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From the UncommonWealth blog:
“A Prosperous Season”: The 1920 W. Grossmann & Son’s Seed Catalog
If you have a home garden, you may have engaged in a time-honored annual ritual—flipping through the pages of a favorite seed catalog and selecting varieties for the season ahead. Even as seed companies have gone digital, the arrival of a print seed catalog in the mail is still an exciting moment, a promise in the depths of winter that spring is on its way.
Historical seed catalogs at the Library of Virginia document the history of gardening in the commonwealth, a narrative that encompasses both change and continuity. One of the oldest catalogs in the Library’s collection is the 1920 catalog of W. Grossmann & Son, a company based in Petersburg, Virginia.
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