Canadian Society for Horticultural
Science Awards - 2000
The Canadian Society for Horticultural Science
honoured a number of horticulturists at the Awards Banquet during the Annual Conference
held in Winnipeg, July 15-19, 2000 in conjunction with Agrifood 2000. Congratulations to
all award winners for their contribution to horticulture in Canada!
Outstanding Individual Award
This award to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to horticulture was
presented to Mr. Pete Peters. Mr. Peters worked for the Manitoba Department of Agriculture
for 24 years as potato specialist and small fruit specialist before retiring in 1979.
During this time he played a major role in helping to establish successful potato and
small fruit production industries in the province. He also was a well known promoter of
horticulture to gardening enthusiasts. He edited a book on the history of horticulture in
Manitoba and has also published several volumes of poetry.
Outstanding Cultivar
Award
This award was presented to the ‘Explorer" Rose breeding program of the Central
Experimental Farm, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa and later at L'Assomption
Experimental Farm in Quebec..
Honorary Life Member
This award was presented to Mr. Louis Lenz who taught landscape horticulture for 31 years
in the Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba and was widely recognized by
the nursery and greenhouse industries and by gardening enthusiasts for his extensive
knowledge of horticultural plants.
Outstanding Service
Award
This was presented to Dr. Peter Hicklenton of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Research
Station, Kentville, NS for his continuing commitment to the Canadian Society for
Horticultural Science.
Publication Awards
These awards are for those horticulture papers published in the Canadian Journal of Plant
Science in 1999.
C.J. Bishop Award
(fruit crops)
J.M. Caprio and H.A. Quamme. Weather conditions associated with apple production in the
Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. CJPS 79:129-137.
Ontario Fruit and
Vegetable Growers Award (vegetable crops)
J. O'Sullivan, R.J. Thomas, and W.J. Bouw. Yield and injury effects on vegetable crops
planted in flumetsulam-treated soil. CJPS 79:417-420.
Macoun-Hill Award (best
overall horticulture paper) -
includes a $250 prize and plaque) J.M. Caprio and H.A. Quamme. Weather conditions
associated with apple production in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. CJPS
79:129-137.
Graduate Student
Paper/Poster Awards
Certificates and cheques for $100 were presented to two individuals for their
presentations at the CSHS Annual Conference: Javad Shaterian of the University of
Saskatchewan for his paper co-authored with H. DeJong, and K. Tanino entitled Identifying
key factors conferring salt tolerance in diploid potato genotypes; Valeri� Gu�rette of
Laval University, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec co-authored with C.B�lec and N. Tremblay
entitled Apport azot� provenant de la min�ralisation des r�sidus de cultures
mara�ch�res.
Thank you to Dr. Peter Hicklenton (Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada, Kentville, NS), Dr. Jennifer DeEll (Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec), and Dr. Doug Waterer (University of Saskatchewan)
for serving as the 2000 CSHS Publication Awards Committee. Also thank you to Dr. Calvin
Chong (University of Guelph), Mr. Kevin Sanderson (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
Charlottetown, PEI), and Dr. J. P. Priv�, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Bouctouche,
NB) for serving as the graduate student paper/poster Judging Committee.
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