A Selection of Shaker Images Relating to Seeds and One Good Link

Today's entry is not on the Thorburn family and their seed company!  It has been a busy week at school with after school events so until the weekend I am taking a break and posting a few things I have accumulated.  (I am so happy for two of my students who were chosen to represent  the school and the town in a PTA sponsored program, Reflections, at an event  last night at Cheney Hall! One will go on to the state level.)

A Selection of Shaker Images Relating to Seeds
 and One Good Link

“In the year 1790, Believers in this place had a Little Family garden occupying about two acres of land. Joseph Turner worked it and began to raise a few kinds of seeds to sell. Previous to this it was not customary in this part of the country for people to raise garden seeds for sale. When any neighbor lacked seeds, another would give him what he wanted and did not think of asking pay, more than they would for a bucket of water.” (WRHS Collection, n.d.) 

Read or download this PDF:  Hands to Work, Hearts to God: The Story of the Shaker Seed Industry.

Published by HortTechnology, Oct./Dec. 1993.  

The Emigrant's Informant, Or, A Guide to Upper Canada mentions...

The Farmer's Monthly Visitor - Volumes 1-2 -1839- Page 100

I wonder who designed this box above.  The printer or a Shaker?

The colorful boxes look so un-Shakerish, except from the perspective of being good displays that do their job well.

I find the printing on this one (above) really cool.  I like the upside down packet title.  Makes sense as people often put things down topsy turvy after looking.  Also unexpected is the fact it was printed after the packet was constructed.

Odds & Ends

I did not know HortTechnology .  Glad to have bumped into it!  - "HortTechnology serves as the primary outreach publication of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Its mission is to provide science-based information to professional horticulturists, practitioners, and educators; promote and encourage an interchange of ideas among scientists, educators, and professionals working in horticulture; and provide an opportunity for peer review of practical horticultural information."

Reproduction Shaker seed boxes from a company called Shaker Workshops.