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The American Pomological Society was founded by
The American Pomological Society was founded by Marshall Pinckney Wilder
Marshall Pinckney Wilder (September 19, 1859 – January 10, 1915) was an American actor, monologist, humorist and sketch artist.
Early life
Marshall Pinckney Wilder (sometimes spelled Marshal) was born along the north shore of Seneca Lake at ...
in 1848, to foster the growing of fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...
and the development of new varieties
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, and is the oldest fruit organization in North America
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.
Publications
The organization's primary publication is the ''Journal of the American Pomological Society''. This journal was previously known as the ''Fruit Varieties Journal''. The society also publishes the ''Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties'' in cooperation with theAmerican Society for Horticultural Science Founded in 1903, the American Society for Horticultural Science in Alexandria, Virginia is "the largest, most visible organization dedicated to advancing all facets of horticultural research, education, and application."
The ASHS's purpose is to pr ...
.
Notable people
* Helen Vickroy Austin *Catherine Hayes Bailey
Catherine Hayes Bailey (May 9, 1921 – March 29, 2014) was an American plant geneticist known for developing new varieties of fruit. She was honored by the National Peach Council for her contributions to the US peach industry.
Early life and ed ...
* Patrick Barry
* Joseph Lancaster Budd
*Charles Benedict Calvert
Charles Benedict Calvert (August 23, 1808 – May 12, 1864) was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative from the sixth district of Maryland, serving one term from 1861 to 1863. He was an early backer of the inventors of the ...
*George M. Darrow George McMillan Darrow (1889–1983) was an American horticulturist and the foremost authority on strawberries. He worked for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS) for forty-six years as the pomologist in charge of research on ...
*Albert Etter
Albert Etter (1872–1950) was an American plant breeder best known for his work on strawberry and apple varieties.
Early life and education
Albert Felix Etter was born near Shingle Springs in El Dorado County, California, on November 27, 1872. ...
*Felix Gillet
Felix Gillet (March 25, 1835January 27, 1908) was a California pioneer nurseryman, horticulturist, sericulturist, and writer who made several important introductions of superior European deciduous fruit and nut trees to California and the northwe ...
*Lue Gim Gong
Lue Gim Gong (; August 24, 1857 – June 3, 1925) was a Chinese-American horticulturalist. Known as "The Citrus Wizard", he is remembered for his contribution to the orange-growing industry in Florida.
Life
Born in Taishan, Guangdong, Qing dy ...
*Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick
Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick (1870–1951) was an American botanist
and horticulturist.
His main interest was Plant cultivation, cultivated fruit trees and he published a number of volumes dealing with such fruits as cherry, cherries, grapes, plums, ...
* Arthur B. Howard
* John Carmichael Jenkins
* Thomas Meehan
* Frederick Smyth
*Marshall Pinckney Wilder (politician)
Marshall Pickney Wilder (September 22, 1798 – December 16, 1886) was a Massachusetts merchant, amateur horticulturalist, and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, on the Massachusetts Governor's Council as a memb ...
*Floyd Zaiger
Chris "Floyd" Zaiger (April 26, 1926 – June 2, 2020) was a fruit breeder particularly known for hybrid development of stone fruit and numerous plant patents. Zaiger founded Zaiger's Genetics, a fruit-breeding business in Modesto, California, w ...
References
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