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Tricker Water Gardens America's Oldest Water Garden Specialist est 1892 and Aquarium Supplies
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William Tricker (1852-1916) was an originator of commercial water lily culture in the Unites States. He began experimenting in the later 1800s growing and hybridizing water lilies. He tried to improve the shape, colors and hardiness of these wonderful plants. In the early 1890s he made a reputation as a lead grower of aquatic plants creating desirable Water Lily hybrids and established a commercial water lily company. In 1892 the first William Tricker Company catalog was made.
The business was incorporated as William Tricker, Inc. in 1927 in OHIO. The current location, with greenhouses and outside ponds, has served water lily culture since the turn of the 18th century and represents a piece of history in water lily culture with the involvement of other water lily pioneers who worked over the years at William Tricker, Inc.: Albert Buskirk, Robert Sawyer, W.G. O'Brien and Gil Lambacher. Many hybrid water lilies were named by these noted individuals and are still available. Some are unique and "first of a kind" in their respective classes and can be purchased from William Tricker, Inc. You can still enjoy these spectacular Water Lily hybrids and witness the beauty they saw so long ago when we had time to ponder natures miracles! In 1919 the William Tricker company made many advances in the aquarium industry. Wrought Iron aquariums with slate bottoms were popular in the 1920s and were manufactured here in Independence, Ohio and the first outside box filter was introduced to the public. Many new varieties of aquarium fish were imported from Germany and sold throughout the United States. The first pH test kit in the world was invented here on the property of Independence, Ohio by Secretary and Vice President W.G. O'Brien. The interesting history of water gardening and Tricker's can be enjoyed in the popular book 1101 Water Gardening Questions and Answers by Richard Lee.
The William Tricker Inc. company is under the direction of Richard Lee, biologist. His mission is with great admiration and devotion that the William Tricker company heritage continue in the same path that was started so long ago by the founder William Tricker! William Tricker, Inc. is proudly listed in the National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Both pond interests and aquarium supplies are still offered after decades of successful service to Tricker customers.
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