Texas Historical Marker

Stringfellow Orchards

Hitchcock · Galveston County · placed 1992

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Galveston County, Texas

The story

Nationally and internationally recognized horticulturist Henry Martyn Stringfellow (1839-1922) started an experimental garden and orchard at this location in 1883. In 1890 he published a treatise containing inovative organic gardening methods that were adopted by Japanese, German, and many American fruit and vegetable growers. Silver medals garnered at two world fairs and world-wide acclaim for additional publications solidified his stature as a premier experiemental horticulturist of his time.

Vestiges of his handiwork were evident here over 100 years later. (1992) [NOTE: Stringfellow's correct death date is 1912]

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