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Saturday, September 16, 2017
Who Was The Put-Upon Horticulturist, Mr. Bateham?
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T here is nothing like a good obit to fill you in quickly on a person's life. Bateham seems a good horticulturist who did a great dea...
1839 - Tree Corn, Humbug and Gross Imposition!
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W hile I have read some positive accounts of Grant Thorburn's China Tree Corn, usually commenting on it is a good forage crop in mo...
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Supaun? Mr. Thorburn Mentioned Eating Supaun...
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Cornmeal mush! The name supaun seems to have died out. Having seedsman Thorburn mention it in his advertising got me curious as I ne...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
1839 - Thorburn's Rant in Defense of China Tree Corn
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G ood grief !- I have begun to think Grant Thorburn was starting to loose his marbles! Or he was a drinker who wrote in his cups... W...
Monday, September 11, 2017
1891 - Seedsman John Child's Colorful Vegies Litho
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'T is the season of harvest...and I sure wish mine looked like this! It is the Marimekko of vegetables! I can't resist...
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...
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