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Article profiling the Paul Ecke Ranch published in the Family Circle magazine.

From left to right: Joel Goldsmith, Goldsmith Seeds, Joseph Fischer,  Fischer Geraniums, Paul Ecke III, Tom Doak, Yoder Brothers, and Richard Goldsmith, Goldsmith Seeds. The Flower Fields Alliance included four independent flower breeders.

Franz Freuwirth, Poinsettia breeder for the Paul Ecke Ranch, standing in the greenhouse where he did much of the breeding.

Franz Freuwirth standing in the greenhouse where he did much of the poinsettia breeding at the Paul Ecke Ranch. 

President Gerald Ford, Paul Ecke Jr. at a Society of American Florists event.

Presumably members of the Hegg family (daughters of Franz Hegg), Norway. The Hegg family were partners of the Ecke Ranch in Europe for plant licensing. 

Jeff Sholl (left). 

Long term employees at the Paul Ecke Ranch: Joe Korb (left) and John Knipe (right). John Knipe was General Manager of the Paul Ecke Ranch. 

Julie Hampton (Paul Ecke III's wife), Jay Leno and Paul Ecke III.

Kimie Kurashima (wife of Manabu Kurashima, agent of the Paul Ecke Ranch in Japan) and Sara Ecke May during a trip to Japan. 

Kimie Kurashima's husband, Manabu, worked with the Paul Ecke Ranch to set up a plant patent act in Japan.

Picture taken during a trip to Japan. 

Personal letter from Dinah Shore to Paul Ecke Jr. thanking him for holiday poinsettias. Dinah Shore was a singer and television personality, and host of the Dinah Shore Show.

Lt. Paul Ecke Jr. served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. 

Machine to make soil blocks