HEDRICK, ULYSSES PRENTISS ), Ameri can horticulturist, was born at Independence, Ia., on Jan. 15, 1870. He graduated in 1893 at Michigan Agricultural college in which he was assistant horticulturist in 1893-95. He was professor of horticulture in Oregon Agricultural college in 1895-97, in Utah Agricultural college in 1897-99 and in Michigan Agricultural college in 1899-1905. In 1905 he became horticulturist at the New York agricultural experiment station, Geneva, where he conducted extensive researches in fruit growing, especially in pomology, in which he became a prominent American authority.
His works include Grapes of New York (1908) ; Plums of New York (1910) ; Cherries of New York (1915) ; Peaches of New York (1917) ; Manual of American Grape Growing (1919) ; Sturdevant's Notes on Edible Plants (1919) ; Cyclopedia of Hardy Fruits (1921) ; The Pears of New York (1922) ; Systematic Pomology (1925) ; and Small Fruits of New York (1925) .