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Wednesday, December 31, 1997
Tyler's 'rose doctor" dies
TYLER, Texas (AP) - Funeral services were held Tuesday for
Dr. Eldon W. Lyle, known nationally as the "Tyler rose doctor."
Lyle, 89, died in a Tyler nursing home Sunday.
He made major contributions to rose research in the field of
disease control.
Tyler roses gained their international reputation in the world
of agriculture with help from Lyle's development of basic cutting
for the formation of every rose bush.
In the 1950s, Lyle developed a pattern of spraying roses as
an effective way of controlling "black spot," a fungus
which causes the premature loss of leaves. The breakthrough enabled
the Tyler roses to withstand harsh winter weather.
Lyle was the first plant pathologist of the Texas Rose Research
Foundation, formed in 1946 by Tyler-area rose growers. He helped
found the Tyler Rose Society, Tyler Camellia Society and Tyler
Audobon Society, and later became president of each. He also was
an accredited rose judge and former vice president of the American
Rose Society.
Lyle, a native of Corpus Christi who lived in Tyler most of
his life, received bachelor of sciences degree from Oregon State
University and a doctorate from Cornell in 1937.
He began his work with roses at Cornell, where he wrote his
dissertation on the control of black spot disease.
Later research projects involved the problems of planting,
cultivating, harvesting, packaging, storing and shipping of rose
bushes.
He was the 24th recipient of the "Gold Honor Medal"
from the American Rose Society, the highest award given by that
organization.
Because of his contributions to the rose industry, the Texas
Rose Research Foundation patented and introduced a variety of
rose called the "Dr. Eldon Lyle."Send a Letter to
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