pomology

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Cirone grew up in San Luis Obispo and graduated from Cal Poly with a degree in pomology, or fruit science.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

The event would prove to be momentous in the annals of American pomology, though no one realized it at the time, including him.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2014

It is of the esthetic value of the apple I would write, leaving its supreme place in pomology unassailed.

From Getting Acquainted with the Trees by McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace)

Dogmatism in pomology is as objectionable as in theology.

From Success with Small Fruits by Roe, Edward Payson

Writers on pomology make little reference to this nut, but according to Mr. Fuller, nurserymen's catalogs listed hazel varieties all through the early part of the last century.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 by Northern Nut Growers Association