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    Meet the Italian ‘Fruit Detective’ Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table

    Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisis

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/meet-italian-fruit-detective-who-investigates-centuries-old-paintings-clues-produce-180985227/?

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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      Loved this article!

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        I know! What she is doing is too cool.

        It also reminded me of the apples, blueberries, and raspberries that I ate as a kid and that were picked from the gardens of various relatives. Heirloom varieties that are hard to come by these days, especially if you just shop in grocery stores. I could still get some of the old-time cultivars at various farm stands in Door County, but in recent years they've all basically gone commercial. I mean, I love Honeycrisp apples as much as anyone, but there are so many other wonderful varieties of apples.

        I think I had my last Snow Apple twenty years ago. When I went back the next year to that orchard they told me the last tree was gone.

        Life moves on.

        When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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          Meet the Italian ‘Fruit Detective’ Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table

          Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisis

          https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/meet-italian-fruit-detective-who-investigates-centuries-old-paintings-clues-produce-180985227/?

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          @wtg
          I miss several varieties of fruits and vegetables I ate when I was younger - Midway strawberries, Iochief sweet corn, and Sodus raspberries come immediately to mind. I still find some of my other favorites at some markets - like Rome Beauty apples. There was a Rome Beauty tree growing on the path between the house and barn on the farm where I grew up and, when they were in season, I'd pick one to eat every time I passed the tree.

          Big Al

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