Eunice Fisher
Hosta cultivator
About Eunice Fisher
Lived 1894 – 1984 (aged 89). Eunice Fisher was an American plant breeder.
Eunice Viola Fisher (September 6, 1894 – March 13, 1984) was an American plant cultivator and hybridizer of hostas.
Eunice Viola Harvey was born on September 6, 1894 in Rushford, Wisconsin, the daughter of Addison Harvey and Alice Cook Harvey. She married Glen Fisher in 1912.
She and Alex J. Summers founded the American Hosta Society (AHS) in 1968 and she served as its first secretary-treasurer. The AHS's Eunice Fisher Award for the best large-leaved hosta cultivar is named for her. In 1969, she published Hosta, The Aristocratic Plant for Shady Gardens, the first attempt to comprehensively catalog hosta varieties.
Eunice Fisher died on March 13, 1984.
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hosta cultivator
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Eunice Fisher was born on 6 September 1894 in Rushford.
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Eunice Fisher died on 13 March 1984.
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Eunice Fisher was a plant breeder.
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Eunice Fisher was American.
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