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Braslan, Charles P.–Minneapolis, Minnesota–Along
with Jesse E. Northrup established a seed business called Northrup, Braslan
& Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1884. They believed in the hardiness,
earliness, and productivity of northern grown seed, and they saw Minneapolis
as a natural distributing point for a vast undeveloped but promising agricultural
region. The polar bear became a symbol of their business, and represented
their “Polar Brand Seeds.” Their first annual catalog was published
in 1885.