Of Pods, Packets, Plants & Promise...

A brief history of how America has bartered, bought and sold plants...from Bartram to Burbank to Ball.  Follow the story of how the need to satisfy our "plant bug" in the many ways we've imported, bred, packaged and marketed seeds and plants has evolved over time. 

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