Landreths' Seeds, 1899, Vol. 115: American Grown (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from Landreths' Seeds, 1899, Vol. 115: American G...)
Excerpt from Landreths' Seeds, 1899, Vol. 115: American Grown
Countess of nutrition - Delicate lavender and reddish mauve. Very superior; a good stock. Similar to Princess May. Brown seed.
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On the Value and Culture of Roots for Stock-Feeding (Classic Reprint)
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This pamphlet is printed in the hope of diffusing useful information to induce greater attention to a most valuable adj unct in husbandry, and, if more widely regarded, calculated to increase, not only the quantity, but the quality of our food; the tender luscious mutton of the English is not attributable to their cooler climate alone, but to the Turnip and, we may add, other succulent roots on which the sheep are fed and fattened for the butcher.
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(Excerpt from Landreths' Seed Catalogue, 1902
A better he...)
Excerpt from Landreths' Seed Catalogue, 1902
A better header than any of the various sorts of Early Drumhead type, stem short, few leaves. Head flat and solid, hardier than the Early Brunswick.
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Catalogue of Greenhouse Plants, Hardy Trees, Evergreen Shrubs, Flowering Shrubs, Bulbous Rooted, and Herbaceous Plants: Arranged by Their Botanic and ... With a Collection of the Most Esteemed Va
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Landreths' Seeds for Spring Seeding, 1895 (Classic Reprint)
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I...)
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Indigo King - Fine large flower, black-blue ll centre. Per packet, 10 cents; per ounce, 20 cents.
Princess of Wales - White, shaded with blue and lavender. Intermediate in time of bloom ing. Per packet, 10 cents; per ounce, 15 cents.
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Prize Essays on Celery Culture Written for D. Landreth and Sons: Seed Growers ... (1882 )
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Descriptive Catalogue of the Garden Seeds Cultivated on the Grounds of David Landreth, Philadelphia (Classic Reprint)
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Nos and 3 are hardy, and may be planted quite early, indeed should be, to secure crops, as they do not readily support heat. Nos. 4to 11 are known as Dwarfs, or Bush Beans. The earliest is No. 4, Nos.56 10and 11 are much esteemed kinds. They may be planted for the first and succession crops from the middle of Spring, till close of Summer - the usual mode of culture is in rows, two or three in a clump, at intervals of 10 to 12 inches. Those under the head of runners, require poles. Nos.
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David Landreth was an American merchant, agriculturist, and writer. He took over operation of the seed business in South Carolina and Philadelphia upon his father's death in 1828.
Background
David Landreth was the only son of David Landreth, a native of Haggerston, near Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland County, England, and of Sarah (Arnell) Landreth, a native of Lewes, Delaware. The elder David Landreth was a tree grower, seeds-man, and nurseryman, who came to Canada in 1781 and in 1783 removed to Philadelphia, where he established a nursery and seed business in 1784. The family name, according to Thomas C. Gentry's Family Names (1892), was of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning a field stream or spring. David Landreth the younger was born in Philadelphia in 1802.
Education
He received his education in private schools.
Career
Landreth entered his father's business. This enterprise at that time was being conducted under the partnership of his father and his uncle, Cuthbert Landreth. David was made manager of a branch store in Charleston, S. C. , which prospered under his direction and continued to thrive with a succession of leaders until the period of the Civil War, when it was confiscated (April 22, 1862) by act of the Confederate States.
After successfully launching this branch he returned to Philadelphia, and in 1828 became proprietor of the firm, which now had a prosperous, well-established business. In 1847, the Landreth nursery and seed farm was removed to "Bloomsdale Farm, " at Bristol, Pennsylvania. There Landreth planned and planted a nursery, arboretum, and vegetable variety trial grounds which were for a time the most complete in the United States.
He served as vice-president of the United States Agricultural Society, a manufacturing company which was one of the first to make sowing and reaping machines. Besides his business pursuits, he had numerous literary and public interests. He was one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, organized in 1827, and served it as corresponding secretary, 1828-1835, and as vice-president, 1829-1836.
In 1856 he became president of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, serving in this capacity for two years. He was president of the Agricultural Section of the United States Sanitary Fair, and was one of the organizers (1847) of the Farmers' Club of Pennsylvania.
His literary endeavors were expressed in the founding in 1832 and subsequent publishing of the Illustrated Floral Magazine, which was noted for the clearness, beauty, and accuracy of its descriptions and illustrations. In 1847 he published an American edition with additional notes of George W. Johnson's Dictionary of Modern Gardening, a classic of horticultural writing.
He died at his home at "Bloomsdale, " Bristol, Pennsylvania.
Achievements
Landreth was known as a head of the seed firm which was considered as the oldest firm of its kind in America. He was also engaged in the breeding of Alderney cattle; in 1872-1873 he experimented with steam-plowing, trying both a Scotch and an American engine; and later conducted tests of steam digging and chopping.
He was one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and of the Farmers' Club of Pennsylvania.
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Connections
Landreth was married twice: first, in 1825, to Elizabeth Rodney of Delaware, by whom he had five children; and second, in 1842, to Martha Burnet of Philadelphia, by whom he had three children.
