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HARKETT, William A.
HARKETT, William A. (London, England, Mar. 9, 1848--Dubuque, IA, Sept. 25,1934). Harkett, operator of the HARKETT'S FLORAL NURSERY, the largest nursery for many years in eastern Iowa, became one of the few in the nation in 1880 to earn a living cultivating new varieties of plants.
Harkett operated five heated greenhouses covering nearly a complete city block and shipped his plants throughout the United States.
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Source:
Oldt, Franklin. The History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 800
Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 636
