Department of Horticultural Science records, 1845-1987, 2004.

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Department of Horticultural Science records, 1845-1987, 2004.

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Collection documents the early history of the Department of Horticulture from its inception in 1887 through the mid-1980s. Materials consist primarily of professional correspondence, as well as nursery ledgers, field notebooks, minutes, publications, reports and photographs.

34 boxes (34.0 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 8121366

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Green, Samuel B. (Samuel Bowdlear), 1859-1910

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University of Minnesota. Landscape Arboretum

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Horticultural Science.

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During the 1870s and 1880s, courses in horticulture were taught as a part of the agriculture curriculum at the University, and research in horticultural variety testing began at the Agricultural Experiment Station in the 1880s. 1962, the Department's name was changed to Department of Horticultural Science. In 1976, the Department's name was changed to Department of Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture to "reflect properly the missions of the department to the several fields of hortic...