Interview with F. W. Rickard, July 17, 1987

Project: Family Farms of Kentucky: Burley Tobacco Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Pioneer Tobacco Seed Producer, personal history of seed production, Kentucky 16 and Judy's Pride seed, Kentucky Seed Improvement Association, Kentucky Seed Stocks, tobacco diseases and resistant seed varieties, importance of W.D. Valleau, biology and specifics of producing a hybrid seed, collecting and pollinating seeds, popularity of hybrids, profit in the seed business, seed business work force, saving seed, competitors, marketing, role of University of Kentucky in seed research, popularity of different seeds over the years, growing hemp

Interview Accession

1995oh189_ff519

Interviewee Name

F. W. Rickard

Interviewer Name

John Klee

Interview Date

1987-07-17

Interview Keyword

Heritage farms

Interview LC Subject

Agriculture--Kentucky Agriculture. AIDS activists Burley tobacco Family farms Kentucky Seed Improvement Association Rickard Seeds Tobacco blue mold Tobacco industry Tobacco--Diseases and pests Tobacco--Kentucky Tobacco--Research Tobacco--Seeds Tobacco--Varieties University of Kentucky (Lexington, Ky.) Valleau, William Dorney, 1891-

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