I am not a historian, nor do I want to be. I don't have the resources, nor the inclination to delve into inane trivial pursuits as is so often the case. Not to say that I don't collect inane trivia myself at times. I did have in my limited portfolio something about the Fejee Improved tomato variety. I am trying to keep folks from unintentionally bad mouthing others,(at least today) and to restore genteel civilities among discussion topics.
If this document helps anyone here soften a herd mentality of potentially flaming any person, regardless of that person's record, so be it. I found something that perhaps gives some credence to a descriptor if nothing else.
Fejee Improved.
Is it brown, pink, red, black, etc.?
dreth2-1.JPG
Maroon? What would that color be especially in context of its day? I was curious as to the actual color described in the Landreth 1884 publication.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroon_(color)
brownish to
purplish red color.
The first recorded use of
Maroon as a color name in
English was in
1789.
Hex triplet
#800000
Tom Wagner