Elizabeth Coleman White

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Elizabeth Coleman White

Born	October 5, 1871 New Lisbon, New Jersey
Died	November 11, 1954 Whitesbog
Fields	Agriculture

Elizabeth Coleman White (October 5, 1871 – November 11, 1954) was a New Jersey agricultural specialist who pioneered the development and commercialization of the cultivated blueberry. ^[1] ^[2]

She was the daughter of Mary Fenwick and Joseph J. White^[3], and the granddaughter of Barclay White.^[4]

She grew up on her father's cranberry farm in the Pine Barrens (New Jersey) and developed an interest in commercial agriculture. In 1911, she became interested in blueberry propagation and, using her father's farm in Whitesbog, New Jersey, she collaborated with Frederick Coville to develop a commercial blueberry based on the wild varieties. They developed a commercial variety in 1916. In 1927, she helped to start the New Jersey Cooperative Blueberry Association.

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^ "Elizabeth Coleman White", Burlington County Times, March 6, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. "Elizabeth Coleman White (1871-1954) developed the first marketable blueberry in 1916. She was the daughter of JJ White, who in the early 1900s operated the ..."
^ Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Elizabeth Coleman White. Distinguished Women. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ "Elizabeth Coleman White". Retrieved on 2008-03-20. "Born on October 5, 1871, on her parents' cranberry farm in New Lisbon, New Jersey, Elizabeth Coleman White grew up to become a self-taught scientist. Her parents, Mary Fenwick and Joseph J. White had four daughters. Elizabeth was the oldest."
^ New Jersey Mirror, November 28, 1906: "The deceased [Barclay White] leaves four sons, Joseph J. White, of New Lisbon, one of the largest and most successful cranberry growers in the State, Daniel S. White, proprietor of the Hotel Traymore, Atlantic City, George F. White and Howard White, of Lansdowne, Pa."