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Exploring the
Horticulture Field
Defining:
• Latin - “Hortus” meaning
garden
• “Culture” meaning
cultivation
Today, Hort includes:
• cultivation
• processing
• sale of fruits, nuts, veggies,
ornamental plants and
flowers.
As an industry
• horticulture contributes over
$25 billion to the U.S.
economy
Major divisions of
hort industry
• Pomology - The science and
practice of growing,
harvesting, handling, storing,
processing, and marketing
tree fruits
Olericulture
• Vegetables
Floriculture
• Flowering plants
Ornamental and
Landscape
• using grasses, annuals,
shrubs, and trees in the
landscape
Additional specialized
areas
• seed production
Related Occupations
• those areas that provide
products and services
necessary in the production
of hort. Crops.
• Ex: fertilizer, pesticides,
containers, machinery,
Related Occupations
• research and education
Selecting a Job
• in a career, do you desire a
job that involves:
• year round work
• regular hours
• a variety of tasks
Selecting a Job
• working in one place
• security of fringe benefits
• working alone
• working with others
Selecting a Job
• educational requirements
• guarantee of promotion
Other factors
• will the job be challenging
• what types of duties does the
job involve
• what skills does the job
involve
• are there jobs available
The future of the hort
industry
• currently in a state of rapid
growth
• people are becoming more
concerned about their
surroundings, world
resources,
Cont.
• conservation, and controlling
pollution
In the future:
• more plants will be used to:
• beautify surroundings
• conserve soil and control
pollutants
• Protect and feed wildlife
More families
• will plant gardens as food
costs increase
The future
• looks exceptionally good for
those involved in working
with plants and providing
goods and services related to
horticulture
Production of hort
crops
• population increases and
people have more leisure
time, more gardening of all
types will be done
Production of hort
crops
• demand for fruits, veggies,
ornamentals and landscaping
plants will increase
Production of hort
crops
• Increase in demand for
veggie plants = substantial
increase in production
business
Service Industries
• increased need for fertilizers,
pesticides, seeds, chemicals,
tools and equipment
Marketing
• more people are employed in
marketing than production
• if marketing increases all
other areas will as well
Inspection
• government, private
processing
• determine disease and insect
problems and peak crop
quality
Teaching and
Extension Work
• more students need training,
requiring more teachers
• quickly changing technology
requires specialists and
professionals
Research
• to increase production,
researchers must:
• develop better varieties
• improve insect and disease
resistance
Develop better ways
to:
• grow
• harvest
• preserve
• package
• storing and marketing