Elizabeth Coleman White

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name = Elizabeth Coleman White


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birth_date = October 5, 1871
birth_place = New Lisbon, New Jersey
death_date = November 11, 1954
death_place = Whitesbog
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field = Agriculture
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Elizabeth Coleman White (October 5, 1871 – November 11, 1954) was a New Jersey agricultural specialist who pioneered the development and commercialization of the cultivated blueberry. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Elizabeth Coleman White |url= |quote= Elizabeth Coleman White (1871-1954) developed the first marketable blueberry in 1916. She was the daughter of JJ White, who in the early 1900s operated the ... |publisher=Burlington County Times |date=March 6, 2005 |accessdate=2008-03-20 ] [cite web |url=http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/white-ec.html |title=Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Elizabeth Coleman White |accessdate=2008-03-20 |quote= |publisher=Distinguished Women ]

She was the daughter of Mary Fenwick and Joseph J. White [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Elizabeth Coleman White |url=http://www.whitesbog.org/elizabethwhite2.html |quote=Born on October 5, 1871, on her parents' cranberry farm in New Lisbon, New Jersey, Elizabeth Coleman White grew up to become a self-taught scientist. Her parents, Mary Fenwick and Joseph J. White had four daughters. Elizabeth was the oldest. |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2008-03-20 ] , and the granddaughter of Barclay White. ["New Jersey Mirror", November 28, 1906: "The deceased [Barclay White] leaves four sons, Joseph J. White, of New Lisbon, one of the largest and most successful cranberry growers in the State, Daniel S. White, proprietor of the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, George F. White and Howard White, of Lansdowne, Pa."]

She grew up on her father's cranberry farm in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey) and developed an interest in commercial agriculture. In 1911, she became interested in blueberry propagation and, using her father's farm in Whitesbog, New Jersey, she collaborated with Frederick Coville to develop a commercial blueberry based on the wild varieties. They developed a commercial variety in 1916. In 1927, she helped to start the New Jersey Cooperative Blueberry Association.

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[http://www.whitesbog.org Whitesbog Preservation Trust]