. Botanical gazette. Plants. BRIEFER ARTICLES AARON AARONSOHN (with portrait) The untimely death of Aaron Aaronsohn in an aeroplane accident occurred May 15, 1919- He was on the postal plane from London, and the plane was wrecked in a heavy fog near Boulogne. Aaronsohn is best known as the discoverer of wild wheat in Palestine, but his training and enthusiasm were expressing themselves in many ways, not only for the benefit of his own people, but also in helping to solve the general problem of food production. He was born in Roumania very shortly be- fore his parents migrated to Palestine. He
. Botanical gazette. Plants. BRIEFER ARTICLES AARON AARONSOHN (with portrait) The untimely death of Aaron Aaronsohn in an aeroplane accident occurred May 15, 1919- He was on the postal plane from London, and the plane was wrecked in a heavy fog near Boulogne. Aaronsohn is best known as the discoverer of wild wheat in Palestine, but his training and enthusiasm were expressing themselves in many ways, not only for the benefit of his own people, but also in helping to solve the general problem of food production. He was born in Roumania very shortly be- fore his parents migrated to Palestine. He was educated in France, and then devoted himself to the agricultural problems and other interests of his home country. His discovery of wild wheat in 1906 was not an accident, but the result of a study of the problem, by which he became convinced that wild wheat would resemble cultivated wheat in appearance and size of grain. He found it growing in rock crevices, and later discovered that it is a relatively common grass throughout Palestine. A drought-resistant and disease-resistant race of wheat fired the imagination of Aaronsohn as to the possibilities of food production. His visits to the United States will always be re- membered by those who met him personally or heard his addresses. He traveled throughout the country, investigating the agricultural Botanical Gazette, vol. 68] [388. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hanover, Ind. : J. M. Coulter
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