Title
Pacific Coast nurseryman, award-winning horticulturalist, and historian
Title Variants
Alternative:
Pacific Coast nurseryman, award winning horticulturalist, and historian
By
Carman, Edward S. (Edward Stuart), 1922-2002
Riess, Suzanne B.
Guerzon, Angel.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
Forms part of: California horticulture oral history series.
Carman history in the Los Gatos area, founding Carman's Nursery in 1937; Peninsula nursery history, businesses, impact of World War II; Ed and Jean Carman's nursery since 1946, the role of the family; successful introduction of the kiwi vine from New Zealand, 1968: Trevor Davies, shipping arrangements, the market, other imports, Rhodohypoxis; travel, photography, and English connections; wisteria, and Toichi Domoto; Victor Reiter and other northern California plantsmen, plant propagators; horticultural society affiliations: American Rock Garden Society, Western Horticultural Society, California Horticultural Society, Saratoga Horticultural Foundation, others; California Association of Nurserymen, awards and honors; active role in Los Gatos community; aspects of running a thriving nursery business and plant inventory.
Subjects
California
,
California, Northern
,
Horticulture
,
Horticulturists
,
Interviews
,
Los Gatos
,
Nurseries (Horticulture)
,
Oral histories
,
Reiter, Victor
Language
English
Identifiers
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51427335
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