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Pierson's Green Houses
GROWING ROSES AS BIG BUISNESS
"...The Pierson family has been in the rose-growing business for more than a century and its vast range of greenhouses in Cromwell has become a local landmark.
The family's company, A. N. Pierson Inc., is the largest rose-growing concern in New England. It employs 180 people and owns more than 100 acres; 12 1/ 2 acres are under glass. It produces 6 million roses a year plus other seasonal crops, including 45,000 poinsettias, 23,000 lilies and a substantial portion of dish gardens and terrarium plants..." www.nytimes.com (August 31, 1986)
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Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Pierson's Green Houses
GROWING ROSES AS BIG BUISNESS
"...The Pierson family has been in the rose-growing business for more than a century and its vast range of greenhouses in Cromwell has become a local landmark.
The family's company, A. N. Pierson Inc., is the largest rose-growing concern in New England. It employs 180 people and owns more than 100 acres; 12 1/ 2 acres are under glass. It produces 6 million roses a year plus other seasonal crops, including 45,000 poinsettias, 23,000 lilies and a substantial portion of dish gardens and terrarium plants..." www.nytimes.com (August 31, 1986)
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Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
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GROWING ROSES AS BIG BUISNESS
"...The Pierson family has been in the rose-growing business for more than a century and its vast range of greenhouses in Cromwell has become a local landmark.
The family's company, A. N. Pierson Inc., is the largest rose-growing concern in New England. It employs 180 people and owns more than 100 acres; 12 1/2 acres are under glass. It produces 6 million roses a year plus other seasonal crops, including 45,000 poinsettias, 23,000 lilies and a substantial portion of dish gardens and terrarium plants..." www.nytimes.com (August 31, 1986)){kind=small}