The quest to retrieve the prized cache stored in the Bentley brought together a rescue team on a sunny September morning. If their dive was successful, the group would be bringing up not gold, jewels or other archetypal shipwreck loot. Instead, it was aiming to retrieve a few scoops of 145-year-old rye seeds. For the divers and shipwreck experts on the expedition, they offered the chance to interact with a beloved trove of history much more closely than is normally possible.
For him, these rye seeds held the promise of local flavor that might help set his whiskey apart. For Eric Olson, a botanist who runs a lab at Michigan State University, the seeds contained hidden botanical information that could shed light on past farming in Michigan. Many possibilities might grow from these small seeds, especially if they could actually be made to sprout.
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