Cornell Chronicle [2015-10-08]
Apple varieties Cortland, Empire and Jonagold were favorites of President Elizabeth Garrett long before she took the helm at Cornell University.
But it wasn’t until her tenure began this summer that she realized the credit for bringing those favorite fruits into existence belonged to researchers at the university’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva.
On Oct. 6, Garrett visited the campus along with Kathryn Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences, to meet department heads, tour the facilities and lay out her vision for what the Geneva station should strive to achieve.