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Edmond Albius (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Edmond Albius" in English language version.

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  • "Edmond Albius, the Slave who launched the Vanilla Industry". African Heritage. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2019.

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  • Volcy Focard, Eugène (1862). "Introduction et la fecondation de la vanille" [Introduction and fertilization of vanilla]. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences et des Arts de l'Ile de la Réunion (in French): 223–235. From p. 233: "Elevé dans la maison de M. Féréol Beaumont Bellier, … de l'annoncer par la voie de la presse locale." (Raised in the house of Mr. Féréol Beaumont Bellier, living beside this learned man, and assiduous witness to his studies [that were] directed towards the natural sciences, Edmond became enamoured with botany, and his abilities — although they couldn't obtain, due to the complete absence of instruction, the development that they deserved — soon however drew the attention of Mr. Bellier. He took a liking to this little black boy who had tastes [that were] so similar to his own, and [he] initiated [Edmond] into the secrets of the lives of plants. The slave became so interested in the lessons of him who thus became in two senses his master [i.e., as owner and teacher] that at the age of hardly twelve, he had already become almost a naturalist; and to add even more to this phenomenon, Mr. Bellier taught Edmond the scientific names of the trees and flower that he possessed on his plantation, Bellevue ; so that the African botanist who spoke only Creole patois, who didn't even know the worth of the letters of our alphabet, named plants only in the scholarly language of Lineus and Jussieu.
    Indeed, this was not the least original and the least surprising aspect of the aptitude of this singular disciple of Flora.
    Edmond had seen his master practice fertilization among certain flowers; his constant and shrewd observations led him to try the same operations on vanilla. His attempts were crowned with complete success ; and when he made them known to Mr. Bellier, the latter, [who was] very pleased with such an important discovery, hastened to announce it by way of the local press.)

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  • Morren, C. (1837). "Note sur la première fructification du Vanillier en Europe" [Note on the first fruiting of vanilla in Europe]. Annales de la Société Royale d'Horticulture de Paris (in French). 20: 331–334. Morren describes the process of artificially pollinating vanilla on p. 333: "En effet, aucun fruit n'a été produit que sur les cinquante-quatre fleurs auxquelles j'avais artificiellement communiqué le pollen. On enlève le tablier ou on le soulève, et on met en contact avec le stigmate une mass pollinique entière, ou seulement une partie de cette masse, car une seule de celles-ci, coupée en huit ou dix pièces, peut féconder autant de fleurs." (In effect, fruit has been produced only on fifty-four flowers to which I artificially communicated pollen. One removes the labellum or one raises it, and one places in contact with the stigma a complete mass of pollen [i.e., pollinium], or just a part of that mass, for just one of these, cut into eight or ten pieces, can fertilize as many flowers.) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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  • Morren, C. (1837). "Note sur la première fructification du Vanillier en Europe" [Note on the first fruiting of vanilla in Europe]. Annales de la Société Royale d'Horticulture de Paris (in French). 20: 331–334. Morren describes the process of artificially pollinating vanilla on p. 333: "En effet, aucun fruit n'a été produit que sur les cinquante-quatre fleurs auxquelles j'avais artificiellement communiqué le pollen. On enlève le tablier ou on le soulève, et on met en contact avec le stigmate une mass pollinique entière, ou seulement une partie de cette masse, car une seule de celles-ci, coupée en huit ou dix pièces, peut féconder autant de fleurs." (In effect, fruit has been produced only on fifty-four flowers to which I artificially communicated pollen. One removes the labellum or one raises it, and one places in contact with the stigma a complete mass of pollen [i.e., pollinium], or just a part of that mass, for just one of these, cut into eight or ten pieces, can fertilize as many flowers.) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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  • Bélem, Gaëlle (2023). Le fruit le plus rare : ou la vie d'Edmond Albius. Continents noirs (in French). Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 9782073029898. OCLC 1395542660.