Gardeners and nurserymen have also created hybrids between less closely related species. He was a partner in a firm of market gardeners, nurserymen and seedsmen. Slips of it were distributed among nurserymen and so it entered European horticulture. He argued on behalf of large vegetable farmers and dairies and nurserymen. At that time the ARS was a trade organization of professional nurserymen and florists. The people who lived in Rainworth were farmers or nurserymen. In 1982, nurserymen at Brough, Humberside first discovered the disease on their cucumber plants. Other nurserymen followed Lee's example, and the pansy became a favorite among the public. In September 1991, the Plants Plus brand was developed and replaced The Nurserymen. Collections were to be in multiples of 6, up to 72 for nurserymen.