Henri Michelin

Obituary of the French Horticultural Society

Henri Michelin (* 1809 / 10 ; † 27. June 1898 in Paris ) was pomologist , secretary of the Committee for Arboriculture of the Société nationale d'horticulture de France ^(fr) and Knight of the Legion of Honor .

Henri Michelin had a high reputation in the arboriculture sector, which he had acquired through his knowledge of the types of fruit as well as through his participation in pomological congresses and meetings, which he recorded precisely and meticulously.

The tart sweet cider apple Michelin ^{(en) was} named after him. It was grown by the tree nursery Legrand from Yvetot ( Normandy ) and bore fruit for the first time in 1872.

Individual evidence

↑ Lucien Chauré and Otto Ballif: Le Moniteur d'horticulture. Organge des amateurs de jardins et d'orchidées. Fondé en 1877 by Jean Chauré. Rédigé par une Société d'Horticulteurs, d'Arboriculteurs et d'Amateurs distingués sous la direction de M. Lucien Chauré. Volume 22, 1898, p. 149.
^ Morgan and Richards, The New Book of Apples , 2002, p. 283

personal data
SURNAME	Michelin, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French pomologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1809 or 1810
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 1898
Place of death	Paris

[1] Lucien Chauré and Otto Ballif: Le Moniteur d'horticulture. Organge des amateurs de jardins et d'orchidées. Fondé en 1877 by Jean Chauré. Rédigé par une Société d'Horticulteurs, d'Arboriculteurs et d'Amateurs distingués sous la direction de M. Lucien Chauré. Volume 22, 1898, p. 149.

[morgan-2] Morgan and Richards, The New Book of Apples , 2002, p. 283