November 27, 2020 Plant Seed Spacing, Albert Etter, Karl Foerster, Phebe Ann Holder, The Vegetable Garden Cookbook by Tobias Rauschenberger and Oliver Brachat, and the Bicentenary at Kew
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Botanical History On This Day
1872 Albert Etter — American plantsman and master breeder behind hundreds of apples descended from the pink-fleshed ‘Surprise.’ From dahlias and strawberries at age 12 to his famed Ettersburg ranch, Etter top-grafted thousands of seedlings and released treasures like ‘Pink Pearl,’ ‘Crimson Gold,’ and ‘Wickson.’ Today, Humboldt Cider Company’s Tom Hart is racing to preserve any remaining Etter trees as a living tribute.
1970 Karl Foerster — revered German breeder, writer, and designer — died on this day. Champion of tough, beautiful, enduring perennials, he popularized grasses (“the hair of Mother Earth”) and phlox (“A garden without phlox is a sin against summer”). His namesake Feather Reed Grass (Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’) became a modern staple and 2001 Perennial Plant of the Year.
Unearthed Words
Phebe Ann Holder
The fragrant lily of the vale,
The violet's breath on passing gale.
Anemones mid last year's leaves,
Arbutus sweet in trailing wreaths,
From waving lights of a forest glade
The light ferns hide beneath the shade.
— A Song of May
The softened light, the veiling haze,
The calm repose of autumn days,
Steal gently over the troubled breast,
Soothing life's weary cares to rest.
— A Song of October
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Today’s Botanic Spark
1959 · Kew’s Bicentenary
The Edmonton Journal celebrated Kew Gardens’ 200 years: nearly 300 acres where color, fragrance, and birdsong meet research and education. From Princess Augusta’s 1759 garden and the Earl of Bute’s guidance to Queen Victoria’s national gift in 1841, Kew became a mecca for botanists. Its herbarium safeguards ~6 million specimens, the backbone of plant taxonomy.
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