Identity elements
Reference code
1
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Research Notebooks
Date(s)
- 1917 (Creation)
Extent
20 Pages
Name of creator
(1891-1956)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden on cereal breeding for the prairie northwest. Research was conducted on barley varieties: Success, Nepal, Minn 105, Oderbrucker, Gatami, Hanna, Gold, and Hancher; corn varieties: Oea Hirta, Hopi Maiz, Alta, and Ree Flour; winter wheat varieties: Hope, Lutercens, and Buffum. Also included are notes on garden vegetables: spinach, lettuce, onion, dill, beets, carrots, parsnips, beans, cucumber, muskmelon, and watermelon.