exploring the horticulture field defining: latin - hortus meaning garden culture meaning cultivation
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Exploring the Horticulture Field
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Defining:• Latin - “Hortus” meaning
garden
• “Culture” meaning cultivation
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Today, Hort includes:• cultivation
• processing
• sale of fruits, nuts, veggies, ornamental plants and flowers.
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As an industry• horticulture contributes over
$25 billion to the U.S. economy
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Major divisions of hort industry
• Pomology - The science and practice of growing, harvesting, handling, storing, processing, and marketing tree fruits
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Olericulture• Vegetables
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Floriculture• Flowering plants
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Ornamental and Landscape
• using grasses, annuals, shrubs, and trees in the landscape
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Additional specialized areas
• seed production
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Related Occupations• those areas that provide
products and services necessary in the production of hort. Crops.
• Ex: fertilizer, pesticides, containers, machinery,
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Related Occupations• research and education
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Selecting a Job• in a career, do you desire a
job that involves:
• year round work
• regular hours
• a variety of tasks
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Selecting a Job• working in one place
• security of fringe benefits
• working alone
• working with others
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Selecting a Job• educational requirements
• guarantee of promotion
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Other factors• will the job be challenging• what types of duties does the
job involve• what skills does the job involve• are there jobs available
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The future of the hort industry
• currently in a state of rapid growth
• people are becoming more concerned about their surroundings, world resources,
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Cont.• conservation, and controlling
pollution
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In the future:• more plants will be used to:
• beautify surroundings
• conserve soil and control pollutants
• Protect and feed wildlife
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More families• will plant gardens as food
costs increase
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The future• looks exceptionally good for
those involved in working with plants and providing goods and services related to horticulture
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Production of hort crops
• population increases and people have more leisure time, more gardening of all types will be done
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Production of hort crops
• demand for fruits, veggies, ornamentals and landscaping plants will increase
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Production of hort crops
• Increase in demand for veggie plants = substantial increase in production business
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Service Industries• increased need for fertilizers,
pesticides, seeds, chemicals, tools and equipment
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Marketing• more people are employed in
marketing than production
• if marketing increases all other areas will as well
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Inspection• government, private
processing
• determine disease and insect problems and peak crop quality
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Teaching and Extension Work
• more students need training, requiring more teachers
• quickly changing technology requires specialists and professionals
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Research• to increase production,
researchers must:
• develop better varieties
• improve insect and disease resistance
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Develop better ways to:
• grow
• harvest
• preserve
• package
• storing and marketing