1946 Orchard and Garden Book
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Title
1946 Orchard and Garden Book
Series Title
Created Date
January 1st, 1945
Published Date
1945
Description
The California Nursery Company sold palms, roses, ornamentals trees and shrubs, and fruit trees from 1884 to 1971. The nursery imported plants, propagated plants, sold domestically and abroad. The owners were prominent horticulturalists: John Rock 1884-1904, George C. Roeding 1917-1928, and George C. Roeding, Jr. 1928-1972. The nursery provided plants for world's fairs, industrial, residential, government projects. They provided nursery stock to gardens like Hearst Castle, Filoli, and the state Capital. They provided fruit trees for commercial growers and homeowners. The nursery evolved from selling nursery stock to additionally providing landscape services during the 1920's., Photo of the 'Peace' rose girl (Betty Vandenburg) in front of the 'Old Adobe'. 1946 was the year that the 'Peace' rose was introduced. The Roeding family made sure that a 'Peace' rose was presented to the head of each delegation at the first United Nations meeting in San Francisco.
Creators and Contributors
Creator:
California Nursery Co.
Subject Topic
Subject Entity
Temporal Coverage
1929 to 1961
Language
Media Type
Format
Catalog
Extent
66
Pages
Dimensions
9
x
12
in
Generation
Original
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Internet Archive (External)
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