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Horace Greeley advised westward-bound young men to steer clear of Minnesota because they can't grow apples there. But as early as the 1850s, pioneers such as Peter Gideon began giving the llie to Greeley's dictum, breeding fruits and flowers that would thrive in spite of the state's brutal Januarys and torrid Julys. By 1908, the momentum begun by Gideon and other rustic geniuses had inspired the creation of the Minnesota Fruit Farm, eventually to become the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and Horticultural Research Center, the state's premier horticultural institution. In this lavishly illustrated centennial tribute to the Arboretum, Susan Davis Price and John Gregor invite the reader to join them in a celebration of Minnesota's horticultural year...Each of the Arboretum's gardens is profiled...This splendid volume is an ode to human ingenuity and determination...it documents for the first time the Minnesota Arboretum's evolution from a hopeful experiment into a northern treasure.

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