Pomological variety notes, 1851-1900, n. d.

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Pomological variety notes, 1851-1900, n. d.

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This collection contains Charles Downing's notes on numerous varieties of pears, plums and cherries. These include sketches of the fruit, notations on color, fruit shape, and habit, and sometimes notations on the yield of the variety of a particular year. There are also occasional news clippings and portions of letters from others scattered throughout the books; these, too, describe the characteristics of fruits. Correspondents are J. Battey, G. B. Brackett, John Milton Earle, A. Foote, and Ch. Gilbert. In some cases later notes (such as updated names for the different varieties) were penciled in, presumably by Professor J. L. Budd or other members of the Iowa State College (University) Horticulture Department These notes came to the library through Professor Joseph Lancaster Budd, Head of Iowa State College's (University's) Horticulture Department from 1877 to 1899, who was also a prominent pomologist. Downing willed his notes and his horticultural library to Budd, with the stipulation that these items would come to the Iowa State College (University) Library when Budd had no further need of them. The notes were added to the Library's collection in 1930 and were placed into notebooks.

3.15 linear ft. (7 document boxes and 1 half-document box).

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Downing, Charles (1902-1885).

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Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852

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American horticulturist and landscape architect. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newburgh, N.Y., to James Arnold, 1844 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526124 Landscape architect, horticulturalist, and writer. From the description of Papers, 1830-1850. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 122583167 Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) of Newburgh (N.Y.). Architect, gardener, author and nursery owner. A. J. Downing was i...