1907-08. F. V. Coville compared the success of propagation with different species of blueberry and determined that the Vaccinium corymbosum from New Hampshire was most satisfactory.

Frederick V. Coville

1910

Experiments in Blueberry Culture

1906 - F.V. Coville became interested in Blueberry Culture.

Frederick V. Coville

1910

Experiments in Blueberry Culture

1902 Mr. George W. Oliver developed a method for germination and nurturing of high bush blueberry seedlings

Frederick V. Coville

1910

Experiments in Blueberry Culture

1910 " The two cases here cited demonstrate the fallacy of the popular idea that the blueberry can not be transplanted or cultivated.

Frederick V. Coville

1910

Experiments in Blueberry Culture

1898 - Breeding of Blueberries

1898 Article also includes the breeding of Blueberries

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1916 "Nearly 10% of the plants were removed after the first fruiting"

Elizabeth C. White

1918

New Jersey Horticultural Society

Annual Meeting

1911 January 28th---Department of Agriculture Responds to Miss White’s letter offering White’s Bog for Blueberry Culture Research

William Alton Taylor, Acting Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry "wrote that the department would probably accept the offer of co-operation which had been turned over to the author of Bulletin 193."

Elizabeth C. White-- 1936

William Alton Taylor

Biography

Events and Materials associated with Dr. Taylor

1911 January 30 -- Famous Botanist may visit White's bog to investigate possible Blueberry Culture at location.

            1909-- Who's who in New York City and State, Volume 4

Professional and Personal History

1911 44th Birthday March 23.

1905 A Report on Systems of Leasing Large Areas of Grazing Land

1904 President of Botanical Society of America


1903 The twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Cosmos club
 

1903  Desert Laboratory    Carnegie Report 

1900 Contributing Member of the Washington Academy of Science

1900 Theta Delta Chi fraternity F. V. Coville in the picture?


1898  Gov Policy

1893-1911 Honorary Curator of the U.S. Herbarium

1893-1911 Botanist U.S. Dept of Agriculture

1890-91 Botanist Death Valley Expedition  

1890 Married Elizabeth Harwood Boynton

1888 Theta Delta Chi fraternity  Arms from old chair  Additional Info

1887 Mr. F.V. Coville was one of the volunteers during the summer of 1887. His work was done chiefly in Independence County.  His work was unfortunately interrupted by illness in his family, and he was obliged to return home before he finished his study of the plants found in Arkansas.

1887-88  Instructor in Botany,Cornell University  

1886-87 President's Report Cornell Evaluation  Additional Info  More Info  

1887 Graduates from Cornell University with A.B. in Botany 

Special Distinctions

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Honors for General Excellence

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Athletics

1887 Hammer Throw and 440 Yard Dash  

1886 Standing high jump, Hurdles, one-forth mile run

1885 120 yards hurdle race, Hurdle race, Standing broad jump   

1884 Standing broad jump, 100 yard run, 220 yards run, Running high jump, hurdle race

Athletic Accomplishments at Cornell  More Accomplishments

Taming the Wild Blueberry Chronology

1911 COSMOS CLUB

1904 President of Botanical Society of America

1903  Desert Laboratory    Carnegie Report

1893-1911 Curator of U.S. National Herbarium

1890-91 Investigated Grazing and outline Gov't policy for forest reserves

1890-91 Botanist Death Valley Expedition

1898  Gov Policy

1887  Instructor in Botany Cornell Universityhttp://books.google.com/books?id=21UdAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA6&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U2_ZDoriyi5EmNAauGK_IM3b7nhHQ&ci=78%2C130%2C865%2C1224&edge=0

1911 February 4-- F.V. Coville Interested in Visiting Whitesbog

1908 -- Secretary of Agriculture Report

1913-16 - "We have 15 acres planted, 8 of which may be expected to produce more or less fruit next year."

Elizabeth C. White
1918 
New Jersey Horticultural Society 
Annual Meeting

1917 The summer of 1917 the plant 620 A was picked four times

Elizabeth C. White
1918
New Jersey Horticultural Society
Annual Meeting

1916-18. The Third Summer In The Field

    Elizabeth C. White
1918
New Jersey Horticultural Society Annual Meeting

1912 "I provided a neat little aluminum gauge 16mm, or a trifle less."

Elizabeth C. White

1916

New Jersey Horticultural Society

Annual Meeting

1913 -E. C. White describes the history of the "Rubel".

The 25th Anniversary of the Beginning of Blueberry Culture at Whitesbog, New Jersey

1936 The National Cranberry Magazine, E. C. White

1913 - The Rubel

1916 State Horticulture

Blueberry Culture, E.C. White

Link

1916 - According to E. C. White, Whitesbog begins commercial shipments of blueberries in 1916.

The 25th Anniversary of the Beginning of Blueberry Culture at Whitesbog, New Jersey

1936 The National Cranberry Magazine, E. C. White

1916 State Horticulture

Blueberry Culture, E. C. White

Link

Fruit crate holding 32 quarts of blueberries.

1909 - U.S.D.A. Chief Botanist is cultivating blueberries in Washington D.C. greenhouses.

The Beaver Herald

September 30, 1909

1914 - Contract between U.S.D.A. and J. J. White Inc. executed.

The 25th Anniversary of the Beginning of Blueberry Culture at Whitesbog, New Jersey

1936 The National Cranberry Magazine, E. C. White

1912-16 E. C. White says that she evaluated all high bush blueberry bushes selected in the wild.

Development of the Cultivated Blueberry

Elizabeth C. White, 1917

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