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Saturday, November 15, 2014

1899 - "The Feeling of a Boy Toward Pumpkin-pie..."

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I am straying from my general blog theme of seeds and seedsmen.  But, so what!  I have to follow my heart, which belongs to pumpkin pie. ...
Friday, November 14, 2014

1896 - H. G. Faust and Co. Seed House - Philadelphia

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H. G. Faust and Co. Seed House - Philadelphia The building is still there and looks the same!!  Isn't Philly great!?  The dept...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Salzer's "Oddly Odd Gourds" - 1899

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H ow can you not like a catalog with that sort of quirky salesmanship? "Oddly Odd" as compared to plain old "Odd"...a ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Hail the Stately Cauliflower!

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I was poking around in the 19th century looking for first hand accounts of husking bees when the Giant Autumn Cauliflower caught my...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Peter Henderson Seeds - Quality, and "Weird" Selections

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This Abobra looks like it would be an adorable little red pickle! Any chefs looking for a bit of sparkle on the plate?   See Wikipedia...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

Good Read About Sutton's Seeds, Plus Side Trip Into Coppicing

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"Do day-dreams come true?  Are boyish fancies ever realised?  Sometimes.  There was once a quiet lad about the town of Rea...
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...