cessful pollination program for cherries. This work was
carried on after it was determined that the three leading cherry
varieties, Royal Ann, Bing, and Lambert, were all self-sterile and
intersterile.

A native of Ohio, he came to Oregon in 1912 to attend Oregon State
College after having completed two years at Ohio Wesleyan. He received a
B.S. degree in agriculture in 1914 and two years later, 1916, received
his master's degree.

He joined the college staff three years later and remained until 1929,
when he took the federal position he held until his death. He was a
veteran of World War I, having served as an infantry second lieutenant.
He was a member of Alpha Zeta Sigma Xi, and Gamma Sigma Delta honor
societies and was a life-long member of the Evangelical church, which
has since merged with the United Brethren church.

He is survived by Mrs. Schuster and four children, Charles, Robert and
Margaret--all Oregon State College students, and Flora, a high school
student. A brother, Dr. Earl J, Schuster, lives at Tillamook.--Reprinted
from _Better Fruit_ magazine.

MRS. LAURA SELDEN ELLWANGER

Mrs. Laura Selden Ellwanger, member of one of Rochester's pioneer
families, died at her home, 510 East Avenue, Rochester, New York on
September 1, 1948, after a short illness.

She was the widow of William D. Ellwanger, whose father, George
Ellwanger, was a co-founder of the Ellwanger & Barry Nursery Company.

Her brother, George B. Selden, was inventor of the gasoline automobile,
and her father, Henry R. Selden, was a New York State Court of Appeals
judge and one-time lieutenant governor of the state.

Mrs. Ellwanger was the last survivor of 12 children in the Selden
family. Her maternal grandfather, Dr. Abel Baldwin, settled in Clarkson
in 1811, just a year before Rochester was founded. She was born in a
house on the land now occupied by the Highland Hospital. One of her
sisters, Louise, was the wife of Maj. Gen. Elwell C. Otis, former
governor of the Philippine Islands.

Mrs. Ellwanger spent many summers at her home, Brookwood, in Ontario,
Wayne County.

She was honorary president of the Rochester Female Charitable Society,
one of the city's oldest organizations, and a member of the Rochester
Historical Society, The Rochester Garden Club, Genesee Valley Club, and
the Rochester Rose Society.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth H. Field, of Rochester; two
granddaughters, Mrs. John F. Weis, Jr., of Ne