My favorite thing about editing agronomics, botany papers was the great cultivar names. Potential blog segment: "Cultivar or race horse"?— Kokoba Jewelry (@kokoba42) August 29, 2016
That potential blog segment is now an actual blog segment!
First of all, "cultivar"? What's a cultivar?
A cultivar is a kind of plant bred specifically by humans for certain traits, kind of like dog breeds. Those apple names you see in the grocery store? Those are cultivars, initially bred from the species Malus pumila. So you have Malus pumila 'Red Delicious,' Malus pumila 'Granny Smith,' Malus pumila 'Gala,' and so on. You can also have interspecific cultivars—a cultivar that is a cross between two different species. Generally speaking, a species is a plant that evolved on its own, and a cultivar is the result of deliberate human breeding.
I have a lot of great cultivars waiting in the wings; today I'll start the challenge with a few pears.
1. Bartlett
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2. American Pharaoh
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| It's a racehorse! |
3. Black Caviar
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| It's a racehorse! |
4. Stinking Bishop
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| It's a pear! |
5. Warden
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| It's a pear! |
6. Hambletonian 10
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| It's a racehorse! |
7. Le Conte
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| It's a pear! |
So, how'd you do on this first round of "Cultivar or Racehorse"? Comment or tweet at me!
Photo credits:
- Pears: JasonGillman, pippalou, gleangenie, hotblack, MichelleBulgaria, hotblack, and jdurham at Morguefile.com.
- Horses: jade, seriousfun, jade, GaborFromHungary, Limp182, frequenceturf, and ainslieGP at Morguefile.com
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