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Orchard and Garden Book 1945

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Title
Orchard and Garden Book 1945
Series Title
The Roeding Collection
Date Created
January 1st, 1944
Date Published
1944
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., Introduction of Albert Etter apples, with a loose insert with local winemaker Robert Stoney Mayock. RSM was a local chef who wrote for the San Jose Mercury News and cooked for some big barbeques at the California Nursery.
Creators and Contributors
Creator: California Nursery Co.
Subject Topic
Gardens
Gardening
Horticulture
Apples--Harvesting
Subject Entity
Roeding, George C.
Rock, John
California Nursery Co.
California Nursery Co. Roeding Collection
Time Period
1929 to 1961
Language
English

Media type
Text
Format
Catalog
Extent
58 Pages
Dimensions
9 x 12 in
Generation
Original
Copyright Statement
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by George C. Roeding, Jr. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Country of Creation
United States
Source Institution
California Nursery Company - Roeding Collection
Link to Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/cafrcnc_000029
Archival Resource Key Link
http://n2t.net/ark:/13960/t96777v5q