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David Fairchild

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David Fairchild in 1889, while employed at the United States Department of Agriculture

David Grandison Fairchild (April 7 1869 - August 6 1954) was an American botanist. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 20,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including mangos, alfalfa, nectarines, dates, horseradish, bamboos and flowering cherries. In 1938, he was instrumental in founding the superb Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida.

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Reference

Clement, Gail. David Grandison Fairchild Everglades Biographies (http://everglades.fiu.edu/reclaim/bios/fairchild.html) 2002.
Meade, Maura J. Fairchild, David Grandison, American National Biography Online (http://www.anb.org/articles/13/13-00515.html) Feb. 2000.

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