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Albert F. Yeager

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Albert F. Yeager, who lived from 1892 to 1961, was an American horticulturist who developed hardy vegetables and fruits while working at the North Dakota Agricultural College and the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, earning recognition as the plant wizard of the north and the Luther Burbank of North Dakota.

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Birth Year
1892 1
Death Year
1961 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Developed the Buttercup squash cultivar 1
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Source Wikipedia: Albert F. YeagerLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Albert Franklin Yeager (1892 – November 4, 1961) was an American horticulturalist.
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1. Wikipedia: Albert F. Yeager
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1892
  • Infobox, death_date
    November 4, 1961
  • Intro, sentence 1
    was an American horticulturalist
  • Winter squash cultivation
    creating a new cultivar in 1927 called the Buttercup squash
  • Works In: Horticulture, Lead
    Albert Franklin Yeager (1892, November 4, 1961) was an American horticulturalist.
  • In Group: Pomologists and Fruit and Vegetable Breeders, Lead
    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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Wikidata: Albert F. Yeager
Wikidata Q106428898, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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