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Dr. Albert F. Yeager was born in Bazaar, Kansas, February 12, 

 1892, and was reared on a general farm. He received his Bachelor 

 of Science degree at Kansas State College in Horticulture in 1912 

 and his Master's degree in Pomology in 1916 at Oregon State 

 College. 



From 1919 to 1937 he was head of the department of Horticul- 

 ture at North Dakota College of Agriculture. During this period he 

 introduced such plants as Sunshine Sweet Corn, Buttercup Squash. 

 Bison Tomato, Pixwell Gooseberry, and Red River Crabapple. 



In 1936 he obtained his Doctor's degree from Iowa State College 

 and then taught vegetable crops at Michigan State University from 

 1937-1939. 



From 1939 to the present time he has been Chairman of the 

 Department of Horticulture at the University of New Hampshire. 

 He has been Associate Director of the Biological Institute at the 

 University, horticultural consultant for the Beechnut Company, 

 president of the American Society of Horticultural Science, and is 

 now a member of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, 

 the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha 

 Zeta, and Sigma Xi. 



Dr. Yeager has developed and introduced over thirty varieties of 

 vegetables and flowers — four of which have won All-American 

 Awards. He is the author of many articles on the subject of horti- 

 culture. 



Honors for his contributions to horticulture include the Stevenson 

 Memorial Gold Medal — Manitoba, Canada; Award of Merit, Vege- 

 table Growers' Association of America; Robertson Memorial Gold 

 Medal, Brookings, South Dakota; and the Wilder Medal of the 

 American Pomological Society. In 1956 he was elected to member- 

 ship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 



