Preparing the asparagus for dispatch THE HOERDT FARMERS' COOPERATIVE 1891: the Société des Planteurs d’AspergesAt the end of the 19th century, economic hardship had increased and the prices offered by asparagus buyers no longer covered operating costs. Many farmers thought about giving up growing asparagus altogether.In 1891, at the instigation...
13-English-PASTOR HEYLER
PASTOR HEYLER From a ministry in Algeria... to the emergence of asparagus from HoerdtLouis Gustave Heyler was born on March 3, 1831 in Scharrachbergheim. From 1854 to 1859, he studied theology at the University of Strasbourg and became a pastor, exercising his first ministry for nine years in Philippeville -...
12-English-THE MESSTI
The conscripts wore two ribbons on their costumes ; one of them would be given to their betrothed THE MESSTI Conscripts' DayIn Alsace, Messti marked the day on which young men of the same age group were honoured and who would soon be drafted for military service. The Conscripts' Day...