America's Crop Heritage; the history of foreign plant introduction by the Federal Government. By Nelson Klose Associate Professor of Social Sciences Central State College.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klose, Nelson, 1914-

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant introduction.

Agriculture--United States--History.

Agriculture.

United States.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (donor)

Free Library of Philadelphia (stamp)

Physical Description:

x, [2], 156 pages, [4] leaves of plates: illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Foreign Plant Introduction by the Federal Government

Place of Publication:

Ames : Iowa State College Press, [1950]

Contents:

1. Early American Agriculture. Methods and terminology; Colonial introductions; Introductions of the eighteenth century; Contributions of individuals; Public experimentation and exploration

2. Search for New Crops 1770-1840. Introduction by statesmen: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson; Work of agricultural societies; Dr. Henry Perrine

3. Federal Promotion of Crops. The Treasury Circular of 1819; The Treasury Circular of 1827; Assistance of the Navy; Diplomatic assistance

4. Leadership of the Patent Office 1836-62. First agricultural appropriation; Work of the Patent Office; Agriculture under the Department of the Interior; Separate crop histories; Miscellaneous introductions

5. The Commissionership 1862-89. Aims and methods of the commissioners. Horace Capron, Frederick Watts, William Le Duc, Norman Colman; International exchange of plants

6. Main Importations. Wheat and small grains; Oats; Fiber crops; Grapes; Citrus fruits; Tea

7. Lesser Importations. Sugar crops; Fruits; Vegetables; Tropical plants; Pasture and forage crops; Trees

8. Plant Introduction under Rusk and Morton. Distribution of seeds and plants; Promotion of special crops; The Division of Pomology; Fiber and forage crops

9. Bonanza Years. Problems facing agriculture; Work of plant explorers: Fairchild and Lathrop; Niels Hansen; Mark Carleton, Seaman Knapp

10. Plant Introduction of the Twentieth Century. Search for new crops; Introductions by Meyer; Significant introductions 1901-13; The war years; Looking to the future.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliographies at end of each chapter.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy is former library copy of Free Library of Philadelphia with stamps, plates, markings and date due slip.

OCLC:

1319498