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George McMillan Darrow (02 Feb) 1899 - 1983 (09 Jun)

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A.M. in Horticulture, 1911

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George M. Dawson was an American horticulturist and pomologist who received his A.M. degree in horticulture from Cornell University in 1911. Within two years he formed a partnership with (future) US Senator from Vermont George D. Aiken and created the nursery firm Darrow & Aiken. From 1917 he worked for USDA. His specialty was small fruits, especially strawberries. He is credited with "rescuing" the original cultivated boysenberry plants from an overgrown field in California and making them available for the horticultural trade.

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1929. Darrow, George M.. Inflorescence Types of Strawberry Varieties. American Journal of Botany (8): 571-585.	Google Scholar
1944. Darrow, George M., W. H. Camp, H. E. Fischer and Haig Dermen. Chromosome Numbers in Vaccinium and Related Groups. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (5): 498-506.	Google Scholar
1945. Darrow, George M. and W. H. Camp. Vaccinium Hybrids and the Development of New Horticultural Material. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1): 1-21.	Google Scholar