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Last year, Sylvia and I went on a three-day holiday to visit some friends who own a camping site near the city of Bitburg (where the famous beer Bitburger comes from) in Germany, a three-hour...
Posted Mon, 2015-11-23 21:18 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
Ever since I was interested in oaks, there was one species most desirable for me, and for many other people interested in oaks: Quercus insignis  M. Martens & Galeotti (1843).
Posted Sat, 2015-05-23 12:24 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
The Oak Open Days at Trompenburg were a great success, with interesting lectures and garden walks among the Netherlands Plant Collection for Quercus in Rotterdam.
Posted Sun, 2014-10-12 20:41 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
Seedlings from the acorns collected during the 2012 Conference Tours.
Posted Fri, 2014-07-11 14:32 in Jeroen Braakman's blog

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Last year, Sylvia and I went on a three-day holiday to visit some friends who own a camping site near the city of Bitburg (where the famous beer Bitburger comes from) in Germany, a three-hour...
Posted Mon, 2015-11-23 21:18 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
Ever since I was interested in oaks, there was one species most desirable for me, and for many other people interested in oaks: Quercus insignis  M. Martens & Galeotti (1843).
Posted Sat, 2015-05-23 12:24 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
The Oak Open Days at Trompenburg were a great success, with interesting lectures and garden walks among the Netherlands Plant Collection for Quercus in Rotterdam.
Posted Sun, 2014-10-12 20:41 in Jeroen Braakman's blog
Seedlings from the acorns collected during the 2012 Conference Tours.
Posted Fri, 2014-07-11 14:32 in Jeroen Braakman's blog

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