Beverly Thomas Galloway Papers

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Untreated almond tree in California defoliated by Cercospora, 1892.

The first American knapsack sprayer designed by Mr. Galloway, assisted by Mr. Fairchild, who is operating it in the old Bell Photographic Studio on the Avenue.

Apple-Baldwin. Hand, self-pollinated by Fairchild, Geneva, N.Y. 1892. Waite.

Apple-pollination experiments. Baldwin apple, Geneva, N.Y., hand pollinated with Bellflower by D.G. Fairchild, Autumn, 1892.

Mark A. Carleton, (appointed Special Agent, 1894), crossing wheats at Garrett Park, Md., in 1894. This was before he introduced the Durum Wheats.

Three fourths of the clerical force of the Section of Vegetable Pathology in 1890. Miss Caitlin, Miss Miller, Miss Moore. Miss Moore's day on the balcony.

Dorsett spraying grape vines on the grounds of the Department of Agriculture for powdery mildew. A little east of the present West Wing. Pat at the pump; Dorsett at the nozzle.

Electric transpiration apparatus, set up by Woods.

The evolution of the barrel pump for field use. One of the earliest experiments designed by Mr. Galloway.

David Fairchild, Assistant, Appointed 1889.

Mrs. Nellie E. Fealy, appointed clerk in 1894. One of the efficient and conscientious members of the staff who handled the correspondence in the early days.

Mr. Galloway in his office in the attic of the old building, 1893. In those days, he stamped all the letters himself and still used the microscope. His papers he carried in the brown satchel.

Dr. Galloway as Chief of the Section of Vegetable Pathology in 1887.

The Garrett Park lettuce house which Mr. Galloway and Mr. Dorsett built for their first experiments. This was in 1893, before the section had any greenhouse of its own.

Theodore Holm in the attic of the old building about the time he was drawing the pear flower for Waite.

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