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Finn, Chad |
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Submitted to: HortScience
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: 10/3/2005 Publication Date: 2/1/2006 Citation: Finn, C.E. 2006. Collected insights: some 20th century u.s. fruit breeders - introduction to workshop. HortScience. 41(1):6. Interpretive Summary: This was the introduction to an American Society for Horticultural Science workshop entitled: Collected Insights: Some 20th Century U.S. Fruit Breeders. The objective of this workshop was to obtain recollections on a number of leading 20th century fruit and nut breeders of the United States. In many cases, the presentations were personal reminiscences about many of our colleagues, and provided information not available in a dry list of the cultivar/publications that they produced. While there were undoubtedly worthy individuals who were not covered in these presentations, the workshop turned out to be one of the most interesting and enjoyable presentations of the Fruit Breeding Working Group. The 10 presentations included: "Two New York State Tree Fruit Breeders” by Susan Brown; “PRI Apple Breeders: Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois” by Jules Janick; "Five Eastern Peach Breeders” by W.R. “Dick” Okie; "Eastern Strawberry Breeders: Personal Recollections” by Kim Lewers; “California Public Strawberry Breeders: A Perfect Marriage of Genetics and Culture” by Jim Hancock; “Private Strawberry Breeders in California- The Legacies of Albert Etter, Earl Goldsmith and Hal Johnson” by Tom Sjulin; “Highbush Blueberry Breeders in North America” by Jim Hancock; "Caneberry breeders in North America” by Chad Finn; “Fruit breeding for the Northern Great Plains at the University of Minnesota and South Dakota State University” by James Luby and Anne Fennell; and "Nut breeders" by Tom Gradziel. A quote used by several presenters highlights the relationship all breeders have in their reliance on their predecessors and their responsibility to their successors: “We have all drunk from wells we did not dig and have been warmed by fires we did not build.” Technical Abstract: This was the introduction to an American Society for Horticultural Science workshop entitled: Collected Insights: Some 20th Century U.S. Fruit Breeders. The objective of this workshop was to obtain recollections on a number of leading 20th century fruit and nut breeders of the United States. In many cases, the presentations were personal reminiscences about many of our colleagues, and provided information not available in a dry list of the cultivar/publications that they produced. While there were undoubtedly worthy individuals who were not covered in these presentations, the workshop turned out to be one of the most interesting and enjoyable presentations of the Fruit Breeding Working Group. The 10 presentations included: "Two New York State Tree Fruit Breeders” by Susan Brown; “PRI Apple Breeders: Purdue-Rutgers-Illinois” by Jules Janick; "Five Eastern Peach Breeders” by W.R. “Dick” Okie; "Eastern Strawberry Breeders: Personal Recollections” by Kim Lewers; “California Public Strawberry Breeders: A Perfect Marriage of Genetics and Culture” by Jim Hancock; “Private Strawberry Breeders in California- The Legacies of Albert Etter, Earl Goldsmith and Hal Johnson” by Tom Sjulin; “Highbush Blueberry Breeders in North America” by Jim Hancock; "Caneberry breeders in North America” by Chad Finn; “Fruit breeding for the Northern Great Plains at the University of Minnesota and South Dakota State University” by James Luby and Anne Fennell; and "Nut breeders" by Tom Gradziel. A quote used by several presenters highlights the relationship all breeders have in their reliance on their predecessors and their responsibility to their successors: “We have all drunk from wells we did not dig and have been warmed by fires we did not build.” |
