Cardboard signs in blue white text reading 'Grown from Elphick's Tested Seeds', used next to produce grown from Elphick's seeds. Elphick's of Lewes was primarily a seed business. The firm was founded in 1823 by George Elphick and was based at 18 Cliffe High Street in Lewes, Sussex, later expanding to three branches, but closing in 2003.
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