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Wednesday, February 17, 2016
12/5/1905 - Postcard of the F.B. Mills Seed House in Rose Hill, New York
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The writing on this postcard makes it special to me. I didn't know about the "company boarding house". I assume for wo...
Seedsman Mr. Mills Moves, and Then His Building Moves
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This was a fun post to find information for because what I found was so darned unexpected!! Frank Mills opened a western distribution cen...
Monday, February 15, 2016
1896 - Seedsman F.B. Mills: Bird's Eye View Mills' Rose Hill
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B efore you read a glowing biography of Mr. Mills and his business acumen below, have a look at these samples of his 1896 and 1901 catalog...
Sunday, January 31, 2016
1893 - Livingston and the Tomato, by Livingston!
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How I didn't find this book last year when I had tomato fever I cannot imagine!! It is wonderful. Alexander Livingston was a ...
Monday, January 25, 2016
1914 - In Praise of the Unknown Mother of Early Sweet Peas
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I wonder what is fact and what is fiction. Was there really a talented gardener who improved the sweet pea for her own pleasure whose ...
Sunday, January 24, 2016
1931 - Bean Portraits, How I Love Them!
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I have always loved lovingly painted bean portraits. I figured out how to do it may years ago with my watercolors. It was fun. But this ...
Thursday, January 21, 2016
1890 - The Enthusiastic, List Loving Mr. Burr
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Charles L. Burr, Seedsman, Springfield, Ohio I hadn't found a seedsman lately that caught my interest. Then I bumped into this... ...
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