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Two unidentified people posing
Two unidentified people posing on a road in front of palm trees
Paul Ecke III, Jim __, and Dennis __ from Syngenta plant brokerage company
Paul Ecke III, Jim __, and Dennis __ from Syngenta plant brokerage company.
Unidentified industry event
From left to right: Jim Mellano of Mellano and Company, Maureen Ecke (Paul Jr.'s wife), and Paul Ecke Jr. First the right: Bob Otsuka, market manager for the San Francisco Flower Market, H. Michael Mellano of Mellano and Company, ?, Monica Mellano,…
Hegg family
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.
Employee event at the Paul Ecke Ranch in Encinitas
Carlos ___, range attendant at the Paul Ecke Ranch, and Paul Ecke III.
Encinitas Holiday Parade
Paul Ecke Sr. (Grand Marshall), Sara Ecke May and Magdalena Ecke.
Paul Ecke III, Paul Ecke Jr. and Mrs. Amelita Ramos, first lady of the Philippines
Paul Ecke III (center), Mrs. Amelita Ramos, first lady of the Philippines (wife of Fidel Ramos), and Paul Ecke Jr. (right), with the rest of the delegation from the Philippines.
Workers with field-cut poinsettias
Workers with field-cut poinsettias
Paul Ecke III and Mrs. Amelita Ramos, first lady of the Philippines
The Eckes first met with Mrs. Ramos at a poinsettia seminar in the Philippines. This picture was taken on her subsequent visit to the Paul Ecke Ranch.
Cutting poinsettias in the field
Prior to the 1960's, Poinsettia sales consisted primarily of cut flowers.
PLA booth at the Essen Trade Show, Germany
Paul Ecke III (left) at the PLA booth at the Essen Trade Show in Germany. PLA was an Ecke company based in Denmark that managed licensing for poinsettias and other crops around the world.
Ecke Ranch employees with a delegation from the Japanese Poinsettia Association at the Ecke Ranch House
Ron Cramer (left), Paul Ecke Jr.(right), with Japanese delegation from the Japanese Poinsettia Association.
Grading Field Grown Stock Plants
Paul Ecke Sr. (left), William Dealy (right, without a hat). Bill Dealy was married to Ruth (Crix) Ecke, Paul and Magdalena Ecke's daughter.
Staff of J&H Japan, licensing agent of the Paul Ecke Ranch, Inc. in Japan
From left to right: Teruo Takatomi, owner, Ron Cramer, Paul Ecke III, with J&H employees.
Kimie Kurashima in Japan
Kimie Kurashima's husband, Manabu, worked with the Paul Ecke Ranch to set up a plant patent act in Japan.