In A Cold Land : Saskatchewan's Horticultural Pioneers

Card covers, 55 pages, oblong, 8.5x10.5 in, [21.5x26.5 cm], B&W photographs. Half-title signed by the author.

Embossed faux-gilt label affixed to the verso of the front cover; covers rubbed.

Sara Williams a leading authority on prairie horticulture presents biographical profiles of Percy Wright, Cecil Patterson, Bert Porter, and Les Kerr—pioneers in Canadian gardening and plant breeding.
Williams writes in the Introduction, "Walk down any street or back lane in Saskatchewan and you'll likely come across a Kerr' apple, a Patterson lily, a Sutherland Golden elder', a Thunderchild' flowering crabapple, or an Earlibird' lily. You may not know them all by name, but you'll recognize their flowers, form, or foilage. Many of these plants now grow far beyond our provincial borders, and some have made an enormous impact on the horticulture market worldwide.
While most prairie gardeners are well acquainted with these plants, few of us know of the men who developed them. This book is an attempt to rectify this, to let gardeners and historians know these men as well as the fruits of their labours. ..."

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