ISSUE 99, GREAT PLANT BREEDERS, Part 3: Floyd Zaiger and Stone Fruits

Floyd Zaiger (1926-2020)

California became a mecca of stone fruit breeding with Luther Burbank in the 19^th century. His protégé Fred Anderson developed the nectarine in the early 20^th century. In the mid-twentieth century Anderson trained Chris “Floyd” Zaiger, a University of California Davis graduate and World War II veteran, in classic breeding. Zaiger…