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Lewis Lawyer: childhood in Alhambra, CA, art school training, mentors in plant pathology at UC Berkeley, 1934; Adele Schwartz Lawyer: childhood in San Francisco, combining a career in science with marriage and family; Armillaria problem, Calpak [Del Monte Corp.] peach crop, Wheatland, CA; research on asparagus, hydroponic tomatoes; Del Monte peas: yield, seed treatment, diseases, selection and breeding; corporate employment vs. academic career; Lawyers' garden: sweet peas, daffodils, poppies; hybridizing Pacific Coast Native iris; horticultural organizations.