The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

I found this article in a 1902 issue of the Social Service magazine.  It erased all questions that anyone might have from yesterday...

All the Library of Congress file says is, "Children in the gardens of the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio".   Whuh...

I found this c.1900 image in the Library of Congress photo collection.  Judging by the surrounding building details, this garden isn't...

This is why I enjoy doing a historical seed blog.  I always imagine the people - evenings spent at the table with a seed catalog, under th...

Yes!!! What an eye :-)  The Great Coffee Berry was yellow soy beans. Here is the  1910 H. W. Buckbee catalog page from yesterday I am ...

  These images are from H. W. Buckbee's 1907 and 1910 catalogs.  I couldn't pass up sharing this cut of his "modest&quo...

I llinois Extension Service straightens us out on the history and naming of the melon which is called cantaloupe.  Basically, while al...