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OUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT, JUST DIFFERENT
This message appears dramatically different than prior January messages because I am announcing a BIG change in our business relationship. Effective this month, I will no longer be offering our unique approach to the wildlife seed industry and thus will not be your continuing source for wildlife seed and related products.
Giving you the best seed and best advice possible has been tremendously enjoyable. 2022 was one of our best years ever, and we appreciate your patronage as well the valuable field insights many shared. That partnership was both unique and immensely satisfying, and I am so grateful for the photos, testimonials and favorable comments on the quality of seed provided through us. While my health is excellent and this industry provides me with youthful vitality, as many of you know, my eyesight is rapidly declining, and I am without a clear successor to continue this business.
While our proprietary seed varieties and mixes, like Naked Oats and Atomic Soybeans, will be retired, there are sources for substitutes that I would be delighted to help introduce to you. I plan to maintain my office and a reduced staff to enable telephonic and in office consultation, and would welcome continuing to consult with you about seed sourcing and your wildlife plans and plantings.
It has been a thrill to work with you, and I am so gratified to have Claudia, my secretary, Frank and most of all my wife, Doraine, working hand in hand with me for all these years to serve you. We thank you for enabling that collaboration, and wish you every success as you continue forward.
Warm Regards,
Luther B. Wannamaker, Jr.
The Wannamaker Family History
Cotton ◈ Soybeans ◈ Wildlife Seeds
The Wannamaker's are a German family that left the Rhineland prior to the American Revolution and settled the rich soils and rolling hills of the Saxe Gotha district in middle South Carolina. John Jacob Wannamaker Sr. and his children and grandchildren represented a scientific approach to farming never before realized in the South. J.E. Wannamaker was one of the founding members of Clemson Agricultural College and its first lifetime trustee from 1888-1935.
At the turn of the 20th century, the Wannamaker Family seed business was the most progressive in the South. The scientific side of the family pioneered forms of cultivation, cottonseed development, and seed fertility research at Clemson University and maybe the most important was harvestable soybeans. John E. Wannamaker's groundbreaking work gave the South its first harvestable soybean, the famous CNS (Clemson's Non-Shatter) soybean variety.
L.B. Wannamaker Sr. and his brothers initiated cotton seed breeding and sales of improved “wilt” or nematode-resistant cotton. L.B. Wannamaker Sr. and Jr. broadened their seed company, incorporating grains and new soybean varieties. In the 1980s and 90s, L.B. Wannamaker Seed Co. Inc. marketed Asian soybeans, especially Japanese Natto soybeans, and Tamba soybeans. We began selling varieties of onions and were briefly involved in processing flax seed.
Naked Oats and Sweet Blue Lupine gave us an entry into the wildlife seed market. It was a natural progression for the Wannamaker Family to merge into wildlife crop experimentation from the family's vast reserves and love of hunting. L.B. Wannamaker Seed Co. Inc. became one of the foremost authorities in Southern wildlife seeds by constantly experimenting with new kinds of seeds and testing them for their effectiveness. “We keep a watchful eye on our crops from the first seeds in the soil to the last seed in the bag.” —Luther B. Wannamaker Jr.
Plan For An Exciting 2023 Hunting Season
We do indeed look forward to being an active consultant for your 2023 Spring and Summer wildlife seed. Short term the only missing seed is Atomic Soybeans, and I am confident we can find a good replacement.
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The Historic Location of Wannamaker Wildlife in St. Matthews, SC.
Physical Address: L.B. Wannamaker Seed Co. Inc. operated at 101 Mill Street, St. Matthews, SC 29135, for 85 years before closing in late 2022.
Click here to download map. Wannamaker Wildlife was located 8 minutes, 6.4 miles, from Exit 139 on I-26.
From Columbia, I-26 E, take Exit 139, turn left at end of exit ramp onto Burke Road.
From Charleston, I-26 W, take Exit 139, turn right at end of exit ramp onto Burke Road.
- Follow Burke Road 5 minutes, 4.7 miles, until it intersects with Highway 176.
- Cross over Highway 176. Burke Road turns into Chestnut Street.
- Follow Chestnut Street 2 minutes, 1.2 miles, and immediately past the SCDMV take the right fork onto Mill Street.
Wannamaker Wildlife is 1 minute, 0.5 files, ahead on the right corner of Mill Street. - If you need additional directions, please call us at 803-707-1111.
Contact Information and Business Hours
- L.B. Wannamaker Seed Co. Inc.
- PO Box 497
- St. Matthews, SC 29135
- Near I-26 and 30 Minutes Below Columbia
- Business Hours: M-F, 9AM-Noon
- Phone 1-803-707-1111
- Email: LBWSEED@AOL.COM
- Online: www.wannamakerwildlife.com
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