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Thursday, November 6, 2014

1857 - Anaglyptography Sells Seeds for Gerney & Algeier, Seedsmen

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Here's the rub...I can't show you much here.  But it is worth taking a look at and the links are below!! Since I can't post the...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Trade Cards from James Vick, Seedsman

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Trade cards are just so pleasant to collect.  The tulip below is my favorite.  Die cut cards have something extra.  James Vick was one of t...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Pumpkin Floods

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Pumpkins appeal to me!  and this bit of history brings to mind interesting pictures... The Pumpkin Flood of November 10, 1810 ...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

Hop To It! 1837 - Ferment for Bread

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Hops in bread?  When I first scanned the page I missed the word bread and hoped I had found a pumpkin beer!  This is very interesting...an...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

1829 - Pumpkin Tensions Between the North and the South

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The following letter appeared in the 1829  The American Farmer. Great  Produce  Of  Pumpkins Taylorsville,  Hanover  Cy.  Va...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

From 1851 - A Couple of "Whopping" Pumpkin Stories

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A  Couple  of  " w hopping"  Pumpkin  Stories Did you ever hear tell of a certain cucumber story, where a Rhode Island farme...
Monday, October 27, 2014

1885 - Use of Pumpkin, from Lafcadio Hearn's Creole Cookbook

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I've been a Lafcadio Hearn fan for decades.  This was a shocker...a Lafcadio Hearn creole cookbook !! I never knew about, or rea...