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Horticulture

Unit 1

To obtain an overview of thehorticulture industry and jobs

available in the field so that a career

choice can be made


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Definitions

Horticulture: The processing,cultivation, and sale of fruits,

vegetables, nuts, ornamental

plants, and flowers.

Pomology: The science and

practice of growing,harvesting, handling, storing,

processing and marketing fruit

trees

Olericulture: The science and

practice of growing,harvesting, storing, processing

and marketing vegetables.

Floriculture: The science andpractice of growing,

harvesting, storing, designing,

and marketing flowering

plants.

Landscape and NurseryIndustry: The science and

practice of propagating,

maintaining, and using

grasses, annual plants, shrubs,

and trees in the landscape.


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Careers in Horticulture Greenhouse worker: Screen, mix, and

sterilize soil, sow seed, start cuttings,

and transplant seedlings and plants.

Water, weed, prune, thin, fertilize andspray growing plants. Involves a great

deal of manual labor. Qualifications

are a high school diploma with

vocational courses in agriculture.

Nursery Employee: Grows seedlings

and plants for landscaping, fruitproduction and forest plantings.

Mostly works outside and in the

greenhouse. Includes manual labor.

Qualifications are HS diploma, plant

knowledge.

Garden Center Employee: Caring for

plants, moving plants and supplies for

display, selling, and arranging

displays. Qualifications include HS

diploma, plant knowledge and good

people and communication skills

Maintenance employee: Cares for the

area surrounding industrial bldg,

businesses, churches, schools,

airports, etc. Responsible for plantingand care of lawns and ornamental

plants. Mostly outdoor work.

Qualifications include being able to

work alone, enjoying working with

plants, tools and small garden

equipment. Should have high schooldiploma.

Golf course employee: Responsible for

the overall maintenance of golf

courses. Care for the turf, install

irrigation and drainage equipment,

clean and maintain sand traps, change

location of cups, prune shrubs andtrees, replace soil and repair

equipment as needed. Qualifications

are good health, enjoy working

outdoors, get along with others and a

high school education.


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City, State or National ParkEmployee: A park employeedoes the work necessary for

maintenance of the park.

Includes maintaining trees,

shrubs, flowers, and lawns.

Work will include mowinggrass, edging, planting,

pruning, and caring for trees,

shrubs, hedges, lawns and

flower beds, controlling

insects, diseases, weeds and

caring for the soil. Work is

outdoors and manual labor.

Qualifications include HS

diploma and health.

Opportunities for College

Graduates:

Each year, there are about

14% more jobs in

agriculture than there are

graduates to fill them.

Included are: landscape

architect, teacher, plantbreeder, sales, greenhouse

manager, garden center

manager, pesticide specialist,

consultant, researcher, officer

supervisor, plant diseasespecialist, nursery manager,

pest control specialist,

landscape contractor, forester,

etc.


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The Future of the Horticulture

Industry

The horticulture industry is in astate of rapid growth. It is full

of career opportunities and is

making use of the newest

technology.

Production of horticulturecrops will increase in demand.

Service Industries such as

production of seeds, fertilizers,

insecticides, fungicides,

growth regulators, hand tools,and equipment are needed.

Marketing and distribution of

horticulture products will

increase in volume.

Inspection services bygovernmental agencies for

both fresh and processed

product will employ more

workers. Private firms will also

employ field inspectors to spotdiseases and insect outbreaks.

Teaching and extension

workers will be needed to work

with producers with the quickly

changing technologies.

Research demands will greater

as more plants species are

developed.


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Student Activities

1. Using the telephone book, make a list of horticulture businesses in

our area.

2. Using the local newspaper, list the horticulture jobs advertised in

the classified.3. Select one business and interview the owner and several

employees. Write a paper on the jobs available and the duties and

working conditions involved with each job.

4. Write to your local agriculture college (or e-mail) and ask about

jobs offered to its graduates in horticulture and the collegesplacement services.

5. Complete the self evaluation at the end of the chapter

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