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C.W. Gurney's seven sons were very involved in the family seed business, and in 1906, C.W. Gurney and his sons, and one nephew, had the nursery incorporated as Gurney's Seed and
Nursery Company. The company started listing products on a generic price list for mailing purposes, until 1910, when
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