Paul Thomson

United States Marine

Died when: 91 years 337 days (1103 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Paul Thomson (June 29, 1916 – May 31, 2008) was an American exotic fruit enthusiast, self-taught horticulturist and botanist, fruit farmer, and the co-founder of the California Rare Fruit Growers Association, a group of amateur horticulturists which now has more than 3,000 members in approximately 35 countries.

Thomson is credited with helping to expand the farming of exotic fruits in California – everything from cherimoyas to longans to pitahayas.

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