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Yates’ 1932 garden annual cover

Yates’ 1932 garden annual cover

In the 1880s Arthur Yates founded seed merchant companies in Australia and New Zealand that specialised in producing vegetable and flower seeds for home gardeners. The companies also produced informative garden guides, such as this garden annual that celebrates the vegetables and fruits that can be grown by the home gardener.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Yates-1932-01-cover

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Maggy Wassilieff. 'Market gardens and production nurseries', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/market-gardens-and-production-nurseries/7/1