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If you were ever curious about the range of seeds being held in the various seed banks in the UK, they are fully listed here:
http://eurisco.ipk-gatersleben.de/apex/f?p=103:1::::::
Ther Heritage Seed Library's identifier is Institute GBR017 and was updated last month showing they hold 773 varieties.
I find it fascinating they were holding achocha as early as 1999, when they also first got the Kent Blue peas I grow every year, and that they have a broad bean called Beryl. (happy dance!)
The National Fruit Collection managed by Reading Uni is also detailed there, with nearly 4,000 cultivars listed. (GBR030)
And the Millenium Seed Bank at Kew is on there (GBR004), though their list is both massive and harder to navigate as there's so little info on the initial listing.
http://eurisco.ipk-gatersleben.de/apex/f?p=103:1::::::
Ther Heritage Seed Library's identifier is Institute GBR017 and was updated last month showing they hold 773 varieties.
I find it fascinating they were holding achocha as early as 1999, when they also first got the Kent Blue peas I grow every year, and that they have a broad bean called Beryl. (happy dance!)
The National Fruit Collection managed by Reading Uni is also detailed there, with nearly 4,000 cultivars listed. (GBR030)
And the Millenium Seed Bank at Kew is on there (GBR004), though their list is both massive and harder to navigate as there's so little info on the initial listing.
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