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Saturday, February 20, 2016

1908 - Cover Art from Miss Emma White's Seed Catalog

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It is February 20, 2016.   It was 60ยบ F. outside today!! I am done with winter even though I fear it is not done with Connecticut...but...
Friday, February 19, 2016

1887 - Accolades for Mr. Livingston

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T his article re-visits the redoubtable Mr. Livingston, a man who features highly in tomato history. It is always nice to find a man w...
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 ...