The Dingee & Conard Company began nursery operations in West Grove, Pennsylvania in 1868 and began its mail order business in 1874. It later became the Conard-Pyle Company, a mail-order nursery and seed business specializing in roses. It became known for its trademarked "Star Roses," which includes the famous Peace Rose. The Company, which is still in business, donated its archives to the University of Delaware Library.
(The 1880 census for London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania, shows that an Alfred F. Conard was working as a rose grower. Alfred was actually Alfred Fellenburg Conard, son of Thomas Pennington Conard and Rebecca Miller Shoemaker. I don't know if he is the founder or what, but I really like the picture.)
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