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Word: seedsmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Roses & Red Man. Around the U.S.. nearly 40 million amateur gardeners spend an estimated $4 billion annually on plants, seeds, sod, fertilizer, bug sprays, sprinklers, tools and gadgetry. The biggest men in a big business are Jackson & Perkins, rose growers, and W. Atlee Burpee Co.. seedsmen. Jackson & Perkins expects to sell 11 million rosebushes this year from its beds in California, Arizona and New York. is touting a giant hybrid tea rose. South Seas. Unlike many of the new show-bred roses. South Seas smells good. Said Charles Perkins: "We breed fragrance into our roses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suburbia: Tiptoe Through the Tulips | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

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