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HORTICULTURISTS 



in the United States. In later years, although in good 

 health, Mr. Fuller left his place but seldom, but in 

 his earlier years he traveled considerably, and took an 

 active and leading part in the meetings of the American 

 Pomological Societj', the American Institute Farmers' 

 Club, the Fruit-Growers' Club, and many kindred 

 societies, of which he was an active or honorary mem- 

 ber. F. M. Hexamer. 



Fulton, J. Alexander, lawyer and horticulturist, was 

 born at his father's farm in Armstrong County, Penn- 

 sylvania, November 11, 1822, and died in 1895. He 

 removed from Pennsylvania to Dover, Delaware, in 

 1865. Although a lawyer by profession, he was much 

 interested in fruit-culture and was known as a horti- 

 culturist far beyond the limits of his state. His book 

 on "Peach Culture" was long a standard work. He 

 was one of the early members of the Peninsula Horti- 

 cultural Society and participated in its meetings until 

 the end of his life. G. B. Brackett. 



Gale, Elbridge, pastor and horticulturist, was bom 

 on Christmas Day, 1824, in Bennington, Vermont, 

 and died at Mongonia, Florida, in 1907. He at' 

 tended Brown University and was later graduated 

 from the Baptist Theological Seminary at New Hamp- 

 ton, New Hampshire. His first pastorate was at John- 

 son, Vermont; from thence he accepted a call to the 

 Baptist church of PaviUon, IlUnois, and on going to 

 Kansas in 1864, became the pastor of the Baptist 

 church at Manhattan. He remained in this pastorate 

 until he accepted the chair of horticulture at the 

 Kansas State Agricultural College. He was greatly 

 interested in the free schools of Kansas and was County 

 School Superintendent of Riley County for several 

 terms. He was one of the founders of the Manhattan 

 Horticultural Society. He removed to Lake Worth, 

 Florida, November, 1884, on account of his failing 

 health. His interest in horticulture grew apace in the 

 Lake Worth section. He was first president and an 

 active member of the Lake Worth Horticultural 

 Society as long as it was in existence, and it was largely 

 through his efforts that the United States Government 

 procured from India some Mulgoba mangoes and from 

 Italy some mangosteens, durians and figs for distribu- 

 tion to the planters connected with the Society. Of 

 all the Mulgoba mangoes planted, Mr. Gale was the 

 only one who succeeded in keeping the trees alive, and 

 the Mulgoba mango still remains a living monument to 

 his success as a Florida horticulturist. His skill and 

 energy has given to the western world another fruit 

 that adds much to tropical luxuriance and American 

 finance. 



His was a busy life. At the college at Manhattan 

 he planted the college arboretum east of Horticultural 

 Hall and the forest plats on the old coUege farm. In 

 1879 he was candidate for Congress from the First 

 Kansas District, greenback platform. 



To his activity, usefulness and teachings, thousands 

 of pioneer Kansans and students of the College are 

 indebted to this grand old man who sleeps beneath the 

 hve oaks and the palms of his new home State in the 

 Southland. G. B. Brackett. 



Gano, William Groves, pioneer horticulturist of the 

 Missouri Valley and introducer of new varieties of 

 fruits, was born in Winchester, Virginia, in 18.39 and 

 died at Parkville, Missouri, in 1910. In 1867 he moved 

 to Parkville, Missouri, where he planted one of the 

 notable early orchards of that section and spent most 

 of the active working part, of his horticultural career. 

 He was associated with J. C. Evans and others in 

 establishing and planting the Olden Fruit Farm, the 

 pioneer large commercial orchard of the Ozark region. 

 Throughout his residence in Missouri, he was a member 

 of the Missouri State Horticultural Society and served 

 frequently as an officer of this body. He was also a 



charter member of the Missouri Valley Horticultural 

 Society and held membership in other state and national 

 organizations. He was actively identified with collect- 

 ing state fruit exhibits at all of the leading national 

 and interstate expositions which have been held during 

 the past fifty years. He was awake to the desirabiUty 

 of introducing and testing large numbers of varieties of 

 fruits on his farm at Parkville. His orchard served 

 largely as a model for the guidance of other orchardists 

 in his own section and his advice and judgment as to 

 what varieties to plant and how to adapt orchard 

 management to this pioneer section of the Missouri 

 Valley was sought throughout several states. In addi- 

 tion to giving his time and his resources freely to this 

 type of work, he was zealously interested in the produc- 

 tion of new seedhng varieties of fruits. Several of the.se 

 have gained local prominence because of their adapta- 

 tion to local conditions. His most celebrated contribu- 

 tion to our list of varieties was the Gano apple, named 

 in honor of the originator by Charles Downing. The 

 Gano apple is similar to that most cosmopolitan Ben 

 Davis, equal to it in every respect, but due to its supe- 

 riority over Ben Davis in color and beauty of appear- 

 ance, it is now displacing the latter in commercial 

 orchards of the West. The annual reports of the Mis- 

 souri State Horticultural Society contain many of his 

 papers deahng with the problems and practices of 

 fruit-growing which he helped to shape in the region 

 in which he did his work. j, c. Written. 



Garey, Thomas Andrew, nurseryman, was born in 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, July 7, 18.30, and died at Los Angeles, 

 California, August 21, 1909. He was of German stock 

 and sjient his boyhood partly in Hagerstown, Mary- 

 land, and partly in Iowa. In the spring of 1850, Mr. 

 Garey moved to New Mexico, traveling by ox-team 

 over the Santa Fe trail. In 1850, after having married 

 in New Mexico, the Gareys crossed the mountains 

 and settled at El Monte in Los Angeles County, Cali- 

 fornia, where he engaged in farming. In 1865 Mr. 

 Garey purchased 72 acres of land on what is now South 

 San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, and entered the nursery 

 business. He soon built up a large and thriving business 

 and was very active in introducing many kinds of 

 tropical and semi-tropical fruits from various parts 

 of the world. It was Mr. Garey who first demon- 

 strated to the citrous growers that budded trees of 

 improved varieties were better than the seedlings which 

 were commonly grown. Hearing of the Bahia Navel 

 orange, Mr. Garey attempted to introduce it from 

 Austraha, but was unfortunate in securing an unde- 

 sirable type (Austrahan Navel) which was subsequently 

 displaced by the true Bahia or Washington Navel. 

 Recognizing the value of a seedling lemon grown by 

 C. R. Workman, Mr. Garey bought the original tree 

 and introduced the variety in 1877 under the name 

 Eureka. This variety is now the leading commercial 

 lemon in California. Mr. Garej' did a large business in 

 importing all kinds of plants and seeds and had won- 

 derful success with many of the novelties he brought in. 

 He served for a time as president of the Los Angeles 

 Pomological Society and was one of the founders of the 

 city of Pomona. In 1882 he pubUshed "Orange Cul- 

 ture in Cahfornia," which for years was considered a 

 standard reference book. j_ Eliot Coit. 



Gibb, Charles, Canadian horticulturist, and author 

 of important works on Russian fruits and other hardy 

 trees, was born at Montreal June 29, 1842 (Woolverton 

 says 1846) and died at Cairo, Egypt, March 8, 1890, 

 while returning from a collecting trip in China and 

 Japan. In 1S72 he brought to Montreal the first canned 

 fruit exhibited in Canada. His farm at Abbotsford, 

 Province of Quebec, contained the best collection of 

 hardy fruits, trees and ornamental shrubs in Canada. 

 His trip to Russia in 1882 with Professor Budd, the 

 subsequent importations, his second trip to Russia, 



