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- ↑ Times, Special to The New York (January 15, 1931). "DR. F. J. PRITCHARD, SCIENTIST, DEAD; Was Senior Physiologist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. WON FAME WITH TOMATOES Developed in Florida Varleties Immune to the Destructive"Wilt" Disease" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ Magazine, Smithsonian; PLACEHOLDER, REPRINT AUTHOR. "How Campbell Soup Turned New Jersey Into a Tomato-Growing State". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. F.J.Pritch.
