American horticulturist, born in South Haven, MI, on the 15th of March 1858; graduated at the Michigan Agricultural College in 1882; from 1882 to 1884 was instructor in botany at Harvard College; from 1885 to 1888, professor of horticulture at the Michigan Agricultural College; was then appointed professor of horticulture at Cornell University; is the editor of American Gardening. He has written a great deal upon subjects included in his favorite study. Among his works are Field Notes on Apple Culture; American Grape Training; Annals of Horticulture, now in its fifth volume; Horticulturist’s Rule-Book; and Cross-Breeding and Hybridizing.
