Stanford Seed Company opens
regional distribution center
DENVER - The Stanford
Seed Company of
Philadelphia officially
opened its Lancaster County
facilities on Tuesday, with
an estimated 80 guests
taking part in the
ceremonies.
The large, new building,
used for seed storage space
and offices, is surrounded by
experimental plots and
demonstration fields where
prospective buyers can see
for themselves what the
seeds will do. Gordon Miller,
vice-president of the com
pany, and in charge of the
Philadelphia operations,
noted that farmers and home
owners are welcome to
check the plots, which
feature a variety of seeds
from soybeans to lawn grass.
He added, however, that the
Denver outlet is for
wholesale distribution only
and seeds would not be sold
directly to customers.
In his opening remarks.
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Principles at the recently held
opening of the Stanford Seed
Warehouse near Denver were (from
left) Christopher Mosconi (infant),
William Mosconi, Russell Billings,
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iliiam Herron (wife of the founder
of Stanford Seed); Judy Mosconi
(daughter of the Herrons), John
Herron and Gordon Miller, vice
president of Stanford Seed.
Don Tuttle, manager of the
new Denver plant, said “ the
warehouse will allow us to
expand and improve our
service in this area.”
Representatives from
competing seed firms, as
well as members of
Department of Agriculture
staff were on hand for the
dedication ceremonies and
several of them made
congratulatory statements
for the occasion. John Mills,
agronomist for Northrup-
King Seeds, told the
audience that his company
last year planted 2,400
varieties, half of them in
Pennsylvania. “Not all will
be hits,” he said, “but when
we introduce new com we
will know what it will do
under Pennsylvania,
Maryland or Delaware
conditions.” Stanford
handles the N-K seeds.
Henry Nixon, from the
Department of Agriculture
in Harrisburg, praised the
late W. R. Herron, founder of
the Philadelphia branch of
Stanford Seeds, and
nationally known for his
work in the seed industry.
Noting that 45 percent of
the state’s forage crops are
produced within 100 miles of
the new seed warehouse,
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent, Max
Smith said he wasn’t at all
surprised that this site was
chosen by the company.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 19,1975 —
I Pennsylvania’s commercial visitors to this area come to
vegetables are grown within see the countryside, not
a 100 mile radius, he con- cities and industrial parks,
eluded his remarks by ex- “We wanted to honor Bill
pressing confidence in the and have him be remem
area’s family farms. Fur- bered,” stated Russ Billings,
thermore, he noted that president of Stanford Seeds.
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from dosig a pat jidi of faraini
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