Brigham Young University. Dept. of Horticulture (1922-1940)
Department chairmen included: Melvin C. Merrill (1922-1925), Laval S. Morris (1930-1932), Seth L. Shaw (1933-1935), Laval S. Morris (1936), and Seth L. Shaw (1937-1940).
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Description
Established: 1922
Abolished: 1940
Location: Provo, Utah (1922-1940)
Functions
The Department of Horticulture included courses on principles of orcharding, practical orchard operations, home and commercial gardening, practical garden operations, insects affecting fruit and vegetable crops, methods of plant propagation, plant materials for home beautification, small fruits, fundamentals of plant reproduction, landscape design, origin and history of cultivated plants, systematic pomology, principles of horticulture, chemistry of horticultural products, and breeding of horticultural plants.
Assets and Administrative Structure
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Associated Units
Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Applied Science (1922-1940)
Superior unit: Brigham Young University. College of Applied Science. Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (1941)
Associated Archival Materials
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Sources
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1922-1923: p. 101-104 (course offerings)
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1939-1940: p. 148 (Last year of Department's existence)
Brigham Young University The First Hundred Years, 1975: v. 4 p. 500 (Melvin C. Merrill (1922-1925); Laval S. Morris (1930-1932); Seth L. Shaw (1933-1935); Laval S. Morris (1936); and Seth L. Shaw (1937-1940))
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