end of tenure at USDA, 272–274
experiment stations in Hawaii and Puerto Rico (1902), 181
Fairchild’s early positions/resignations and, 76–78, 81–82, 88–98, 99–102, 128–130, 161–162, 197–198
on Meyer’s work, 274
Office of Seed and Plant Introduction inception, 92–96 (See also Office of Seed and Plant Introduction (USDA))
presidential election of 1900 and, 169
tension between Lathrop and, 96–98, 100–102, 128–130, 198
Wilson, Woodrow
election of, 272–274
at Fairchilds’ home, 299–300
Windsor broad beans (fava beans), 125–126
Winterstein, Mike, 317–318
Wirth, Herr, 165
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 167–168
World’s Fair (Chicago; 1893), 17–20, 45
World War I
events leading to, 278, 280, 290
U.S. in, 290–291, 295–296, 298–299
Wright, Orville, 251–252
Wutai Shan (China), deforestation in, 256, 259–260
Y
yellow fever, 109–110, 125–126
Yokohama Nursery Company, 223–227, 224
Youth’s Companion (magazine), Fairchild’s article in, 267
Z
zucchini, 101–102
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