NC State University Libraries Research and Study Collection of Seed Catalogs contains seed catalogs and garden books produced by seed companies and garden stores in the 19th and 20th centuries. Burpee's Seeds, Henry A. Dreer Company, and D.M. Ferry & Co. began publishing seed catalogs starting in the 19th Century. Seed catalogs ...
MoreNC State University Libraries Research and Study Collection of Seed Catalogs contains seed catalogs and garden books produced by seed companies and garden stores in the 19th and 20th centuries. Burpee's Seeds, Henry A. Dreer Company, and D.M. Ferry & Co. began publishing seed catalogs starting in the 19th Century. Seed catalogs provide photos and information on various seeds for sale including flowers, vegetables, fruits, and other plants.John Wrigley Thompson (1826-1900) of J.W. Thompson and Co. Fruit and Flower Plates and Dellon Marcus Dewey (1819-1889), an artist and bookseller based in Rochester, NY, crested the Nurseyman's Seed Catalog. Frank A. Stecher (1849-1916) of Stecher Lithographic Company, a chromolithographic printing business known for its fruit crate labels and "nurserymen's plates," and Louis Ennecker Jr. (fl. 19th century) created the Tree-Peddler's Sample-Book for Washington Nursery Co. in Toppenish, Washington.
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