That's exactly what he does. He finds orchards in Appalachia and takes scionwood to propagate them:

Meet the Appalachian Apple Hunter Who Rescued 1,000 'Lost' Varieties

Tom Brown's retirement hobby is a godsend for chefs, conservationists, and cider.

www.atlasobscura.com

 

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