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Title: A Gardener at Suttons Seeds, 1945 [Go to resource]
Description: The world famous seed merchant's business was founded by John Sutton in 1806 and supplied flower, vegetable, and agricultral seeds to customers all over the world. The offices and warehouses and the glass houses and seed testing grounds were on the outskirts of the town and covered many acres of land. This photograph shows one of the gardeners pollinating a begonia in one of the big begonia houses. Sutton's increased this flower in size, altered its form and developed a splendid double class, full of petals and substance. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) Subjects: plant
social history
trade
war
flowerTemporal: start=1945-01-01; end=1945-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Ministry of Information Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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