Alice Vonk
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Alice Vonk
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Alice Vonk (1908–1997) was an American floriculturist. She received the $10,000 prize for creating the whitest marigold in David Burpee's seed challenge. The competition was run by Burpee's seed company, W. Atlee Burpee & Co, founded by his father Washington Atlee Burpee. The $10,000 prize makes her flower the costliest marigold in the world, and the costliest flower in the world at the time. Burpee Seeds' quest for a white marigold started 56 years before Vonk's creation. It started running in
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American floriculturist (1908–1997)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Vonk
date created:
2013-09-19T18:42:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T11:14:58Z
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