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Coll. In 1893. Was assistanthor- 
unm mt; Then®p?^ofesso/^of hor- 
H- ?sv. 
that time has been borticulti^ist 
in the New York State Agn. Exp. 
Sta iSer's Degree in Science 
fn 1895 and Doctor's Degree (by 
Hobart Coll.) m 1913. Married 
Amv Willis Plummer in loyo in 
O^lon: and has two children 
Has written several books on 
fruits, a number ^^0™ 
Stfd%^o perFodical literature. 
JOHNSON, T. C. 
Director of the Virginia Truck 
^t^?:ong^ReSch W.Va AVtended 
tL common schools and gra<i'a. 
ated from the State Umv. in 1896 
Taught for a few ^ 
W Va. Univ. and the Missouri 
Agri. Coll.; then took graduate 
work in hort. at Cornelh Ac- 
cented a position at the W. Ya. 
TIntv in Horticulture in „ 1903. 
Wen^t to Norfolk. Va.. in 1907 to 
organize the Virginia Truck ^P^ 
StL Director since ^09. Has 
nublished several bulletins and 
^one fanners’ institute .and agri- 
cultural lecture work in several 
States. 
JOHNSON, CHAS. 
Seedsman. Born in I’J'il^.delphia, 
Pa., March 9, 1845. his fa 
thpr’s side he is a member of one 
of the oldest of Philadelphia s 
Quaker families; his mothers f^ 
ther, John Venai, was a French 
offlcer under Napoleon, and emi- 
grated to America with Jcfcph 
Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother. 
When Lafayette visited Ar^rica 
in 1824, he called upon John Venal 
at his home in Lancaster, Pa., and 
dandled Mr. Johnsons mother 
upon his knee; she was then a 
vear old. Mr. Johnson was edu- 
cated in Philadelphia s PUhUc 
schools; after leaving school he 
spent a year at the study of law, 
but gave it up for a mercantile 
life He entered the seed business 
in 1864 and has been in it ever 
since, variously in Philadelphia, 
Chicago, Memphis and in Lali- 
fornia. He is at present, and has 
been for the past 11 y^rs, Ameri- 
can agent for Denaiffe & Son. 
seed growers, Carignan and La 
Menltre, France. He is still a 
stockholder in the Victor Johansen 
Seed Co., California. Is a mem- 
ber of the 44th or war class of 
the Philadelphia Higli School, the 
Wild Cat Falls Club, York, Pa.; 
the Colonial Club, Marietta, Pa.; 
the Masonic Club. San Francisco, 
Cal., and the California Society of 
the Sons of the American Revo- 
lution. He was a member of the 
first World Eugenic Congress, 
which met in London in 1912, pre- 
sided over by the son of Charles 
Darwin, and in that Congress sat 
side by side with Prince Kropot- 
kin, the Russian exile, who has 
just been called back to Russia. 
Mr. Johnson has written consid- 
erably for newspapers; first as a 
dramatic critic, in later years up- 
on the political and economic sub- 
jects of the day. Is the author 
of “The Seedsman’s Assistant” 
and “The Seed Grower,” books 
which ha"e had a wide sale in 
the trade. 
JOHNSON, STEPHEN B. 
Acting horticulturist. University 
of Arizona; born Jan. 4, 1891, 
at Louisville, Ky.; moved to Illi- 
nois at the age of 10 years, and 
thence to Oklahoma at the age of 
17. Attended the Okla. A. and M. 
College, graduating in 1912. Was 
principal of the Oklahoma State 
Home for Orphans for a few 
months, then assistant horticul- 
turist at the N. D. A. C. for a 
year. From there went to the 
Jewell Nursery Co., at Lake City, 
Minn. Studied at the Univ. of 111. 
Since then has been asst, horti- 
culturist and acting horticulturist 
at the Univ. of Arizona. Married 
Myrtle Lewis in Oklahoma in 
1912. Has one child. Is pliblish- 
ing a bulletin on “Head Lettuce 
in Arizona.” 
EEWIS, CEAUDE ISAAC 
Chief of the Division of Horticul- 
ture, Oregon Agri. College. Born 
April 12, 1880 at Cardiff, Wales. 
At the age of 2% years came to 
Massachusetts and lived on a 
farm. Graduated from the Mass. 
Agri. Coll, in 1902. Engaged in 
teaching at Rockland, Mass., and 
at Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y., 
three years. Received his master’s 
degree in agriculture at Cornell 
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., in 1906. Soon 
thereafter was appointed Chief of 
the Division of Horticulture at 
the Oregon Agri. Coll., Corvallis, 
