Halloween at "Herold Farm" New Jersey. Souvenirs de pumpkins

"This Garden center has heart - its not the soulless corporation up the hill. The bedding plants in the spring are happy and healthy and the Christmas trees in December are fresh and don't drop all their needles…" "Aside from a revamp maybe 20 years ago, Herold's had remained largely unchanged. It was a great place to go to pick up a plant, some flowers or maybe an apple pie. Service was strictly small town as was their selection. If I needed to buy something and they sold it, that's where I would go, opting them over supermarkets, bakeries and convenience stores. There was something old fashioned about them; something charming. At Halloween they would have a small cheesy room set up with scary creatures and eery music. They were literally "The place to go" for a pumpkin or holiday decorations. They even had two dwarf goats in the back". "For as long as I can remember I have been coming here since I was in diapers to pick up fresh local Jersey corn. This spot was my mothers go to spot to pick up fresh produce from around the area. I remember my brother and I would run into the green house room and pick out a venus fly trap or cactus of some sort and beg our mom to buy it for us. They also used to have a large koi-fish pond that I loved coming to visit. Its upsetting to find out that Herold's farm is going to be demolished and turned into a bottle king. Don't we have enough liquor stores in the area? Needless to say its a shame its going to be gone soon and it will be missed." In 1915 Charles and Elizabeth Hillman Herold bought land in the Southwestern corner of Glen Rock near where Prospect Street meets Saddle River Road. Most of the land was owned by Mabel and Harry Cobb but two adjoining acres containing a house and outbuildings were purchased from Christian and Adele Mueller. In the mid 1930's their eldest son Edward married and purchased the farm from the Herolds. In 1955 Edna married Walter Amos, the son of James and Ruth Amos who owned a near by farm. Edna and Walter became the owners of Herold's Farm in 1965 when Edna's parents retired and moved to Oakland. The 1930's store originally consisted of "two bushel baskets and a board" according to Edna. Many farm items were sold including corn, asparagus, tomatoes, strawberries and spinach. One barn houses a garden center, the other a produce market. Today as the business continues to grow the values that made Herold’s Farm successful have not been forgotten and every customer who comes to Herold’s Farm can expect to be treated with care."

Fermé puis détruit, cette ferme fut le "jardin du bonheur" de bien des familles du Comté de Bergen.