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Saturday, November 25, 2017

1904 - Hugo Beyer, "the Burbank of Iowa"

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A s an east coast resident who has spent most of my life living in New England events in the 19th century seem "new" to me as I r...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

1894 - The World's Columbian Exposition Potato from Iowa

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Potatoes.  They are so visually humble.  I think I like them as horticultural art because they are a challenge. I wonder how man...
Sunday, November 19, 2017

1894 - A Fine Toast for Thanksgiving

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Here is a toast for the pie lover at Thanksgiving! “With rich pumpkin-pie    And turkey give thanks. Feel your heart mollify  ...
Friday, November 17, 2017

1816 - Thomas Jefferson and the Persian Melon

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Th Jefferson presents his salutations and respects to Mr. White with his thanks for the Persian melon seed he has been so k...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

1880's - Jerome B. Rice's Little Jokes

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Why is she dropping a good squash from her window? Jerome B. Rice's cards were the most amusing around!  If you skim ol...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Dec. 7, 1881 - “Hunger is the best spice”: Remembering Grandmother's Pumpkin Pie

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I t seems like "American as apple pie" is a more recent American pie identity than I realized! Pumpkin pie was the one identifie...
Sunday, November 12, 2017

1892 - Artist Deborah Griscom Passmore Starts With the USDA

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        T he  previous post  on seed jewelry brought me in contact with an extraordinary botanical  watercolor of the Carob pod.   ...