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Gardeners and Florists’ Annual for J9J8 
TAliI^ANCi:, JOHN 
Nurseryman and orchardist. Born 
In June, 1862, at Edinburgh, 
Scotland; came to California in 
1886, entered the nursery and or- 
chards of B. S. Fox, San Jos6, 
Cal. He had been with leading 
nurserymen of the State. Took 
over the present business, the 
Vallance Nursery, Oakland, Cal., 
three years ago. Was president 
of the Pacific Coast Ass’n of Nur- 
serymen in 1914. 
VINCENT, C. C. 
Professor of horticulture. Univer- 
sity of Idaho. Born May 3, 1884, 
at Middleton, Ore. Raised on the 
farm. Attended the public schools 
of Oregon and graduated from the 
Oregon Agrl. College B.S. (agri.), 
also M.S. (Agri.). Did graduate 
work at Cornell University, de- 
gree of M.S. (Agri.). Is married; 
has three children. Was assistant 
in horticulture, Oregon Agri. Col- 
lege, Corvallis, Ore.; associate pro- 
fessor of hort. Clemson Agricul- 
tural College, Clemson, S. C. Is 
professor of horticulture and hor- 
ticulturist, Univ. of Idaho, Mos- 
cow, Idaho. Mr. Vincent is work- 
ing on a number of horticultural 
problems. Apple breeding, study- 
ing 10,000 crosses; irrigation stud- 
ies; vegetable gardening, etc. Bul- 
letins: Orchard Survey of Jack- 
son Co., Ore.; Pollination of the 
Apple, Oregon; Strawberry Cul- 
ture in Idaho; Canning Fruits 
and Vegetables on the Farm; Re- 
commended Varieties of Fruit for 
Idaho; Commercial Onion Culture 
in Idaho; Winter vs. Summer 
Pruning of Apples, Idaho; also 
numerous articles. 
WHIPFIiE, O. B. 
Horticulturist Montana Agri. Exp. 
Station. Born Dec. 8, 1879, at Ot- 
tawa, Kans. Grew up on a large 
stock and grain farm. Graduated 
from the Kansas Agri. Coll, in 
1904 and spent the following year 
in graduate work in the depart- 
ment of hort. Mass. Agri. Coll. 
Instructor in hort. Colo. Agri. Coll., 
1906-06; field hort. Exp. Sta. 1906- 
09. Since 1909 professor of hort. 
and horticulturist of the Montana 
Agri. Coll, and Exp. Sta. Author 
of bulletins upon horticultural 
subjects from both the Colorado 
and Montana Stations. Joint author 
with Prof. W. Paddock of "Fruit 
Growing in Arid Regions,” a text 
book on Western horticulture. 
WHITTEN, J. C. 
Horticulturist, Missouri Exp. Sta._ 
Born in Augusta, Me., Sept. 14, 
1866. At 16 years of age went to 
Dakota and taught school three 
years. Graduated from the South. 
Dakota Agricultural College, B.S., 
1892; M.S., 1897. Was a student 
at (Cornell Univ. part of 1892; 
student and assistant, Missouri 
Botanical Garden, 1893 and 1894. 
Student, Horticultural Institute 
at Geisenheim, Germany, one term; 
also at Univ. of Halle one year, 
taking Ph.D. in 1902. Traveled in 
horticultural section of Europe 
two Summers. Has been profes- 
sor of horticulture and horticul- 
turist at the Exp. Sta. of the 
Univ. of Missouri since 1894. 
Married Nora Todd at Columbia 
in 1895 and has three children. Is 
a member of the leading National 
horticultural organizations and of 
several State organizations. Is 
author of numerous experiment 
station bulletins on horticultural 
subjects, contributor to horticul- 
tural periodicals and lecturer on 
horticultural and rural life sub- 
jects. 
WICKS, WIEIiIAU HAX.E 
Professor of Agriculture, Arkan- 
sas University. Born Nov. 30, 
1881, in Macon County, 111.; re- 
moved to Oregon at the age of 
nine. Attended the high school in 
Corvallis, Ore., and graduated 
from the Oregon Agri. College in 
1904. Was assistant horticultur- 
ist at Oregon Agri. College, 1904- 
1907, during which time he re- 
ceived the degree of M.S. from 
Oregon; M.S. A. from Cornell Uni- 
versity, 1908. Was professor of 
pomology and assistant horticul- 
turist, New Hampshire College, 
19j)8-1909; was called to the chair 
of horticulture, Idaho University, 
Sept., 1909; accepted the chair of 
horticulture at Arkansas Univer- 
sity in Feb.. 1914. He was secre- 
tary and treasurer of the Bi-Pro- 
ducts Committee of the North Pa- 
cific Fruit Distributers, 1913-14; 
trustee Sixth National Apple Con- 
gress, 1913. Is a member of the 
American Society for Horticul- 
tural Science and the American 
Pomologlcal Society. 
