FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
W ILSON’S first crop in California, a small acreage of Prize Head lettuce, had been grown 
for D. M. Ferry & Co. His successors, Kellogg & Morse, continued to supply D. M. 
Ferry & Co. When C. C. Morse became sole owner of the business, he entered into a 
relationship with D. M. Ferry & Co. which was to endure without interruption for more than 
a half century. 
It became increasingly evident—as the commercial growing of vegetables in the South and 
West developed on a huge scale, the canning industry expanded rapidly, and the number of 
dealer outlets increased—that a combination of the merchandising and growing facilities of 
D. M. Ferry & Co. and the breeding and growing equipment of C. C. Morse & Co. was emi¬ 
nently desirable. It was a natural evolution that, in 1930, these two large companies should 
combine activities. The merger made the Ferry-Morse Seed Co. not only the largest mer¬ 
chandisers but the largest breeders and growers of garden seeds in the world. 
A field of radish in the blossom stage at Salinas 
A field of lettuce in full flower at the Sacramento Ranch 
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A field of carrot in blossom at the Sacramento Ranch. Two months after this 
picture was taken, the plants were pulled up, dried on sheets, and threshed 
