Simmon, squashes and cucumbers. In 

 one year alone (1965), he introduced 

 five new vegetable varieties. He as- 

 sembled plant germ plasm from around 

 the world and distributed it to other 

 breeders — a real contribution to hor- 

 ticultural science. In 1972, the Arnold 

 Arboretum of Harvard University 

 awarded him the James R. Jewett prize 

 for research on native american plants. 

 And for his major contribution to the 

 field of fruit and fruit growing he was 

 honored in 1976 with the Milo Gibson 

 award by the North American Fruit 

 Explorers — the first person to receive 

 this recognition. In 1978 he was 

 awarded an honorary Doctor of Sci- 

 ence degree by the University. The 

 Gold Seal Award for Horticulture was 

 presented to Meader by the New 

 Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs 

 in 1979. Meader received the UNH 

 Agricultural Experiment Station Cen- 

 tennial Award in 1987 at a ceremony 

 commemorating the 1 00th anniversary 

 of the Station in recognition of his role 



E. M. Meader, Plant Science 



in "making agricultural and biological 

 enterprizes a vital component of the 

 Granite State economy." 



Soil and Water Science 



At the beginning of this era, agronomic 

 and soils research was centered in the 

 department of Agronomy. Initially, soil 

 survey data were utilized solely for 

 agricultural purposes, but their appli- 

 cation broadened dramatically because 

 of the rapidly changing pattern of land 

 use. A. B. Prince and W. A. Ranney 

 noted that the use of irrigation in ag- 

 riculture had increased, and that 

 population and industrial growth in 

 the region had created additional de- 

 mands for water. They focused public 

 thinking on the necessity of using water 

 judiciously and allocating supply to 

 meet future demands. S. A. L. Pilgrim 

 (Soil Conservation Service), A. B. 

 Prince and soil chemist N. K. Peterson 

 emphasized that rural land was being 

 used more intensively, and increasing 

 pressures on natural resources neces- 

 sitated that available soils information 

 be used maximally by private citizens 

 and public officials. 



The first detailed study of New 

 Hampshire tidal marsh soils was made 

 by C. H. J. Breeding, F. D. Richardson, 

 and Pilgrim. Tidal marshes constitute 

 a unique ecosystem. Their survey 

 contained information useful for as- 

 sessing the suitability of different ar- 

 eas of the tidal marsh for a variety of 

 potential uses. 



Hydrologist F. R. Hall developed 

 mathematical models which would 

 permit prediction of the groundwater 

 depletion curve from field measure- 

 ments by hydrologic and geographic 

 variables; and models which would 

 facilitate study of the relationship be- 

 tween dissolved particles and dis- 

 charge in streams. 



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