Frederick Vernon Coville records on blueberries, 1907-1938

Coville, Frederick V.

Frederick Vernon Coville records on blueberries, 1907-1938

1907-1938

Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon)

The Frederick Vernon Coville Records on Blueberries document the U.S. Department of Agriculture's earliest crosses of commercial blueberries. Frederick Vernon Coville, along with George M. Darrow, were the first breeders in the blueberry program. The research notes in this collection are primarily Coville's and include a complete description of blueberry plant parentage and field note data. There are daily handwritten entries about growing plants in research fields and separate notebooks with descriptions of blueberry plant variety characteristics and crosses.

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AGROVOC Keywords

blueberries breeding history

Bibliographic information

Pagination

25 boxes (4 linear feet)

Other Subjects

Fruit breeders; Manuscripts; United states

Language

English

Format

unmediated, volume

Note

Frederick Vernon Coville Records on Blueberries. Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library.

Frederick Vernon Coville (1867-1937) worked for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as assistant botanist from 1888 to 1893, and as botanist from 1893 to1937. He was instrumental in the establishment of the U.S. National Arboretum in 1927. He was the first scientist to discover the importance of soil acidity on the growth of blueberries, as well as the impact of cold temperatures on plants. Through his early work on crossing blueberry plants, he was responsible for the commercial production of blueberries.

Type

Internet Resource.; Text; Mixed Material; Monographic

Corporate Author

United States. Department of Agriculture.

In AGRIS since: 2024-02-27

Modification date: 2025-04-23

Format: MODS

Data Provider

This bibliographic record has been provided by National Agricultural Library

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Links

https://archive.org/details/usda-fvcoville https://archivesspace.nal.usda.gov/repositories/4/resources/879/