Scott Agricultural Laboratories AKA Scott Labs was a commercial research organization that was founded in 1903 by the KenyaKenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both in the cup, and the way they run their trade, everything is topnotch.: Kenya is the East... Colonial Administration under British colonial rule. It moved to its own facility on the former Kabete Farm in 1913.
Scott Labs was responsible for the development of the SL varieties, based on the Mokka and BourbonA coffee cultivar; a cross between Typica and Bourbon, originally grown in Brazil: Mundo Novo is a commercial coffee cultivar; a natural hybrid between "Sumatra" and Red Bourbon,... types brought by the Scottish MissionThe Church of Scotland and their Kenya branch, the Scottish Mission, introduced coffee from Reunion Island via Yemen to their site in Kibwezi Kenya in 1893, and later... project and French Mission to Kenya from TanzaniaIn terms of the Tanzania coffee character, it belongs to the Central/East African family of washed (wet-processed) coffees, bright (acidy), and mostly aggressively flavorful of which Kenya is... and from Reunion (Bourbon) island respectively. In fact Scott Agricultural Laboratories was named in honor of Dr Henry Scott of the Church of Scotland mission at Kikuyu.
Individual tree selections made at the Scott Laboratories during the 1935-1939 period were prefixed SL (meaning Scott Labs obviously). Fourty-two trees of various origins were selected and studied for yield, quality, and drought and disease resistance.
SL28 was selected in 1935 from a single tree in a population called Tanganyika Drought Resistant. In 1931, the senior coffee officer of Scott Labs, A.D. Trench, conducted a tour of Tanganyika (now Tanzania). According to historical documents, he noticed a varietyA botanical variety is a rank in the taxonomic hierarchy below the rank of species and subspecies and above the rank of form (form / variety / subspecies... growing in the Moduli district that appeared to be tolerant to drought, diseases and pests.
The Tanzania DR coffee It was widely distributed until superseded by its progeny, SL28 in 1935. Recent genetic tests have confirmed that SL28 is related to the Bourbon genetic group.
Coffee was a small part of the plant breeding and research work done at Kabete, which included all major crops. Over 300 wheat varieties were developed during the same period as SL-28Scott Laboratories of Kabete Kenya developed the selection SL-28 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with Bourbon, in 1935. It supposedly is selected from Tanganyika Drought Resistant cultivar, found... and SL-34Scott Labs selection 34 Kenya cultivar, a preferred type with French Mission Bourbon heritage. It supposedly is selected from French Mission Bourbon trees at Loresho Estate in Kabete....
After Kenya independence the functions of Scott Laboratories was incorporated into the Kenya Coffee ResearchThe study of the agronomy of coffee, its chemistry, or other improvements: The study of the agronomy of coffee, its chemistry, or other improvements. There are coffee research... Institute (CRI) and National Agricultural Research Laboratories (NARL).