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Thursday, September 7, 2017

1576 - A Wonderful Book on Growing Hop Vines

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V ery readable, once your eyes get used to the typeface, this book deserves to be seen more!  I bought two hop plants the other year after...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

1831 - 1898: A Seed Store's History - Albany, New York

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I somehow became entangled in the story of a seed store as it traveled through time and the hands of many men.  It isn't that...
Saturday, September 2, 2017

1765 - Bug-winged Naked Guys in John Adams' Book

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T his was John Adams' gardening book.  He owned it, touched it, read it (I assume).   I wonder if he was amused by the two goofy putti...
Friday, September 1, 2017

1858 - Seedsman James J. H. Gregory Tells the Story of the Hubbard Squash

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F rom the horse's mouth... LOC -VT barn From 1858 - The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries ... ...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

1899 - Squash #7 Needs a Name Contest by James Gregory, Seedsman

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J ames J. H. Gregory, Seedsman, had an idea that would sell a new squash -  a naming contest.   His lush lithograph of the nameless squash...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017

1870 - Testimonials from Happy Gardeners and Farmers on James Gregory Seeds

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" O ld Pete says you are the best seedsman in this world's paradise..." This early James J. H. Gregory catalog is ...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

1759 - Botanical Engraver, John Miller/Johannes Sebastian Mueller

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A fter spending a large portion of my life with craftsman and pursuing a livelihood within a craft,  I am drawn to reading about others, es...