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Shipping bare root poinsettias by rail
Picture taken at the Encinitas Train Station, in downtown Encinitas. Second from left: Charlie McCarver. Behind him: Ernie Ruth.
Unidentified event with Dr. Marc Cathey, Marci Cathey, and Paul Ecke Jr.
Dr. Marc Cathey (left), director, U.S. National Arboretum, Marci Cathey (daughter), and Paul Ecke Jr. (right). Poinsettia tree in the background.
Ecke Ranch Christmas party
Paul Ecke Sr. with unidentified woman
Paul Ecke Sr. with unidentified man
Paul Ecke Sr. (right) with unidentified man
Electric cart pulling trays of summer Poinsettia cuttings to be shipped during propagation season
Electric cart pulling trays of summer Poinsettia cuttings to be shipped during propagation season
Presentation of a Paul Ecke blooming poinsettia at the White House
Presentation of a Paul Ecke blooming poinsettia at the White House, Washington, D.C. to a politician.
Employee harvesting cut poinsettia flowers
Employee harvesting cut poinsettia flowers in a field of outdoor blooming poinsettias.
Unidentified
Two people standing behind a field of poinsettias
Experimental double deck propagation system for poinsettia cuttings
Experimental double deck propagation system for poinsettia cuttings.
Paul Ecke Sr. at his 80th birthday party celebrations
Paul Ecke Sr. (center) with employees at his 80th birthday party celebrations in Barn 2, Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA.
Potting up rooted cuttings for the Christmas blooming crop
Potting up rooted cuttings for the Christmas blooming crop.
Paul Ecke Jr. and Jordan Bloom
Paul Ecke Jr. and Jordan Bloom at a YMCA event.
Business trip to Nara, Japan
From left to right: Paul Ecke Jr., Manabu Kurishima, Kimie Kurishima (wife of Manabu), Lizbeth Ecke, and Professor Tsurishima. Taken on a business trip to visit Japanese poinsettia growers and establish a plant patent act in Japan.
Eckespoint C-1 poinsettia leaf magnified by 110
Eckespoint C-1 leaf under the microscope. This was one of the first successful poinsettia varieties from the Ecke Ranch Breeding program.