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Rose and peony Breeder
Listing last updated on Wed Oct 2024
Oliver F. Brand (1844 - January 1921) See also BRAND. [From Peonies, by Allan Rogers, pp. 19-21:] Oliver Brand (1844-1921) opened the first commercial nursery in the state of Minnesota in 1867, in Faribault, with an assortment of peonies and grafted apple trees... [From The University of Minnesota Extension Service Site:] Brand Peony Farms evolved from the Brand Nursery Company in Faribault in 1925, when it was run by O.F. Brand's son, A.M. Brand. [From "The Peonies", by Myron Bigger, 1962, p.38:] "Among the most important of commercial growers of Chinese peonies was Oliver F. Brand who started a nursery in Faribault, Minnesota, in the 1880's."
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