High Plains Horticulture: A History

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261 p Agriculture, compared to horticulture, 3. See also Farming, dry-land; Irrigation; Jeffersonian idealism; U.S. Department of Agriculture Ainsworth, Nebraska, 70, 73 Akron, Colorado, dry-land experiment station , 118, 177, 181, 218 Alfalfa, imported from Asia, 153, 156; as soil restorative, 38 Allen, Martin, 27 Alliance, Nebraska, 236 Altman, Henry, 48 Apples, 15, 203, 206; Anoka (cultivar), 154; Ben Davis (cultivar), 28, 146; in Colorado, 28, 40, 115, 117, 146; Duchess of Oldenburg (cultivar), 146; fire-blight, 207; Haralson (cultivar), 205; in Kansas, 27, 122; in Nebraska, 20, 68, 111; Red Index Astrakhan (cultivar), 146; in South Dakota, 153–154; Wealthy (cultivar), 100, 146, 205; in Wyoming, 89, 100 Apricot, 115, 122 Aquifer. See Ogallala aquifer Arbor Day: in Colorado, 130, 133–134, 142; founding of, 13; in Nebraska, 19, 23, 185; Wyoming, 17. See also Tree City, USA Arboretum. See Cheyenne Horticultural Field Station; Nebraska Archer, Wyoming, agricultural experiment station, 197, 198 Ardmore, South Dakota, USDA field station, 219 Arid lands, classification of, 55 Arkansas River, 2, 10; valley, 15, 28, 107, 147 Artichoke, Jerusalem, 121, 209 Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations 262 Index Ash, 120, 124; green, in Kansas, 27, 28, 123, 124; green, in Nebraska, 185; white, in Colorado, 146 Asparagus, 12, 27; in Colorado, 42; in Kansas, 120; in Wyoming, 208, 213, 214 Atwood, Kansas, 120, 235 Aughey, Samuel, 26, 52–53, 69 Babb, Myron F., 204, 209, 210, 214, 217 Bailey, Liberty Hyde, 10, 174. See also Country Life Commission Balm-of-gilead, in Wyoming, 88 Barberry, in Wyoming, 88 Barbour, Erwin H., 44, 112 Barteldes and Company, 146 Bassett, S. C., 81 Bates, J. M., 70 Beans, 8; in Colorado, 114; in Kansas, 120, 121; in Nebraska, 187; in Wyoming, 88, 209, 217 Beautification, community, 4, 86, 196, 243; homestead, 130, 217; roadside, 235–236 Beetles. See Insects Beets: in Kansas, 120, 121; in Nebraska, 188; in Wyoming, 46, 89, 208, 214, 217 Bellvue, Colorado, 15, 158 Bent’s Fort, Colorado, 10 Berthoud, Colorado, 43 Bessey, Charles, 2, 3, 10, 60, 115, 133, 174, 244; and Aven Nelson, 86, 90, 96; applying science to horticulture, 64–65, 71; education, 65; and Hatch Act, 64–65; interest in trees, 69, 72–73; on limits of horticulture on the High Plains, 78–79; and Nebraska National Forest, 19, 73, 74–75; and Niels Hansen, 152, 157, 159, 161; professor of botany and horticulture , 65–66; public service by, 68, 69, 70, 81; state botanist, 68, 71, 80; and State Horticultural Society, 68, 80–81; as teacher, 69–70; on usefulness of liberal arts to prospective horticulturists, 65–67. See also U.S. Forest Service, Bessey Nursery Big Creek, Hays, Kansas, 121 Big Thompson River, Colorado, 14, 15; valley of, 2, 8, 59 Binkley, A. M., 186 Biophilia, 244 Birch, in Denver, 145 Bird City, Kansas, 246, 246–247 Blackberries: in Colorado, l46; in Kansas, 122 Black Hills, South Dakota, 76, 78 Blount, A.E., 59 Boomers, 26, 52, 79, 108. See also Aughey, Samuel; Elliott, Richard S.; Wilber, Charles Dana Botanic gardens. See Cheyenne; Denver Botany: applications to horticulture, 65–66, 67–68; compared to horticulture, 152. See also Science, applications of Boulder Creek, Colorado 14 Boxelder: in Colorado, 42; in Kansas, 27, 28, 120; in Nebraska, 73, 85 Boyd, David, 34, 59 Brandon, J. F., 124 Brimmer, George E., 196–199, 201–202, 203 Brooks, Bryant B., 97, 174 Brule, Nebraska, 235 Bruner, Lawrence, 73 Buckthorn, 217 Budd, Joseph L., 152, 159 Buffaloberry, 13, 70; in Wyoming, 88 Buffum, Burt C., 87–89 Burpee Company, W. Atlee, 146 Byers, William N., 14, 37, 42 Cabbages, 14; in Colorado, 30; in Kansas, 120, 121; in Nebraska, 79, 187; in Wyoming, 30 Cache la Poudre River, Colorado, 14, 15, 33, 38, 39, 158; conflict over, by Greeley and Fort Collins irrigators, 41, 59; valley of, 28 Cambridge, Nebraska, 236 Campbell, Hardy W., 109–111, 118 Cameron, Robert A., 36, 38 Canals. See Irrigation Cañon City, Colorado, 28 Cantaloupes, Rocky Ford, 147 Caragana, 11; in Wyoming, 183, 217 Carey Act, 89, 171 Carey, Joseph M., 2, 46, 88–89, 171–172 Carrots: in Kansas, 120, 121; in Nebraska, 187; in Wyoming, 89, 208, 217 Cassidy, James, 58, 81, 147 Catalpa, in Kansas, 123, 124 Cauliflower: in Nebraska, 187; in Wyoming, 208, 214, 215 Cedar, red: in Kansas, 122, 124, 181; in Nebraska, 78, 235; in Wyoming, 219. See also Juniper Index 263...