1950 The Rose Annualp139. Round the Nurseries.
R. Tucker and Sons, The Nurseries, Faringdon, Berks.
The firm of R. Tucker and Sons was established in 1849 by Robert Tucker who, as a young man, came to Faringdon in Berkshire from the Bridgewater area of Somersetshire, and it has been carried on at Faringdon entirely under the control of his family ever since. On the death of Robert Tucker, the business was taken over by his son, also Robert, and expanded steadily. On the death of the second Robert Tucker, the present senior partner Walter Tucker, came into the business at the age of 16, and ran it in conjunction with Robert Tucker, the eminent Alpine Nurseryman of Headington, Oxford. After the 1914-18 war this partnership was dissolved, Walter Tucker taking the Faringdon business and Robert Tucker carrying on with Alpines at Headington. In 1934, Walter Tucker took into partnership his three sons, George Walter, Robert John and Michael Habgood, and at the same time the old-established Rose firm of Princes Oxford Roses (formerly George Prince) was purchased. The firm of Princes was established about 1880 and Roses have been grown at Longworth for 70 years. On the purchase of Princes, R. Tucker and Sons transferred the whole of the Rose growing activities to Longworth, although Roses had been grown at Faringdon since the inception of the firm in 1849. The firm at present consists of Walter Tucker, senior partner, George Walter Tucker (who, incidentally, is now making preparations for starting a young stock nursery at Finchamstead, near Reading), and Robert John Tucker. Michael unfortunately died of wounds received in the second World War.
Photo: Robert John Tucker and Nursery Manager H. Luckett. .
[From the
American Rose Annual 1950, p. 187:] Tucker, R., & Sons, Faringdon, Berks., England
