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William Fothergill Cooke (1806–1879), English inventor; John Fothergill Crosfield (1915–2012), inventor and entrepreneur; Abraham Cecil Francis Fothergill Rowlands (1856–1914) aka Cecil Raleigh, English actor and playwright; Mr Fothergill's, a British seed merchant based in Kentford in Suffolk, England
The railway was responsible both for bringing in large consignments of seeds and bulbs, and for carrying outgoing mail orders to all parts of the country. A branch was established in Calcutta, India in 1912, making it one of the earliest seed companies in India after Pune-based Pestonjee P. Pocha & Sons, established in 1884. [2] [3]
By 1930, Ferry was growing most of its seed in California, and the two firms had complementary businesses. [8] A merger made sense for both companies, and in 1930 they combined to form the Ferry-Morse Company. [5] The combined firm became the largest seed distribution company in the world. [8]
John Fothergill (1730–1782) was a merchant from Birmingham, England.. Fothergill was the manufacturer Matthew Boulton's business partner [1] between 1762 and 1782. Fothergill's expertise was mainly in trading - he had served an apprenticeship in Königsberg, spoke French and German, and had travelled widely in Europe as an agent for other manufacturers.
In 1819, the southern section was called Fothergill Point. It was the location of Charles Fothergill's hunting lodge, Castle Fothergill. It was renamed Jubilee Point in 1887, by steamboat entrepreneur Henry Calcutt, to honour the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's reign. The island was named for the Cow (now Cowie) family of Hiawatha.
The Diggers Club is Australia's largest gardening club, with over 85,000 members.. They were established in 1978 to provide diverse seeds and plants which were claimed to be disappearing from circulation and promoted heirloom fruit and vegetable revival in the 1990s.
Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Administratively, it is defined as part of the Cabbagetown-South St. Jamestown neighbourhood. [1] It largely features semi-detached Victorian houses and is recognized as "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association.
Yorkville is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is roughly bounded by Bloor Street to the south, Davenport Road to the north, Yonge Street to the east and Avenue Road to the west, and it is part of The Annex neighbourhood. Established as a separate community in 1830, it was annexed into Toronto in 1883.