Toogoods Seeds, Bag Seal, Image & Found by Coinhunteruk
Found in Dorset, 18mm, 5.8g.
TOOGOODS SEEDS curved around the border within a raised circular line on one side and SOUTHAMPTON. similarly curved around the inside of a circle on the other side.
From jillruss and sarah1952 RootsChat.Com "Toogood & Sons was established in Southampton in 1815 and were 'The King's Seedmen' by appointment'."
"Toogoods used to (up to about 1964) produce seeds that could produce giant varieties. ie onions leeks runner beans etc. They also from 1815 nurtured the amateur hortuculturists, one of the logos of toogood was 'grow better with Toogoods', and if they could market this and give away awards such as the medals for growing award winning produce with their seeds, it was an early marketing exercise. I am the great great granddaughter of the Toogoods seeds founder, and have quite a lot of information and samples of awards and plaques, also a very rare 1901 seed catalogue that has a wealth of information in it."
