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[Clifford Cain <cc_syorks@yahoo.co.uk>]

Hello
Just thought you might like to know that the campaign to save Brogdale has paid off.
Yesterday the Minister responsible made an announcement that Reading University had won the contract to maintain the collections including the curatorship of the fruit.
This is an important outcome as the intention to move the collection and reduce government money inputs by developing a frozen collection, without a living collection, was unproven in the long term.

If you wish more information details can be found in an article in the Daily Telegraph and on Defra's website
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/12/20/eafruit120.xml
http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2007/071219a.htm

with seasonal best wishes

Clifford Cain
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK

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