John W. Hershey dating history

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John Walter Hershey (February 5, 1898 – September 7, 1967) was a fruit and nut orchardist of Pennsylvania, United States. He worked for the U.S. government during the Dust Bowl, teaching farmers how to grow perennial food crops in order to diversity their incomes and their farm ecosystem. Many of the trees he grafted onto rootstock and planted in the vicinity of his Downington, Pennsylvania plant nursery remain standing and continue to produce fruit and nuts.