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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809653503321

Autore

Freeman John F (John Francis), <1940->

Titolo

High Plains horticulture [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / John F. Freeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2008

ISBN

0-87081-983-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

630.978

Soggetti

Horticulture - High Plains (U.S.) - History

Agriculture - High Plains (U.S.) - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Horticultural beginnings -- Trees for the High Plains -- Horticulture for home and community -- Toward "a new phase of civilization" -- Science and its application to horticulture -- Creating home on the range -- Limits of dry-land horticulture -- Forging new paths in ornamental horticulture -- Collecting and creating hardy plants -- Federal engagement in horticulture -- The Cheyenne Horticultural Field Station -- Horticulture and community.