Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1978 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Extent: 1 album/folder
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Album (now loose in box/folder) of flyers and advertisements from magazines/newspapers glued on A3 paper with annotations and dates. Maris Hustler, Maris Mink, Maris Mardler, Maris Sportsman, Maris Hobbit, Maris Kinsman (winter wheat), Highbury (spring wheat), Maris Oberon (spring oat), Panema and Pennal (winter oat), Pentland Javelin, Pentland Hawk, Pentland Squire Maris Piper, Maris Bard (potato), Maris Kestral and Merlin (kale), Maris Minak, Jupiter (spring barley), Maris Otter (malting barley), Quinta (oilseed rape). Misc. articles: includes 'The Seeds of Change' interview with Bob Maris (on Maris Huntsman, Sportsman, Kinsman, Hobbit and Freeman), NSDO News, Summer 1978, job advertisements for Marketing Manager and Marketing Assistant, article in the Scottish Farmer on new varieties of turnip (Appin), photo of Dick Knight (NSDO) with tayberries, article in British Farmer and Stockbreeder about NAIB's new system, new varieties and 'genetic manipulation' and article about NSDO.