seedsman

"It had always bothered me that I noticed the seed quality in that part of world was so much below our standards and below achievable standards and as a seedsman I couldn't stand that the farmers there were just deprived of decent seeds."

Suffolk seedsman Mr Fothergill's is celebrating the initiative with a new mixture, Zinnia Solmar Mixed which will create a stunning display in pots, containers or garden borders.

She describes the Canadian city's settlement history and its horticultural optimism, the Edmonton Horticultural Society, the relationship between gardens and nature, vacant lot gardening, rose gardening, Chinese market gardeners, and the roles of photographer and gardening advocate Gladys Reeves, settler Donald Ross, florist Walter Ramsay, seedsman Alfred Pike, plant breeders Georges Bugnet and Robert Simonet, gardener and public figure Lois Hole, and horticulturist and public servant John Helder.

As much a garden book as it is a book to cook from, The Power of Pulses is a lively collaboration between seedsman Dan Jason and foodie siblings Hilary Malone and Alison Malone Eathorne.

He became extremely successful as a seedsman by selecting superior strains of vegetables and grains.

EDMUND KEAN (2.05) looks highly progressive and has a useful six-length advantage over Seedsman after last month's clash at Fakenham.

TODAY'S TIPS FAKENHAM: 1.10 King's Road, 1.40 Flemi Two Toes, 2.15 Everdon Brook, 2.45 Honest John, 3.20 Seedsman, 3.55 On Borrowed Wings, 4.30 Free Thinking.

TODAY'S SARABAND SELECTIONS FAKENHAM: 1.10 King's Road, 1.40 Flemi Two Toes, 2.15 Everdon Brook, 2.45 Honest John, 3.20 Seedsman, 3.55 On Borrowed Wings, 4.30 Free Thinking.

Will, anthropologist son of Oscar Will, the Bismarck, N.D., seedsman who promoted Native American varieties in his catalogs.

NAOMI MATTHEW: 12.25 Seedsman, 12.55 Dun See Dee, 1.30 Ambion Wood, 2.05 Duneen Point, 2.40 Gullinbursti, 3.15 Musical Wedge, 3.50 Kentford Legend.

Hudson, Seedsman (jlhudsonseeds.net); Renee's Garden Seeds (reneesgarden.com); and Seeds of Change (seedsofchange.com).

An account in the North Wales Chronicle, of the Denbigh annual flower show, on Sept 6, 1867, states: "Mr Roberts, seedsman, Denbigh, exhibited a magnificent collection of roses, dahlias, asters, stocks, and verbenas.

It was supposed that the hemlock was mistakenly taken for parsley when originally supplied by an inept seedsman.

A crop of summer vegetables worth pounds 262.54 at supermarket prices* was harvested during 2011 from a plot just 30ft long by 9ft wide by mail order seedsman DT Brown.