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organized the Davey Tree Expert 
Company which was followed by 
the founding of the Davey Insti- 
tute of Tree Surgery. In 1914 the 
institute curriculum was supple- 
mented by the well-known exten- 
sion course , edited under Mr. 
Davey’s supervision. 
DE BAUN, BOSCOE W. 
Specialist in market gardening; 
born Dec. 16, 1887, at Caldwell, 
N. J. Was brought up on his 
father’s produce farm there. 
Graduated from the local high 
school and from the State Agri. 
Coll, in June, 1911. Returned to 
the commercial vegetable growing 
industry for 3% years. Since Jan. 
1, 1916, be has been the Specialist 
in Market Gardening for the ex- 
tension division, N. J. Agri. Coll. 
Writes frequently for agricultural 
publications; is chairman of the 
membership committee of the 
Vegetable Growers’ Ass’n of 
America, member of the executive 
committee of the State Hort. So- 
ciety. 
EUSTACE, HABBT JOSHUA 
Professor of Horticulture, Mich. 
Agri. College: born Rochester, 
N. Y., April 24, 1877. Attended 
Rochester schools and graduated 
from Michigan Agri. Coll, in 1901. 
Was Assistant Botanist at New 
York Agri. Exp. Sta. from 1901 
to 1906; Assistant Pomologist U. 
S. Dept, of Agri. 1906 to 1908, 
working especially on the prob- 
lems of fruit storage and trans- 
portation. Has been Professor ol 
Horticulture, Mich. Agri. College 
from 1908 to date. Has written 
bulletins and reports upon eco- 
nomic plant pathology and gen- 
eral horticulture. 
FBOYD, W. B. 
Professor of Horticulture, Florida 
College of Agriculture. Born April 
6, 1866, at Nicholas, S. C. Gradu- 
ated from "The Citadel," Charles- 
ton, S. C., in 1886. Taught in the 
schools of South Carolina for five 
years; instructor in East Florida 
Seminary for 13 years. Has been 
professor in the Univ. of Florida 
since its establishment in 1905. 
first as assistant professor of bi- 
ology, later as professor of botany 
and horticulture, with the degree 
of M.S., 1906. A contributor to 
horticultural Journals, and lec- 
turer on horticultural subjects. 
GOUBBEY, JOSEPH HABVEY 
Pomologist: born July 1, 1883, at 
Homer City, Pa. In 1893 removed 
to Lancaster, O. ; attended the 
grade and high schools of that 
city, and graduated from Ohio 
State Univ. in 1908. Foreman ol 
Univ. gardens, orchards and green- 
houses 1906-1908; Assistant Hor- 
ticulturist, Ohio Exp. Sta,, Woos- 
ter, O., 1908-1910; Assistant Prof, 
of Hort., Ohio State Univ. 1910- 
1912. Since 1912 has been Prof, 
of Hort. N. H. Coll., and Horticul- 
turist, N. H. Exp. Sta. Has pub- 
lished papers on Potatoes, Straw- 
berries, Orchard Culture, Studies 
in Fruit Bud Formation, Orchard 
Soils, Thinning and Spraying ol 
Fruit, and Studies on Growth ol 
Fruit Trees. Has degrees ol 
B. S. and M. S. 
GUBBEY, ABFBES GUBDON 
Horticulturist Connecticut Agri. 
Exp. Sta, Born at Dearborn, Mich., 
July 16, 1848. Worked with his fa- 
ther in wholesale vegetable grow- 
ing. Attended the district and grad- 
ed schools, and took the regular 
course at the Mich. Agri. Coll., 
graduating in 1868. Shortly after 
graduating he spent three years 
in Detroit and Rochester, N. Y., 
learning the greenhouse and nur- 
sery trade. During the next 16 
years he was engaged in fruit 
growing and nursery work at 
South Haven, Mich. Married there. 
In 1890 returned to the Micji. Coll, 
as assistant in the hort. dept. Re- 
mained four years; then was one 
year at the Univ. of Vermont, 
teaching horticultural branches. In 
1894 went to Storrs, Conn, to de- 
velop the horticultural department 
of the Connecticut Agri. Coll., and 
has just completed 23 years of 
service at that institution. Has 
one adopted son, following in the - 
same line of work. Served two 
terms as pres. Conn. State Pomo- 
logical Soc. Has given much at- 
tention to fruit classification and 
has the credit of being one of the 
best posted men on Apple varie- 
ties in the East. 
HEUBICK, UBYSSES PBENTISS 
Horticulturist, New York State 
Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion. Born Jan. 15, 1870, near 
Cedar Rapids, la. At an early age 
removed to Indiana and from 
there to Harbor Springs, Mich. 
Graduated from High School in 
1887 and from the Michigan Agri. 
