Seed Annuals and Catalogs

Although company catalogs and seed annuals can make exaggerated claims and clouded statements, they are invaluable tools in the work of researching and documenting the lineages, and sometimes the pedigrees, of historic plant varieties.

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Current Catalogue of Seed Catalogues Held at the Victory Horticultural Library

• Seed Catalog Collection (Some links to PDF files available)

  • W. Atlee Burpee Seed Catalog Collection (Some links to PDF files available)

• Nursery Company Catalog Collection (Some links to PDF files available)

Seed Catalog Page Scans (Most are partial scans (mainly tomato pages) and not full catalogs at this time.)

• Abundant Life Seed Foundation, Port Townsend, Washington, 2002

• F. W. Bolgiano & Company, Washington, D.C., 1935

• R. B. Buchanan Seed Company, Memphis, Tennessee, 1925

• H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, Illinois, 1907

• H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, Illinois, 1932

• Robert Buist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1946

• Burgess Seed & Plant Company, Galesburg, Michigan, 1945

• W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1888

• W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1899

• W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1914

• W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1926

• W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1929

• W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1933

• W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1937

• Condon Brother's, Rockford, Illinois, 1926

• Delta Pedigreed Seed Associations, Greenville, Mississippi, 1935

• R. & J. Farquhar & Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903

• Glecklers Seedsmen, Metamora, Ohio, 1958

• James J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1877

• Thomas Griswold, South Wethersfield, CT, 1922

• H. G. Hastings, Atlanta, Georgia, 1914

• H. G. Hastings, Atlanta, Georgia, 1923 (Fall)

• H. G. Hastings, Atlanta, Georgia, 1926

• H. G. Hastings, Atlanta, Georgia, 1942

• H. G. Hastings, Atlanta, Georgia, 1946

• H. G. Hastings, Atlanta, Georgia, 1958

• Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 1890

• Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 1894

• Peter Henderson & Co., New York, 1924

• S. M. Isbell & Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1906

• S. M. Isbell & Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1914

• S. M. Isbell & Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1915

• S. M. Isbell & Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1927

• S. M. Isbell & Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1929

• S. M. Isbell & Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1933

• S. M. Isbell & Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1936

• Johnny's Selected Seeds, Albion, Maine, 1976

• Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1899

• Alexander W. Livingston's Sons, Columbus, Ohio, 1886

• Alexander W. Livingston's Sons, Columbus, Ohio, 1888

• Alexander W. Livingston's Sons, Columbus, Ohio, 1896

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1900

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1905

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1906

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1908

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1916

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1918

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1920

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1921

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1923

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1925

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1929

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1930

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1931

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1932

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1933

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1934

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1935

• The Livingston Seed Company, Columbus, Ohio, 1936

• WA. & J. Mackie, Norwich, 1812

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1890

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1897

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1907

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1922

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1928

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1930

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1932

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1933

• William Henry Maule, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1942

• Earl E. May Seed Company, Shenandoah, Iowa, 1939

• L. L. May Seed Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1899

• J. M. McCullough's Sons Seed Merchants, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1902

• Bernard McMahon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1804

• L. L. Olds Seed Company, Madison, Wisconsin, 1928

• Porter and Son, Stephenson, Texas, 1959

• William Prince, Flushing, Long Island, New York, 1820

• Chris Reuter, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1928

• Chris Reuter, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1944

• John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1898

• John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1907

• John A. Salzer Seed Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1944

• Stark Brothers Nurseries, Louisiana, Missouri, 1925

• J. M. Thorburn & Company, New York, 1908

• James Vick Seed Company, Rochester, New York, 1894

• Victory Seed Company, 2001 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2002 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2003 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2004 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2005 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2006 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2007 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2008 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2010 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2013 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2014 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2015 - In PDF file format.

• Victory Seed Company, 2016 - In PDF file format.

• T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Virginia, 1898

• T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Virginia, 1924

• T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Virginia, 1947

• F. H. Woodruff & Sons, Inc. Seed Growers, Milford, Connecticut, 1944

Off-site Horticultural Libraries

• Internet Archive (all digital)

• Archives and Manuscripts at the LuEsther T. Mertz Library - New York Botanical Garden

• Christensen, Elizabeth Gedney Gardening Collection 1822-1994 - Washington State University

• National Agricultural Library

  • Yearbook of Agriculture Collection

• Cornell University - Core Collections in Agriculture (all digital)

  • Cornell University Gardening Resources

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (all digital)

• Hathi Trust Digital Library

• Robert Becker Memorial Library at Seed Savers Exchange

• Nursery and Seed Catalog Cover Scans - The University of Delaware

• Seed Catalog Cover Collection - Smithsonian Institute

• Library of Congress

• Soil and Health.org's Library Index

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