Annual list, 1911

The annual list of Greyhollow Seed Works, printed in the spring of 1911 by a local press in a single green ink with black type. The issue runs to 48 pages, with a stiff paper cover and two plates of vegetables printed on heavier stock. We hold one copy, in good condition apart from a tear at the fold of page 24.

The cover carries the date and the name of the yard. Inside, the lists are arranged under 19 headings, from kitchen vegetables through to hardy annuals, and each heading opens with a short note on sowing that the printer set in smaller type.

Index

We index the issue by hand to the level of the entry. There are 312 entries for individual varieties. Each one is recorded with its page number, the nursery's own item number and the quantity given for the packet. The quantities are recorded exactly as printed, including the abbreviations.

The tear at page 24 was photographed under raking light before and after the sheet was flattened under weights. Both captures are kept, and the tear is described in the ledger against the page it affects.

The reduced JPEG set for the issue comes to about 46 MB. It is enough to read every entry on a screen, and the masters are there for anyone who needs to check a printed figure against the type.