title: The historical aspect of biochemical studies of fruit, berry and vegetable crop collections at the Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station, a branch of VIR
abstract: The history of the establishment, formation and development of the laboratory of biochemistry at the Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station (Krymsk EBS), a branch of VIR, is highlighted, and the need to resume its work is substantiated. Memories of veteran scientists, archival and reference materials were used to show the relevance of resuming the interrupted activities of the laboratory to study the biochemical characteristics of fruit, vegetable, berry crops and grapes. The literature data on the 
journal: VAVILOVIA