John P. Watson papers, 1946-1988.
Collection Number: 22-3-3656
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
John P. Watson papers, 1946-1988.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
22-3-3656
Abstract:
The collection contains primarily correspondence files as well as course work materials
that date from his undergraduate days at the University of Massachusetts, which awarded
him a B. S. in 1948. Watson received his M. S. from Rutgers University in 1950.
Creator:
Watson, John P.
Eastern Wine and Grape Archive
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The collection contains primarily correspondence files as well as course work materials
that date from his undergraduate days at the University of Massachusetts, which awarded
him a B. S. in 1948. Watson received his M. S. from Rutgers University in 1950.
Also, subject files including plum varies.
Forms part of the Eastern Wine and Grape Archive. (EWGA)
INFORMATION FOR USERS
John P. Watson papers, #22-3-3656. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
John P. Watson was a pomologist at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
in the Department of Horticultural Sciences. After he earned a B.S. at the University
of Massachusetts in 1948 and an M.S. from Rutgers in 1950, he began his career as
a fruit breeder at the Experiment Station in Geneva. He worked with varieties of grapes
and plums for New York and the Northeastern United States. Watson was in charge of
the care of seedling vineyards and assisted in planning and making crosses of potential
grape varieties. During his 37 years at the Station, he was involved in the introduction
of 17 varieties of grape, including Cayuga White, Einset Seedless, and Chardonel and
the Iroquois, Seneca, Oneida, and Mohawk plums. In 1988, a new raspberry introduced
by the Geneva Station was named Watson in his honor. Watson retired as a Senior Research
Support Specialist in 1987, the year he was also named Most Outstanding Employee at
the Experiment Station.
Names:
Wagner, Philip M. (Philip Marshall), 1904-1996.
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
New York State Fruit Testing Cooperative Association, Inc
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station. Department of Horticultural Sciences
Subjects:
Plum varieties -- New York (State)
Grape varieties -- New York (State)
Pomology -- New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I: Course Material
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Course Work
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1946 |
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Scope and Contents
University of Massachusetts, Horticulture and Botany (undergraduate)
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Course Work
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1948 |
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Scope and Contents
University of Massachusetts, Plant Breeding 51 (Undergraduate)
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Pesticide Application-Certification
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1977-1984 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Plums Correspondence
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1982-1983 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Prunes Correspondence
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1978-1982 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Trickler Farm Plantings (Layout)
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1968-1969 |
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Series II: General Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
A
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1962-1988 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
B
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1962-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
C
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1963-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
D
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1967-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
E
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1965-1981 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
F
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1963-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
G
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1967-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
H
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1962-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
I
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1972-1979 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
J
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1969-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 |
K
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1965-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
L
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1967-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
M, Part 1
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1962-1976 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
M, Part 2
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1977-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
N
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1973-1985 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
O
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1962-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
P-Q
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1958-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
R
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1963-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
S
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1963-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
T
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1966-1987 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
U
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1963 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
V
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1963-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
W-X
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1960-1986 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Y
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1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Z
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1963-1973 |
| Box 2 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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1951 | |
| Box 2 |
Correspondence A-O
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1953-1962 | |
| Box 3 |
Correspondence P-Z
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1953-1962 | |
| Box 3 |
Correspondence I
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1939-1962 | |
| Box 3 |
Correspondence II
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1939-1951 | |
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Series III: Subject Files
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| Box 2 |
Plum Records
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1959-1985 | |
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Scope and Contents
Concerning planting, plum propagation, and virus index.
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| Box 2 |
General Notes
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1961-1963 | |
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Scope and Contents
Regarding nursery records, nursery planting, and greenhouse propagation.
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| Box 3 |
Miscellaneous‡ Variety Lists-Geneva 1954-1966 Weed Control 1977-1983 Open House 1982
Planning Committee
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1954-1983, 1954-1966, 1977-1983, 1982, 1983 | |
| Box 3 |
Plum-Cooperations, Old-Inactive‡ Thomas Mark's Nursery 1941-1948 L.C. Anderson, Claverack,
NY 1943-1947 Sigma XI 1940-1949 Spencer Lens Material 1941-1942 Minn. Plum and Pear
Planting
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1940-1949, 1941-1948, 1943-1947, 1940-1949, 1941-1942, 1940 | |
| Box 3 |
Data‡ Orchard Discards 1969 FTA 1968 Plum Progress Report 1965 Project Summaries 1960
Moving Data 1969 Greenhouse 1963-1964 Plum Variety Trial
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1940-1969, 1969, 1968, 1965, 1960, 1969, 1963-1964, 1962 | |
| Box 3 |
Reports‡ Plant Physiology 1950 Horticulture 1935-1946 Advanced Pomology-references
1950 Peach Genetics 1949 Apple Breeding
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1935-1954, 1950, 1935-1946, 1950, 1949, 1954 | |
| Box 3 |
Notebooks‡ Greenhouse 1980 Plum Correspondence 1940 Plums, etc. 1966 Greenhouse P
+ V 1981 Green notebook, has his wife's name, Judith Lambert, but is his writing on
apples, berries, etc.. Also Department of Agriculture Visitor's Booklet, 1947.
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1940-1981, 1980, 1940, 1966, 1981, 1950 | |
| Box 3 |
Bulletins‡ NY Peach Bulletin 1946 Articles on Fruit Varieties NY Apricot Varieties
+ Rootstocks 1965 Balsgard, Nybum, Mutants, etc.
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1946-1981, 1946, 1965, 1968 | |
| Box 3 |
Plant Breeding‡ Plant Breeding Class-Outlines 1978 Cornell Fruit Breeding Class Notes
1981-1984 Rutgers Advanced Breeding Course
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1948-1984, 1978, 1981-1984, 1948-1949 | |
| Box 3 |
Systematic Pomology‡ Sys. Pomology Description Sheets 1949-1978 Systematic 1949 Strawberry-Economics
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1947-1989, 1949-1978, 1949, 1960-1989 | |
| Box 4 |
Plums
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1959-1987 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes plum propagation, IR-2 Repository papers, data lists of plum varieties, and
general notes regarding canned plums, processing, planting, and spray data.
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| Box 4 |
Pomology Progress Reports
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1957-1986 | |
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Scope and Contents
Covers plums, apricots, strawberries, blackberries and raspberries.
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| Box 4 |
Plum Project Reports
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1948-1985 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes project statements, progress reports, and notes/data regarding plum breeding.
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| Box 4 |
Miscellaneous
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1953-1986 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes USDA-plant inspection and permits, stone fruit bud distribution, IR-2, Tree
Fruit Scion Available List, and data regarding peach varieties and Xiphinema.
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