Botany

A plum species in central Turkey has been re-named by a local grocer, from ?priest plum? to ?imam plum? over Islamic concerns.

Bulgarian Rose-growers have complained about a poor harvest, with the yield dropping from a rate of 240 kilograms of rose petals per decare in 2014 to 90 kilograms per decare in 2015.

Fashion design graduate Birce Özkan's 'The Fall' dress loses its fabric panels over time, like a deciduous tree shedding its leaves, architecture and design magazine dezeen.com reported on June 3.

Villagers in the Aegean town of Y?rca have planted olive trees in the place where more than 6,000 olive trees were felled for the construction of a coal power plant in late 2014 even though locals had stood guard to prevent the destruction.

Excavations by researchers at the Natural History Museum for the Lesvos Petrified Forest took place near road works for the construction of a new road from the towns of Kalloni to Sigrio on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos. The scientists responsible for preserving other sections of the ‘Petrified Forest’ found new traces of fossilized tree trunks.

The campaign on the harvesting of the rose flowers has began in the region of Kazanlak, which is known as the Rose Valley of Bulgaria.

The producers are expecting a poorer harvest than last year's one, but a higher purchase prices for a kilogram of rose flower.

A man in northeastern Turkey has built a two-story house in a walnut tree over a bet with his cousin.

Athanassios Molassiotis, Assistant Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, points to an increase in production volumes of Greek cherries as a result of increased plantings in many parts of Northern Greece as well as the delay in the harvest season.

By Dimitra Manifava

The Greek economy could enjoy additional revenues of 250 million euros per year from olive oil exports if the commodity were utilized appropriately (i.e. not exported in bulk) and standardized in Greece with its own distinctive identity, according to a report by the National Bank of Greece.

It's still blooming time for the delicately nodding, bell-shaped snake's head fritillary, a flower with an unassuming and slender appearance, with usually purple petals that feature a distinctive lighter colored checkered pattern.