Jules Janick
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Horticulture, Horticultural Science & 100 Years of ASHS
It is my pleasured to be here in Providence at this celebration of the ASHS Centennial. I've been a member of ASHS for 51 years, and I am proud to be affiliated with this venerable Society. Now, 100 years is a long time but I feel a connection to 1903. When I was a student at Cornell University Liberty Hyde Bailey was brought in to speak to my Vegetable Crops class, taught by Bob Sweet. Think of it; Bailey was born in 1858. The mystic chords of memory will be stretched today.  Horticulture is a small world