Oil seed rape, Lioness
oil on canvas, 300mm x 300mm
Private collection
Although the oak has bee a native of England
since there was England, the crops in the paintings are all new
varieties developed for modern, industrial-scale farming. Lioness
is a winter-sown conventional, as opposed to hybrid, variety of oil
seed rape developed in Germany.
Information, Dr Laurence Sim (Agronomy)