Charles Russell Orcutt Resources:

Catalogs

The Orcutt Seed & Plant Co. opened for business in 1882 at 1134 5th St. at the corner of C St. in San Diego. It was owned and operated by Heman Chandler Orcutt, age 57, and his son Charles Russell Orcutt, age 18. The company would be the long-running business venture that provided most of the family’s income. Charles maintained the company after his father’s death in 1892, and his wife Olive Lucy (Eddy) Orcutt kept it running in Charles’ absence while he was on his many prolonged collecting expeditions. Late in 1889, Katherine Olivia Sessions (1857-1940) was listed as the manager of The Orcutt Seed & Plant Co., a position she retained until at least September 1891.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company 1889, 6 pp. 1134 Fifth Street, San Diego.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company Trade Price List 1889-1890, 4 pp. 1134 Fifth Street, San Diego. Printed by Hildreth Printing House, Sixth Street between E and F, San Diego.

Bulletin of the San Diego Nursery 1891, 7 pp. Corner of Fifth and C Streets, San Diego.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company Trade Price List 1892, 16 pp. Fifth and C Streets, San Diego, and Broadway Market, Los Angeles.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company Trade Price List September 1892, 1 p.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company Wholesale Catalog 1893, 28 pp. Published by C.R. Orcutt Publishing House, San Diego.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company Wholesale Price-Current Especially of California and Mexican Seeds, Bulbs and Plants 1894, 20 pp. San Diego and Los Angeles.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company Wholesale Price List of Cacti, Agaves and Other Succulents 1895, 4 pp. San Diego.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company List of Cacti and Other Succulents 1895, 10 pp.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company Catalog of Cacti 1903, 24 pp.

Orcutt Seed and Plant Company 1905, 8 pp.

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