Seed Merchants, Webb & Sons Trademark for Prize Seeds, Grasses, Roots & Manures

Webb's Trademark for Prize Seeds, Grasses, Roots & Manures.

From 'Trademarked: A History of Well-Known Brands, from Aertex to Wright's' by David C. Newton.
"Edward Webb set up his business as a seed merchant in the middle of the nineteenth century at Wordsley near Stourbridge in the West Midlands. In 1876 Edward Webb & Sons was one of the earliest applicants for a registered trademark (number 928), which covered agricultural seeds and artificial manures. About 1894 the firm took over, and later expanded, the bone and manure works of Proctor & Ryland in Saltney, near Chester.
By the end of the nineteenth century Webb's seeds were well known throughout the country and the firm had been appointed seedsmen to Queen Victoria. Early in the twentieth century William Webb, one of Edward's grandsons, was running the business. In 1925 a trial ground for testing seeds was set up at Wychbold in Worcestershire. Webbs merged with the seed firm Bees in the 1960s and transferred to Chester. In 2004 Westland Horticulture, based in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, bought Unwins Seeds, which at that time owned the Webb's brand."

For the history of this company see THE WEBBS STORY...