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April 1940. "Earl May seed store in Marshalltown, Iowa." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Kudos to the person who did that string of symmetrical products atop the rack of seeds.
We all wish we had our lives ordered in such an array of neatness but to most of us the ideal symmetry falls into the shambles of reality.
That seed wall looks like the card rack in a Hallmark store.
Wikipedia says not to eat mushrooms from old apple orchards that have been treated with lead arsenate in the past. I'll remember that.
That's what my reply said on my spelling mistake.
I count four boxes of Arsinate of Lead on the top shelf. This toxic and dangerous insecticide was very widely used through the 1940s, after which it was supplanted by the new new "less toxic" discovery, DDT.
Of all the words proposed by Koogan and JennyPennifer, I vote for "cutie pies" as the ending phrase.
Cuts of meat ... culinary geniuses ... cuticles ... cuddles ... cultivars ... curlicues ... curveballs ... curtseys ... culprits ... cuspids ... cuttlefish ... curses ... cutie pies.
I think it's Cucumber Seeds! In keeping with how many they sold. They are extremely satisfied.
Trying to figure out the last word. Cushions, cub scouts, cuckolds, cufflinks, curmudgeons, curly fries, cucumbers, cummerbunds, cul-de-sacs ...
[Custards! - Dave]
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