▁department ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Iowa ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁found ing ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Society ▁for ▁H ort icult ural ▁Science . ▁ ▁Biography ▁▁ ▁Beach ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁in ▁Sum ner hill , ▁New ▁York . ▁He ▁attended ▁high - school ▁in ▁Ann - ar bor ▁before ▁going ▁on ▁to ▁teach ▁in ▁southern ▁Iowa . ▁He ▁en rolled ▁in ▁Iowa ▁State ▁College ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁h ort icult ure ▁department . ▁He ▁earned ▁his ▁B S ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 ▁and ▁his ▁MS ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁he ▁joined ▁an ▁experimental ▁h ort icult ural ▁program ▁in ▁Gene va , ▁New ▁York . ▁While ▁there ▁he ▁cross ▁bread ▁Ben ▁Davis ▁and ▁Mc Int osh ▁app les ▁and ▁in ▁doing ▁so ▁created ▁the ▁Cort land ▁apple , ▁which ▁he ▁decl ined ▁to ▁pat ent . ▁Beach ▁is ▁also ▁recognized ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁bre eder ▁to ▁attempt ▁to ▁cross ▁pol lin ate ▁g rap es . ▁ ▁The ▁Royal ▁H ort icult ural ▁Society ▁of ▁London ▁named ▁Beach ▁an ▁honor ary ▁member ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 , ▁and ▁that ▁same ▁year ▁Beach ▁became ▁a ▁found ing ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁AS HS . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁Beach ▁returned ▁from ▁New ▁York ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁h ort icult ural ▁department ▁at ▁Iowa ▁State . ▁ ▁Beach ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2