{"id":107,"date":"2014-10-14T21:08:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T21:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanpomologicalsociety.wordpress.com\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:02:23","slug":"u-p-hedrick-student-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americanpomological.org\/?page_id=107","title":{"rendered":"U.P. Hedrick Student Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Matthew Almy, First Place, 2024 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brianna Haynes, Second Place
Co-Recipient, 2024 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Todd Anderson, First Place, 2023 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gizem Demirel, First Place, 2021 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Haley Williams, Second Place, 2021 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mahnaz Kargar, Second Place, 2018 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wanfang Fu (accepted by K. Gasic and Ralph Burrell), First Place, 2017 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ashley Hoppers, Second Place, 2017 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Edgar Vinson III, Second Place, 2015 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thomas Kon, First Place, 2015 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A. Svyantek, Second Place, 2016 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michael Dossett, First Place, 2010 U.P. Hedrick Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n

History of the Hedrick Awards<\/h2>\n

The Hedrick Awards were established by the American Pomological Society in 1982 \u201c to encourage promising and gifted students to specialize in the field of pomology.\u201d<\/p>\n

The awards are named for Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick (1870 \u2013 1951)<\/a> a distinguished horticulturist, and a prolific writer. His books include \u201cGrapes of New York\u201d (1908) and \u201cPeaches of New York\u201d (1917). Hedrick received the Wilder Medal from the American Pomological Society in 1929 for his work in plant breeding.<\/p>\n

The first announcement of the Hedrick Awards competition appeared in Fruit Varieties Journal 37 (2):59, 1983.\u00a0 The distinguished pomologist, Norman F. Childers, provided leadership in establishing the awards and served as the first Chair of the Hedrick Awards Committee. Robert C. Lamb recorded the initiation of the Hedrick Awards in Fruit Varieties Journal 37 (4):86-87, 1983.<\/p>\n

Manuscripts of 1,000 words on any aspect of fruit cultivars, fruit breeding, cultivar development and performance, rootstocks, and cultural techniques are invited. Manuscripts are judged in two categories: research papers and review articles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The recipients of Hedrick Awards receive a cash award and a mounted certificate. The associated manuscripts are published in the Journal of the American Pomological Society<\/em><\/b>.<\/p>\n

Submissions are due in May 2025<\/strong> to Dr. Essie Fallahi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chairs of the Hedrick Awards Committee<\/h2>\n