A Look at North Carolina's Historic Tinga Nursery

摘要

When reading about commercial daffodil growers in the early 1900s, I came across the story of a man who set up an agricultural experiment of farming communes. His belief in the small family farm being the ideal operation for southern agriculture, he established ten farming hamlets in coastal North Carolina, bringing in farmers from various European countries - including Dutch farmers. One of these early farming concerns, through minor changes in ownership, is still a family-owned and operated business 100 years later. So, I picked up the phone, and talked with the still-living son who operated the business in the 1950s. This article is a combination of the basic history found on the Tinga Nurseries, Inc. website and remembrances from John Tinga.