Patrick Barry (24 May 1816 – 23 June 1890

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), was a pioneer

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, owner of the then-largest nursery in the United States, and noted author on the subject of horticulture.Patrick Barry
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article Barry was born near

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, Ireland, and came to America in 1836. After working for William Prince and Sons, proprietors of the famous Linnaean Nursery at

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, in 1840 he and

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co-founded the Mount Hope Garden and Nurseries in

, which introduced flower and fruit cultivation to Western New York and grew to be the largest such nursery in the country. From 1844 to 1852 Barry edited ''The Genesee Farmer'', which eventually merged into ''The Cultivator and Country Gentleman'', and after

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's death took over '' The Horticulturist''. He also published the ''Treatise on the Fruit Garden'' (1851), which was revised and reissued as ''Barry's Fruit Garden'' in 1872, and compiled a monumental catalog of fruits for the American Pomological Society. Ellwanger and Barry entered the real estate business in 1856. Between 1872 and 1913, the firm developed the area now known as Linden-South Historic District on the oldest part of the nursery. The district was listed on the

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in 2009.

Selected works

* ''Treatise on the Fruit Garden'', 1851. * ''Barry's Fruit Garden'', 1872.

Notes

External links

Ohio State: History of Horticulture

* Obituary, ''The Minnesota Horticulturist'', Minnesota State Horticultural Society, 1891, page 299. * * American horticulturists 1816 births 1890 deaths Irish emigrants (before 1923) to the United States People from County Antrim {{Horticulture-stub