Apr 11, 2002 - Sale 1930

Sale 1930 - Lot 26

Price Realized: $ 230
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON. Autograph Letter Signed, "G. W. Carver," to Mr. Williston, concerning Broom Sedge. 1 page, single 8vo sheet, brown paper; written in pencil, small stain, light folds. Np, 25 January 1940

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"There are so many var. of Broom Sedge that it is hard to tell without I had the name. All the upland types thrive wherever corn grows well. The smaller types like a dry, sandy, rocky soil. The big Blue stem a very rich soil. The swamp types a wet mucky soil."<