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Interviewee: Harry Yonemura
Relationship to Nikkei gardeners: His father, Frank Yonemura, began the ABC Nursery in 1934, which Harry continues to operate.
Date: July 17, 2007
Location: Japanese American National Museum
Brief Description: Harry remembers when he used to help his father with gardening inside their greenhouse.
Transcription
During the winter times, I could remember spending my two weeks of Christmas vacation inside the greenhouse getting my hands all cut up because of – I was having to grab through all these grafting things. So it was by either verbal or complete demonstration on his part that I learned some of these things.
See part 1 and part 2 of this interview.
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This interview was conducted as part of the Opening Day activities for the exhibition Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden.
eishida — Atualizado em Mai 24 2012 7:31 a.m.
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Mie Gakure: Discovering Nikkei Gardeners and their Communitieseditor |