Background
Fleet, Walter Van was born on June 18, 1857 in Piermont, New York, United States. Son of Solomon and Elvira (Du Bois) V.
Fleet, Walter Van was born on June 18, 1857 in Piermont, New York, United States. Son of Solomon and Elvira (Du Bois) V.
Common and private schools. Doctor of Medicine Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1880. Post-graduate work, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1887.
Practiced medicine, central Pennsylvania, 1880-1892. Horticultural editor Rural New Yorker, New York, 1890-1910, Vice-President Rural Public Company, 1902-1910. Expert plant breeder and physiologist, bureau of Plant Industry, unites states department of Agriculture, since 1910.
In charge United States Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, California, 1910-1911.
Has devoted large part of time to plant breeding, since 1872. Widely recognized as leader in development of gladioli, garden roses and chestnuts.
Author: Bird Portraits, 1888. The Gladiolus (with M. Crawford), 1911.
(brochures) Vegetable Breeding, 1907, Breeding Hardy Roses, 1907, Hybridizing Gladiolus Species, 1909.
Married Sarah C. Heilman, August 7, 1883.