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How Much Was Spent to Beautify America in 1965
Estimates by H B Tukey Sr president of the International Society for Horticultural Science and professor emeritus at Michigan State University place expenditures for seeds bulbs and plants at 1 billion and 0.5 billion for fertilizers and chemicals. Tukey notes horticultural sales growth 1950 1963 and broad activity worldwide. He calls gardening a safety valve for society and describes horticulture's future in floriculture and ornamental horticulture. The piece also covers New York Botanical Garden vandalism guard dogs and new fruit varieties from the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station including two apricot cultivars Alfred and Farmingdale and several raspberry strawberry and nectarine varieties.
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