pomology

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A major Ward 6 concern, he said, is the likely sale by the UI Foundation of the 160-acre Pell Farm, also known as the pomology tract.

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  1. noun The scientific study and cultivation of fruit.

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  • Old Professor Chase's collection of works by Charles Downing led Enzo and Lydia to an interest in pomology, and they became quite expert in that field, publishing a number of papers on apple species of New England and New York. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 03 - September 2003
  • A major Ward 6 concern, he said, is the likely sale by the UI Foundation of the 160-acre Pell Farm, also known as the pomology tract. —  The News-Gazette Local Stories
  • Marlin said she would work as a council member to ensure that neighborhood residents have input into the redevelopment of the UI's pomology tract and Orchard Downs. —  The News-Gazette Local Stories
  • He also wants to give residents a voice for Orchard Downs and the pomology tract. —  The News-Gazette Local Stories
  • The relationship of pomology to social history and the history of ideas is explored, and there is a bibliography describing more than —  AvaxHome RSS:
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  1. Latin pōmum, fruit + -logy.

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  1. = French pomologie = Italian pomologia; from Latin pomum, fruit, + Greek -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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