HS 201 NCSU Exam 1 - What is Horticulture? Questions with Solutions

HS 201 NCSU Exam 1 - What is Horticulture? Questions with Solutions George Washington Vanderbuilt Youngest child George inherited 7 million after his father died in 1885. Built the Biltmore estate and purchased 125000 acres of land with Richard Morris Hunt. Purchased for very cheap because it was all clear cut. Richard Morris Hunt building architect of the biltmore estate Frederick Law Olmstead - " father of landscape architecture in the US." Did the landscape architecture for central park, Us capitol grounds, Stanford, and Berkeley campuses. In 1889 he started constructing the landscape architecture for the Biltmore Estate. Had around 179000 acres of living space. Took about 1000 workers and 6 years to build, and cost about 5 million dollars to build the Estate. Biltmore - "The Lagoon" lagoon was built right next to the French Broad river by the Biltmore estate to capture runoff Biltmore built over the river To show reflection and to attract visitors Gifford Pinchot - In 1892 Frederick Law Olmstead said to George Washington Vanderbilt, I can design a garden around the estate but you have 125000 acres that need to be managed. George Washington Vanderbilt hired Gifford Pinchot, a forester, to come in and take care of all of the acres of land. He was the first chief of the US forester service, and took the methods they were exploring in Biltmore and made it into a national program. What much is used today is based on the early principles that he developed for ecosystem management and forestry management. Carl Schenck Established the Biltmore Forest School in 1898 "Cradle of forestry in America" Mt Pisgah National Forest - After George Washington Vanderbilt died in the 1930s, his wife was having troubles keeping up with taxes and therefore decided to sell 86,000 acres of land / 5 dollars an acre to create Mt. Pisgah National Park Yellow Popplers Trees at biltmore were cut down and replaced in ** Bitmore wanted to maintain the same design principles that were laid out in the 1980s Horticulture- Culture of garden plants (HOW TO GROW PLANTS) (Cultivated garden ) It is an applied art and science Hortus Garden Colere/Culturae to cultivate What makes a plant horticultural? 1. Used primarily in its living state 2. Highly perishable 3. High water content 4. Intensely cultivated High labor and technology per unit/land space Ex. raspberries, watermelon bc of their high water content Botany Study of plant growth and their development (HOW PLANTS GROW) classifies plants based on their composition NOT on their usage like horticulture. Traditionally focuses on wild / native plants Agronomy and Forestry Management of plants for mass production Large acreage production Less intensive management Appearance less important compared to horticultural production (wheat corn soybeans) Olericulture Study of the cultivation of vegetables Tomatoes #1 vegetable grown and consumed in the US California #1 Producer of vegetables in the US. Pomology Study of the cultivation of fruits ( outdoors and indoors ) ie. orchards and greenhouses Apples, strawberries, blueberries Post Harvest Physiology Study of extending the shelf life/ keeping quality of horticultural products Harvesting - end user (consumer ) Ex: bananas, roses, and raspberries use PHP Small perishable stands in south america and europe take advantage of post harvest physiology Ethylene natural hormone that accelerates the ripening to make fruits and vegetables ready for selling at a given time. As fruit rots it releases ethylene which can rot fruit near it as well. To prevent ripening, transport conditioning and technology can be used. Sylvia Blankenship/Ed Sisler NCSU Faculty members Found 1 - MCP 1 MCP inhibits ethylene production (slows ripening of vegetables and fruits ) Branded as SmartFresh Sylvia Blankenship was honored with being inducted into the National Hall of Fame for inventors. Viticulture Cultivation of grapes Graperies mimic flavor profiles for grapes (ex. Cotton candy grapes)