A cura di @Anna.

Un articolo su NPR racconta la storia della selezione delle mandorle dolci.

St. Basil’s Hexaemeron, a Christian text from around the fourth century, contains a curious botanical instruction: Pierce an almond tree in the trunk near its roots, stick a “fat plug of pine” into its center — and its almond seeds will undergo a remarkable change.

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