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Pomologist

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po·mol·o·gy  (p-ml-j)
n.
The scientific study and cultivation of fruit.
[Latin pmum, fruit + -logy.]
pomo·logi·cal (pm-lj-kl) adj.
pomo·logi·cal·ly adv.
po·molo·gist n.
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Noun1.pomologist - someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees
botanist, phytologist, plant scientist - a biologist specializing in the study of plants
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The best evidence of that oldest existence is best documented through America''s most famous pomologist, Luther Burbank, who reported in his twelve volume botanical literary classic, Small Fruits, Volume IV page 136, that the European plum, Prunus domestica, and its ancestor fruit originated in the Caucasus Mountains near the Caspian Sea.
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Dave Furee, a pomologist from the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, explains the tree's longevity by pointing to the glacial terrain under the farm.
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