Author: Haberlandt, Friedrich J. [1826-1878]
Title: Wissenschaftlich-praktische untersuchungen auf dem Gebiete des Pflanzenbaues : Erster - Zweiter Band
Description: Wien, Verlag von Carl Gerolds Sohn, 1875-1877. orig. wrappers. 21x14cm, 250 + 238 pp. TWO VOLUMES. The pages of Vol. 2 are uncut.. 3 folding graph plates.. Minor wear. VG. ¶ Full title reads: "Wissenschaftlich-praktische untersuchungen auf dem Gebiete des Pflanzenbaues : Mittheilungen aus dem landwirthschaftlichen Laboratorium der K.K. Hochschule für Bodencultur in Wien : Erster - Zweiter Band". ["Friedrich J. Haberlandt was a professor of agriculture at the Hochschule fuer Bodenkultur (Royal College of Agriculture) in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He is best known for his book Die Sojabohne (The Soybean, 1878), which introduced soybean cultivation to Western and Central Europe... In 1873 Haberlandt first became interested in soybeans when he obtained the seeds of 19 soybean varieties at the Vienna World Exposition (Wiener Weltausstellung). At the time he was a professor at the Imperial- Royal College of Agriculture (k.k. Hochschule für Bodencultur) in Vienna. He cultivated these seeds in Vienna, and soon began to distribute them throughout Central and Western Europe. Most of the farmers who received seeds from him cultivated them, then reported their results back to him. Starting in Feb. 1876, he published these results first in various journal articles, and finally in his magnum opus, Die Sojabohne in 1878...He died in 1878, at age 52, in the prime of his life. His untimely and premature death probably set back the interest in soybeans in Europe by at least 50 years" - wikipedia]

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