Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick was an American horticulturist was born in Iowa and was educated at Michigan Agricultural College. He taught botany and horticulture at several colleges and served with the state agricultural experiment station of New York as horticulturist (1905-30) and as director (1928-37). His many works on cultivation of fruits include Grapes of New York (1908), Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1922), Pears of New York (1922), Small Fruits of New York (1923), and Systematic Pomology (1925). He also wrote History of Agriculture in the State of New York (1933), The Land of the Crooked Tree (1948), and History of Horticulture in America to 1860 (1950).
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, c. 1950
Argynnis Aglaia (Dark Green Fritillary)
Melitaea Euphrosyne (Pearl Bordered Fritillary)
William H. Lizars
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