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John Stuart Yeates

January 01, 1970

John Stuart Yeates MBE (11 July 1900 – 24 August 1986[2]) was a New Zealand academic and botanist. The founding head of Agricultural Botany at Massey Agricultural College, he was also an accomplished breeder of azaleas, rhododendrons and lilies.

John Stuart Yeates
MBE
Yeates in 1929
Born
John Stuart Yeates

11 July 1900
Died24 August 1986(1986-08-24) (aged 86)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materPhDs from University of New Zealand and Cambridge University[1]
OccupationFounding head of Agricultural Botany
TitleDepartment head
SpouseRuth Lillian Young
ChildrenDuncan Robert Yeates, Gregor William Yeates
Scientific career
InstitutionsMassey Agricultural College

Early life and education edit

Born into a farming family in Waitara in the Taranaki, Yeates attended Stratford District High School, where he won an Entrance Scholarship (later called the University Entrance Scholarship), and then Victoria College (now Victoria University of Wellington, then part of the University of New Zealand) in Wellington. He completed a BSc and then a MSc in Botany with first class honours. He obtained a Jacob Joseph Scholarship.[3]

He then completed the first PhD from the University of New Zealand[4][5][6]

He was also an active member of the Victoria College Tramping Club, having Yeates Peak and Yeates track in the Tararua Range named after him.[7]

He left for Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied chromosomal counts in plants, starting in 1925. He returned to New Zealand in July 1927 and was awarded his Trinity College PhD in 1931, having completed his research in parallel with his teaching commitments at the newly created Massey College (now Massey University, then also part of the University of New Zealand) outside Palmerston North.

Academic work edit

His early research was on New Zealand flax/Phormium tenax (Māori: harakeke),[1] which at the time was used extensively as fibre for ropes and cloths. One of the key centres for production was the delta of the Manawatu River, but Yeates travelled extensively looking for quality cultivars which he grew on the Turitea campus. Flax had long been used for textiles (see Māori traditional textiles) and it was correctly guessed that the best cultivars were to be found adjacent to historical sites of textile-making. The Great Depression of the 1930s caused serious damaged the commercial flax industry in New Zealand and it never recovered.

Some of the flax worked involved chromosome counting, which he had previously done in his thesis work. The flax Ngaro was found to have 32 rather than the normal 24 chromosomes.[8][9]

Later research involved "farm forestry", a movement to introduce trees onto farms for the benefit of livestock, pasture and crops and as a source of income.

He was the founding head of Agricultural Botany at Massey and this was his core teaching area. In 1954 he, with E. O. Campbell, published Agricultural Botany, a textbook based on this teaching.

Plant breeding edit

Yeates was a foundation member of the New Zealand Rhododendron Association in 1944 and also its some-time Secretary-Treasurer.[1] He was also crucial in the founding of the national garden of the association (now "Heritage Park") at Kimbolton (which is close to his home in Palmerston North, but has better soil and climate for rhododendron). He was also active in the introduction and breeding of azaleas, rhododendrons and Lilium hybrids.[1][10]

Lilies edit

Lilium auratum and Lilium speciosum were first crossed in the 1860s, but then not again until the 1950s by Yeates and Leslie Jury in New Zealand.[11]

The name Melford Hybrids was used for his lily crosses,[12][13] which he bred initially at his property on Long Melford Rd, in Palmerston North. His cultivars include:

  • auratum var. platyphyllum 'Goldie'[14]
  • auratum var. platyphyllum 'Little Gem'[14]
  • auratum var. rubrovittatum 'Alex'[15]
  • auratum var. rubrovittatum 'Apollo'[15]
  • auratum var. rubrovittatum 'Dainty'[15]
  • auratum 'Tom Thumb'[16]
  • 'Darkie'[17]
  • 'Dianne'[18]
  • 'Emberglow'[19]
  • 'Fairy'[20]
  • 'Golden Eclipse'[21]
  • 'Kimbolton Gold'[22]
  • × parkmanii 'Betty'[23]
  • × parkmanii‘Elaine'[24]
  • × parkmanii 'Elizabeth'[24]
  • × parkmanii 'Erebus'[25]
  • × parkmanii 'Excelsior'[25]
  • × parkmanii 'John Bull'[26]
  • × parkmanii 'Journey’s End'[26] (commercially successful[27][28])
  • × parkmanii 'Judas'[29]
  • × parkmanii 'Kimbolton Pink'[29]
  • × parkmanii‘Kimbolton Red'[29]
  • × parkmanii Lavender Lady Group[29]
  • × parkmanii 'Lavender Princess'[29]
  • × parkmanii 'Little Jane'[29]
  • × parkmanii 'Little Lavender'[29]
  • × parkmanii 'Little Robin'[29]
  • × parkmanii 'Melford Red'[30]
  • × parkmanii 'Peggy'[31] (named after his wife)
  • × parkmanii 'Pink Beauty'[31]
  • × parkmanii 'Pink Delight'[31]
  • × parkmanii 'Pink Journey'[32]
  • × parkmanii 'Pink Sensation'[32]
  • × parkmanii 'Red Ace'[32]
  • × parkmanii 'Red Gem'[32]
  • × parkmanii 'Red Trump'[33]
  • × parkmanii 'Ringatira'[33]
  • × parkmanii 'Rising Star'
  • × parkmanii 'Snowflakes'[34]
  • × parkmanii 'Snowy'[35]
  • × parkmanii 'Tetra Journey'[36]
  • × parkmanii 'Tiger Face'[36]
  • × parkmanii 'Trixie'[36]
  • 'Peach Bouquet'[37]
  • 'Penelope'[38]
  • Phillipa'[39]
  • 'Red Ruby'[40]
  • 'Swan Lake'[41]
  • 'Waireka'[42]
  • 'Walter Ward'[43]

Awards edit

Bibliography edit

  • J. S. Yeates, "The Root Nodules of Conifers" – 1923 – MSc thesis Victoria University College
  • J. S. Yeates, "The Nucleolus of Tmesipteris tannensis" Proceedings of the Royal Society London. Ser. B. 98, 1925, 227–224.
  • J. S. Yeates, Some problems in the comparison of Chromosomes – 1931 – PhD thesis University of Cambridge
  • J. S. Yeates, Farm Trees and Hedges – 1942 – Massey Agricultural College (University of New Zealand)
  • J. S. Yeates, Farm Trees and Hedges 2nd Edition – 1948 – Massey Agricultural College (University of New Zealand)
  • J. S. Yeates and E. O. Campbell, Agricultural Botany 1954 – Massey Agricultural College (University of New Zealand)
  • J. S. Yeates and E. O. Campbell, Agricultural Botany 2nd Edition 1960 – Government Printer (Wellington, New Zealand)
  • J. S. Yeates Rhododendron Growing in New Zealand; Its Past, Present, and Future 1972 – Journal American Rhododendron Society
  • J. S. Yeates Regular articles in The New Zealand Gardener 1940s–1950s

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Historical Notes About Two International Rhododendron Conference Speakers, Journal of the American Rhododendron Society.
  2. ^ "Palmerston North – Cemetery warrant for JOHN STUART YEATES". pncc.govt.nz. 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 13 September 1923 — VICTORIA COLLEGE COUNCIL". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. ^ Letter from The Registar to G.W. Yeates, dated 2 August 1982.
  5. ^ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 25 July 1927 — PERSONAL MATTERS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  6. ^ "THE SPIKE OR VICTORIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE REVIEW JUNE 1925 — CONGRATULATIONS". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  7. ^ "A Chronology of the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges 5th edition, p18" (PDF). nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 21 December 1929 — FLAX RESEARCH". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Papers Past — Evening Post — 8 December 1927 — FLAX GROWING". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  10. ^ Maggy Wassilieff. Suburban front gardens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Ministry for Culture and Heritage. ISBN 978-0-478-18451-8. Updated 20 November 2008.
  11. ^ . Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  12. ^ The Lily Register[permanent dead link] lilyregister.com
  13. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 507.
  14. ^ a b "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 69.
  15. ^ a b c "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 70.
  16. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 71.
  17. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 220.
  18. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 222.
  19. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 249.
  20. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 264.
  21. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 310.
  22. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 407.
  23. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 591.
  24. ^ a b "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 593.
  25. ^ a b "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 594.
  26. ^ a b "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 596.
  27. ^ The Lily Register[permanent dead link] lilyregister.com
  28. ^ Plant Breeding in New Zealand By G.S. Wratt and H.C. Smith. Page 174.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 597.
  30. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 598.
  31. ^ a b c "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 599.
  32. ^ a b c d "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 600.
  33. ^ a b "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 601.
  34. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 602.
  35. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 603.
  36. ^ a b c "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 604.
  37. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 612.
  38. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 616.
  39. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 622.
  40. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 679.
  41. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 815.
  42. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 882.
  43. ^ "International Lily Register and Checklist". 2007. p. 883.
  44. ^ a b c Academic Record for John Stuart Yeates, dated 30 July 1982
  45. ^ "No. 47420". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1977. p. 43.

Further reading edit

  • Who's who in New Zealand 3rd Edition (1932)
  • Who's who in New Zealand 6th Edition (1956)
  • Notable New Zealander's The Pictorial Who's Who 1st Edition (1976)
  • John Stuart Yeates by J.E.Godley, Biographical Notes (67) serialised in New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 90–92, 2007–2008.

External links edit

January 01, 1970
john, stuart, yeates, july, 1900, august, 1986, zealand, academic, botanist, founding, head, agricultural, botany, massey, agricultural, college, also, accomplished, breeder, azaleas, rhododendrons, lilies, mbeyeates, 1929born11, july, 1900died24, august, 1986. John Stuart Yeates MBE 11 July 1900 24 August 1986 2 was a New Zealand academic and botanist The founding head of Agricultural Botany at Massey Agricultural College he was also an accomplished breeder of azaleas rhododendrons and lilies John Stuart YeatesMBEYeates in 1929BornJohn Stuart Yeates11 July 1900Died24 August 1986 1986 08 24 aged 86 Palmerston North New ZealandNationalityNew ZealandAlma materPhDs from University of New Zealand and Cambridge University 1 OccupationFounding head of Agricultural BotanyTitleDepartment headSpouseRuth Lillian YoungChildrenDuncan Robert Yeates Gregor William YeatesScientific careerInstitutionsMassey Agricultural College Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Academic work 3 Plant breeding 3 1 Lilies 4 Awards 5 Bibliography 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksEarly life and education editBorn into a farming family in Waitara in the Taranaki Yeates attended Stratford District High School where he won an Entrance Scholarship later called the University Entrance Scholarship and then Victoria College now Victoria University of Wellington then part of the University of New Zealand in Wellington He completed a BSc and then a MSc in Botany with first class honours He obtained a Jacob Joseph Scholarship 3 He then completed the first PhD from the University of New Zealand 4 5 6 He was also an active member of the Victoria College Tramping Club having Yeates Peak and Yeates track in the Tararua Range named after him 7 He left for Trinity College Cambridge where he studied chromosomal counts in plants starting in 1925 He returned to New Zealand in July 1927 and was awarded his Trinity College PhD in 1931 having completed his research in parallel with his teaching commitments at the newly created Massey College now Massey University then also part of the University of New Zealand outside Palmerston North Academic work editHis early research was on New Zealand flax Phormium tenax Maori harakeke 1 which at the time was used extensively as fibre for ropes and cloths One of the key centres for production was the delta of the Manawatu River but Yeates travelled extensively looking for quality cultivars which he grew on the Turitea campus Flax had long been used for textiles see Maori traditional textiles and it was correctly guessed that the best cultivars were to be found adjacent to historical sites of textile making The Great Depression of the 1930s caused serious damaged the commercial flax industry in New Zealand and it never recovered Some of the flax worked involved chromosome counting which he had previously done in his thesis work The flax Ngaro was found to have 32 rather than the normal 24 chromosomes 8 9 Later research involved farm forestry a movement to introduce trees onto farms for the benefit of livestock pasture and crops and as a source of income He was the founding head of Agricultural Botany at Massey and this was his core teaching area In 1954 he with E O Campbell published Agricultural Botany a textbook based on this teaching Plant breeding editYeates was a foundation member of the New Zealand Rhododendron Association in 1944 and also its some time Secretary Treasurer 1 He was also crucial in the founding of the national garden of the association now Heritage Park at Kimbolton which is close to his home in Palmerston North but has better soil and climate for rhododendron He was also active in the introduction and breeding of azaleas rhododendrons and Lilium hybrids 1 10 Lilies edit Lilium auratum and Lilium speciosum were first crossed in the 1860s but then not again until the 1950s by Yeates and Leslie Jury in New Zealand 11 The name Melford Hybrids was used for his lily crosses 12 13 which he bred initially at his property on Long Melford Rd in Palmerston North His cultivars include auratum var platyphyllum Goldie 14 auratum var platyphyllum Little Gem 14 auratum var rubrovittatum Alex 15 auratum var rubrovittatum Apollo 15 auratum var rubrovittatum Dainty 15 auratum Tom Thumb 16 Darkie 17 Dianne 18 Emberglow 19 Fairy 20 Golden Eclipse 21 Kimbolton Gold 22 parkmanii Betty 23 parkmanii Elaine 24 parkmanii Elizabeth 24 parkmanii Erebus 25 parkmanii Excelsior 25 parkmanii John Bull 26 parkmanii Journey s End 26 commercially successful 27 28 parkmanii Judas 29 parkmanii Kimbolton Pink 29 parkmanii Kimbolton Red 29 parkmanii Lavender Lady Group 29 parkmanii Lavender Princess 29 parkmanii Little Jane 29 parkmanii Little Lavender 29 parkmanii Little Robin 29 parkmanii Melford Red 30 parkmanii Peggy 31 named after his wife parkmanii Pink Beauty 31 parkmanii Pink Delight 31 parkmanii Pink Journey 32 parkmanii Pink Sensation 32 parkmanii Red Ace 32 parkmanii Red Gem 32 parkmanii Red Trump 33 parkmanii Ringatira 33 parkmanii Rising Star parkmanii Snowflakes 34 parkmanii Snowy 35 parkmanii Tetra Journey 36 parkmanii Tiger Face 36 parkmanii Trixie 36 Peach Bouquet 37 Penelope 38 Phillipa 39 Red Ruby 40 Swan Lake 41 Waireka 42 Walter Ward 43 Awards edit1918 Entrance Scholarship 44 1922 National Research Scholarship 44 1925 First Post Graduate Scholarship in Science 44 1957 Associate of Honour of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture 1 1968 Veitch Memorial Medal Royal Horticultural Society 1969 Lyttel Lily Cup Royal Horticultural Society 1977 Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE for services to horticulture in the 1978 New Year Honours 45 Bibliography editJ S Yeates The Root Nodules of Conifers 1923 MSc thesis Victoria University College J S Yeates The Nucleolus of Tmesipteris tannensis Proceedings of the Royal Society London Ser B 98 1925 227 224 J S Yeates Some problems in the comparison of Chromosomes 1931 PhD thesis University of Cambridge J S Yeates Farm Trees and Hedges 1942 Massey Agricultural College University of New Zealand J S Yeates Farm Trees and Hedges 2nd Edition 1948 Massey Agricultural College University of New Zealand J S Yeates and E O Campbell Agricultural Botany 1954 Massey Agricultural College University of New Zealand J S Yeates and E O Campbell Agricultural Botany 2nd Edition 1960 Government Printer Wellington New Zealand J S Yeates Rhododendron Growing in New Zealand Its Past Present and Future 1972 Journal American Rhododendron Society J S Yeates Regular articles in The New Zealand Gardener 1940s 1950sReferences edit a b c d e Historical Notes About Two International Rhododendron Conference Speakers Journal of the American Rhododendron Society Palmerston North Cemetery warrant for JOHN STUART YEATES pncc govt nz 2011 Retrieved 7 June 2011 Papers Past Evening Post 13 September 1923 VICTORIA COLLEGE COUNCIL paperspast natlib govt nz 2011 Retrieved 24 October 2011 Letter from The Registar to G W Yeates dated 2 August 1982 Papers Past Evening Post 25 July 1927 PERSONAL MATTERS paperspast natlib govt nz 2014 Retrieved 14 September 2014 THE SPIKE OR VICTORIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE REVIEW JUNE 1925 CONGRATULATIONS nzetc victoria ac nz 2014 Retrieved 26 September 2014 A Chronology of the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges 5th edition p18 PDF nzetc victoria ac nz 2006 Retrieved 26 September 2014 Papers Past Evening Post 21 December 1929 FLAX RESEARCH paperspast natlib govt nz 2011 Retrieved 24 October 2011 Papers Past Evening Post 8 December 1927 FLAX GROWING paperspast natlib govt nz 2011 Retrieved 24 October 2011 Maggy Wassilieff Suburban front gardens Te Ara the Encyclopedia of New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage ISBN 978 0 478 18451 8 Updated 20 November 2008 Hadeco the History of Oriental Lilies Archived from the original on 24 August 2013 Retrieved 21 October 2013 The Lily Register permanent dead link lilyregister com International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 507 a b International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 69 a b c International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 70 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 71 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 220 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 222 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 249 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 264 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 310 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 407 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 591 a b International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 593 a b International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 594 a b International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 596 The Lily Register permanent dead link lilyregister com Plant Breeding in New Zealand By G S Wratt and H C Smith Page 174 a b c d e f g h International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 597 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 598 a b c International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 599 a b c d International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 600 a b International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 601 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 602 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 603 a b c International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 604 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 612 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 616 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 622 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 679 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 815 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 882 International Lily Register and Checklist 2007 p 883 a b c Academic Record for John Stuart Yeates dated 30 July 1982 No 47420 The London Gazette 3rd supplement 31 December 1977 p 43 Further reading editWho s who in New Zealand 3rd Edition 1932 Who s who in New Zealand 6th Edition 1956 Notable New Zealander s The Pictorial Who s Who 1st Edition 1976 John Stuart Yeates by J E Godley Biographical Notes 67 serialised in New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 90 92 2007 2008 External links editHeritage Park Heritage Park rhododendron garden formerly National Garden of the New Zealand Rhododendron Association John Stuart Yeates Massey College ca December 1951 Image of Yeates at work in the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library Mentioned in the letters of John Cawte Beaglehole held by the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Stuart Yeates amp oldid 1175470989, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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