Niels Ebbesen Hansen (1866 to 1950) was a Danish-American horticulturist, botanist and agricultural explorer for the United States Department of Agriculture and the state of South Dakota. He searched the harsh environments of northern Scandinavia, Siberia, Manchuria and the dry steppes of the Volga for plant stock able to flourish on the upper Great Plains.
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Defining ContributionPlant exploration for cold-hardy crops on the northern Great Plains 1 Sources
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Niels Ebbesen Hansen (January 4, 1866, October 5, 1950) was a Danish-American horticulturist
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Niels Ebbesen Hansen (January 4, 1866, October 5, 1950) was a Danish-American horticulturist
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was a Danish-American horticulturist, botanist, and agricultural explorer
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He searched the harsh environments of northern Scandinavia, Siberia, Manchuria, and the dry steppes of the Volga for plant stock that could flourish on the upper Great Plains.
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