Gilbert Onderdonk
The Nurseryman of Mission Valley, Pioneer Horticulturist
978-0-929398-23-5 Paperback
6 x 9 x 0 in
159 pp. Illus.
Pub Date: 01/01/1991
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It was Gilbert Onderdonk who began and developed production of fruit in Texas and contributed much to the knowledge and later work of Luther Burbank in California. Onderdonk literally planted the foundation of the vast production of Texas fruit today.
From Onderdonk’s letters and travelogues, Oppenheimer weaves a biography that tells of roping wild mustangs, of growing and shipping fruits and seedlings to growers as far distant as France, and of writing the first popular travel reports on Mexico.
The earliest catalogs from the nursery business that Onderdonk had begun in 1870 are most striking for his sparkling writing and drawings, as well as his astute forecasts of agriculture in the state. His 1888 catalogue is reproduced in the book.
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Published by University of North Texas Press