Horticulturists who studied and bred fruit and vegetable varieties, including the specialists in pomology, the science of fruit growing, who ran nurseries and gardens and developed new varieties. Their work gave growers hardier and better fruit and vegetable varieties for their climates. A person belongs here when their cited article names them as a pomologist or as a developer of fruit or vegetable varieties.
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Anthony Preston Smith - Wikipedia
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Anthony Preston Smith (1812-1877), known as A.P. Smith, was a prominent horticulturalist best known for establishing Smith's Pomological Gardens and Nursery (commonly Smith's Gardens) in Sacramento, California.
Léopold Guillaume Gillekens (Wikipedia)
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Gillekens is known for his work in the fields of pomology and arboriculture.
Franz Goeschke (Wikipedia)
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Franz Goeschke (German spelling, Göschke); (1844-1912) was a German horticulturist who was director of horticulture and head of the Royal Prussian Pomological Institute in Proskau.
Wikipedia: Albert F. Yeager
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From his work developing hardy vegetables and fruits at the North Dakota Agricultural College (NDAC) and the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (NDAES), he was known as the "plant wizard of the north" and the "Luther Burbank of North Dakota."
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