THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 30. JULY, 190a. No. 7 



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PROF. E. S. GOFF, 



Madison, Wis. 

 died june 6, 1902, aged 49 years. 



Emmett Stull Goff, professor of horticulture in the University 

 of Wisconsin, died early Friday morning, June 6th. Professor Goff 

 was born in 1852 on a farm near Elmira, N. Y. His early training, 

 like that of many others who have achieved success, was had in the 

 common schools and at the plow handles. In 1869 he was graduated 

 from the Elmira Academy ; appointed horticulturist at the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y., in 1882; appointed pro- 

 fessor of horticulture in the University of Wisconsin and horticul- 

 turist of the Wisconsin Experiment Station in 1889, which position 

 he held until the time of his death, with increasing credit to himself 

 and the institution. 



The equipment of the department of horticulture at the time of 

 his appointment was very meagre, consisting of a very limited 

 plantation of small fruits and office room in Agricultural Hall. Less 

 than a dozen students sought horticultural work at this time. Dur- 

 ing the past school year over there hundred students received in- 

 struction from Professor Goff in a splendid building devoted to 

 horticulture, with the added advantages of field work and observa- 

 tion in several acres of nursery and fruit plantations, containing 

 thousands of specimens and hundreds of varieties. This growth of 

 •the horticultural department, although following to some extent the 

 growth of the Agricultural College in general, is due in no small 

 measure to the persistent, untiring efforts of Professor Goff. 



