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Daughter of Sara Ecke May. 

Prior to the 1960's, Poinsettia sales consisted primarily of cut flowers.

Presumably at Fides (Dutch company). 

From left to right: David Hartley and Ron Cramer, Paul Ecke Ranch employees. Picture taken in the Philippines. 

David Meyer, Matthew Meyer and Lizbeth Ecke at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, CA. 

Delegation from the Japanese Poinsettia Growers Association touring the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA

Picture taken south of the Encinitas Ranch House (in the background).

Don Hubbard Sr. owned Don Hubbard Contracting, a San Marcos-based business. Don supported the YMCA along with Paul Ecke Jr..

Don Hubbard Sr. owned Don Hubbard Contracting, a San Marcos-based business. Don supported the YMCA along with Paul Ecke Jr..

Dr. Marc Cathey  (left), director, U.S. National Arboretum, Dinah Shore (center), and Paul Ecke Jr. (right) on the set of the Dinah Shore Show. Paul Ecke Jr. promoted poinsettias on national television shows during Christmas. The Paul Ecke Ranch…

Paul Ecke Jr. promoting poinsettias on the Dinah Shore Show. The Ranch had to bloom poinsettias out of season to be featured on holiday shows as most Christmas shows were filmed in the preceding summer or fall.

Dr. Pat Morishita, an entomologist at the University of California Riverside, consulted at the Ecke Ranch. 

Dummen facility, Costa Rica

Paul Ecke Sr. (left).

Picture taken in front of the Ecke Ranch house on Saxony Road. Front row, left to right: Crix Dealy (Paul and Magdalena's daughter), Elisabeth (Jinx) Ecke (Paul Ecke Jr's wife), ?. Second row, left to right: ?, Paul Ecke Sr., kneeling, Magdalena…