The Promise of Seeds: Magic in a Packet

1892 catalog B efore modern social media there were opportunities for people to publicly disagree in mean and petty ways...only it ...

S amuel Wilson's ads are delightfully odd.  He was a showman, and his claims and ad styles reflect this.    His Mole Tree ad caught m...

My old friends... L iberty Hyde Bailey wrote this review of the  Columbian Exposition  Seed Exhibits .   I have a fondness for his w...

I love the outrageous claims you can find in old seed catalogs!  And when it is accompanied by a great illustration my day is complete. ...

(I am amused to think of all the people who would find the idea of an "enjoyable squash article from 1855" hilarious...) W he...