Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick

Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick (1870–1951) was an American botanist and horticulturist.

His main interest was cultivated fruit trees and he published a number of volumes dealing with such fruits as cherries, grapes, plums, and peaches.

Biography Hedrick was born in 1870 in Independence, Iowa. He grew up in Northern Michigan near Harbor Springs, an experience recalled in his memoir The Land of the Crooked Tree, and was the brother of Wilbur Olin Hedrick. He attended Michigan State Agricultural College (MSAC), now Michigan State University, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in 1893 and a Master of Science degree in 1895. He worked as Assistant Horticulturist at MSAC from 1893 to 1895, while studying for his M.S. He continued to work at the Station, which he directed from 1928 onwards, until 1937, when he retired. and of the New York State Historical Association and a member of the American Society for Horticultural Science (president 1913) and American Pomological Society.

Hedrick died in 1951. (1908) Plums of New York (1911) Cherries of New York (1915) Peaches of New York (1917) Manual of American Grape Growing (1919) Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants (1919) Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1921) The Pears of New York (1921) Systematic Pomology (1925) Small Fruit of New York (1925) The Vegetables of New York (1929) History of Agriculture in the State of New York (1933) Fruits for the Home Garden (1944) The Land of the Crooked Tree (1948) Grapes and Wines from Home Vineyards (1945) A History of Horticulture in America (1950)