Going into business as produce merchant, De Abrew gain a strong reputation amongst the business community.
Herman also completed the final removal of the produce district below Telegraph Hill, moving the produce merchants to the Alemany Boulevard site.
After marrying, he worked as an independent produce merchant and a part-time hotel-keeper.
What the produce merchant had said was true: these Romans were worse than barbarians.
FOR more than a year, New Jersey officials have sought to lure disgruntled regional produce merchants away from their distribution center in Philadelphia.
Now, the produce merchants say, the buildings are outdated and cannot keep food cold.
This is not the first time the produce merchants have considered such a move.
The produce merchant spied a farmer outside, rushed out to complain of watered milk, and braved a gritty breeze.
His father was a produce merchant in Ashfield, and both parents were 25 years old.
In 1912, the house was purchased by Henry E. Schmidt, a well-off produce merchant.