HORTICULTURE

The Cyclopedia of American Horticulture

Liberty Hyde Bailey coined the term “cultivar” from “cultivated variety.” This term is now defined in the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (1980) as “an assemblage of cultivated plants which is clearly distinguishable by any characters (morphological, physiological, cytological, chemical, or other) and which, when reproduced sexually or asexually retains its distinguishing characters.”

Cucurbita cultivars, L. H. Bailey. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation of Horticultural Plants, Descriptions of the Species of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers, and Ornamental Plants Sold in the United States and Canada, Together with Geographical and Biographical Sketches. New York: Macmillan, c.1900-1902. Volume 1 (A-D)

Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Library Collection

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