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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

A Tale of Two Fruits | Lost LA | S9 E2

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Megan Lynch (she/her)5d ago

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

nationalparks Feb 24

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

Megan Lynch (she/her)Dec 26

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?

#AcademicChatter #Science #PlantScience #Botany #Pomology

The Crafty Miss Dec 26

I think I'd like to grow a fig tree. Any suggestions (variety, pot and size thereof vs lined/paved hole, AOB) for Northern England?

#Pomology
#Fruit

Megan Lynch (she/her)Nov 29, 2025

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

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Megan Lynch (she/her)Nov 13, 2025

#Agriculture #Pomology #Albania

https://www.reddit.com/r/albania/comments/1ovw2n1/abedin_%C3%A7i%C3%A7i_babai_i_hortikultur%C3%ABs_shqiptare/

Megan Lynch (she/her)Nov 13, 2025

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

SIMBOL I FRUTIKULTURËS DHE PERSONALITET I AGRONOMISË SHQIPTARE

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Megan Lynch (she/her)Jan 20, 2025

@nettle @plantscience @academicchatter It's from an email sent to APS members. https://americanpomological.org/?page_id=71 #FruitToot #HorticulturalScience #Pomology #Botany

Megan Lynch (she/her)Jan 19, 2025

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