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

Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51427335