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GBG Note No. 1, revised June 1992

Glasnost Garden

by Dr. Patricia Holloway

In 1990, the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station initiated an exchange program with the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences headquartered in Novosibirsk. Part of that program involved an exchange of plant materials in which GBG was fortunate to participate. During the summer of 1990, we visited the main Agricultural Research Station in Novosibirsk and the Lisavenko Plant Breeding Institute in Barnaul. Some of the seeds we brought back are planted in this Glasnost Garden and include a collection of Alliums (chives, welsh onions, garlic) that is part of the lifelong work of Dr. Elizabeta Greenberg, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Novosibirsk. Dr. Greenberg has collected wild and cultivated Alliums from all over Siberia and has selected and bred those that are best adapted to Siberian gardens. She generously shared some of her seeds and bulbs with us. This collection of Alliums was planted in 1990 and has survived one winter. Look for other Siberian plant materials in the research test gardens to the east of the vegetable garden.

GBG Notes
SIBERIAN PLANTS ON DISPLAY IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
Name
Allium ascalonicum `SIR-7' - shallot
Allium sativum - garlic (2 kinds)
Allium altaicum - Altai onion Novosibirsk
Allium senescens - dwarf alpine onion
Allium schoenoprasum Ledebur Mix - chives
Allium schoenoprasum `Chemal' - chives
Allium schoenoprasum `Velta' - chives
Allium schoenoprasum Siberian Mix -chives
Allium sp. Chinese Mix - aromatic onion
Allium fistulosum- `Salad' Welsh onion
Allium fistulosum `April'- Welsh onion
Allium fistulosum `Gribovskii' - Welsh onion

Source
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk(from wild)
Novosibirsk(from wild)
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk (original source, Germany)
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk


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