Promptitude is Appreciated

I love testimonials!  Two whole pages of testimonials from Briggs and Bros. happy customers were featured in the 1972 catalog.  These encomia are, I need to admit, were often carefully chosen from the more formal newspaper reviews, so they do not have the maximum of folksy charm.  Still and all, the period mind set that carefully crafted the two pages is interesting to observe, and the testimonials are still of interest in themselves!

 

The following is interesting.  I'll have to see if other seedsmen make as big a selling point of their assortment strategy.

Can't forget a cabbage or two :-)

 Couldn't resist the globular magnificence of this Cluster Tomato.

You can find the entire catalogs at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.