Dear British readers especially,
I am trying to collect reasonable numbers (20 or so each if poss but
any number would be useful) of a variety of Prunus domestica/insititia
type fruit stones for teaching purposes. I would be grateful for stones or
fruits (hence the main plea is to British workers rather than mainland
Europe due to Customs/Excise related issues) of bullace especially.
Bullace is rare up here in the north. Prunus spinosa is no problem
although, this year, is one of the few species to produce little fruit;
everything else is heavily laden.
I get the students measuring them, plotting the data and then thinking
(hopefully) about breeding, varieties, hybridisation as well as
morphology etc etc - it's at least largish material to deal with as I have
30+ students and rather fewer microscopes.
Any offerings, no matter their condition, gratefully received
Thanks,
Jacqui
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Jacqui Huntley
English Heritage NE Regional Advisor in Archaeological Science
Dept. Archaeology, University of Durham,
South Road, Durham. DH1 3LE
phone/fax: +44(0)191 33 41137
Mobile: +44 (0)771 3400387
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