The Paul Ecke Ranch, Inc. Business Records
The Paul Ecke Ranch, Inc. Business Documents
Permit authorizing the sale and issuance of securities of Paul Ecke Ranch
Certificate of ownership (100% owned subsidiary)
The Paul Ecke Ranch By-Laws
Assignment of issued patents (8) by Paul Ecke to Paul Ecke, Inc..
Articles of Incorporation of The Paul Ecke Ranch
Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of Paul Ecke Ranch filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California
Encinitas Ranch Specific Land Use Plan, Figure 6 (Date Unknown)
Letter from Kozuio Sugimoto to Paul Ecke Jr.
Letter from Kozuio Sugimoto to Paul Ecke Jr. thanking him for the poinsettias, and keeping him updated on happenings in Montana.
Dear Mr. Ecke,
First of all, I would like to thank you for the very lovely poinsettias. It was very nice of you to think of us even during your busiest season.
The ? in Montana we are still busy as ever despite the terrific windstorms. At the present we are sending out oil olives and yams.
In closing, I want to say "thanks" again.
Sincerely yours,
Kozuio Sugimoto
Letter from Paul Ecke Jr. to Kozuio Sugimoto
Letter from Paul Ecke Jr. to Kozuio Sugimoto regarding an employment prospect at his neighbor's estate, Horseman place. He also requests that Mr. Sugimoto inform friends and acquaintances to claim and collect personal belongings stored in Mr. Ecke's warehouse. The letter was presumably written after Mr. Sugimoto's time being detained at Poston Camp 1, Arizona, a Japanese American internment camp, from 1942 through 1944.
Letter from Paul Ecke Jr. to Kozuio Sugimoto
Letter from Paul Ecke Jr. to Kozuio Sugimoto regarding prospects in the San Fernando Valley. The letter was presumably written after Mr. Sugimoto's time being detained at Poston Camp 1, Arizona, a Japanese American internment camp, from 1942 through 1944.
The Paul Ecke Ranch Inc. Business Photos
An employee demonstration for a training video on the proper set up or usage of a sprayer
Paul Ecke Jr. and the Ranch Trailer
Paul Ecke Jr. and the Ranch trailer used to haul 4-H animals to the Del Mar Fair. The display sign was created by the Society of American Florists to promote the flower industry.
Gerald Ford, Paul Ecke Jr. at SAF event
President Gerald Ford and Paul Ecke Jr. at a Society of American Florists event.
Paul Ecke III and Amelita Ramos
Paul Ecke III and Amelita Ramos, former first lady of the Philippines during her visit to the Paul Ecke Ranch, Inc.
Dr. Marc Cathy, Dinah Shore and Paul Ecke Jr. on the Dinah Shore Show
Paul Ecke Jr. promoting poinsettias on the Dinah Shore Show. The Ranch had to bloom poinsettias out of season to be featured on holiday shows as most Christmas shows were filmed in the preceding summer or fall.
Paul Ecke III at an Ecke Ranch employee recognition event.
Paul Ecke III with unidentified man in front of the Ranch main office.
Franz Freuwirth In the Paul Ecke Ranch Greenhouse
Franz Freuwirth, a Poinsettia breeder for the Paul Ecke Ranch, standing in the greenhouse where he did much of the breeding.
Shipping bare root poinsettias by rail in the early 1960's.
Photographed at the Encinitas Train Station, in downtown Encinitas. The station was subsequently moved to Leucadia. Second from left: Charlie McCarver. Behind Charlie: Ernie Ruth. (Date unknown)
Employees cutting field-cut poinsettias
Transportation truck at Ecke Ranch
Lower right: Paul Ecke Sr.
The truck would head to the Encinitas Train Station to ship boxes of bare-root poinsettias. Customers would plant them and they would grow into large plants. Cut poinsettias would then be harvested from them.
Steve Barkwell at the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Steve Barkwell, Blooming Crop Grower for the Paul Ecke Ranch from 1984-1997 in Range 4 or 5 at the Paul Ecke Ranch
Sara Ecke May, Paul Ecke Jr., Manabu Kurashima, Kimie Kurashima, Magdalena Ecke in Japan
From left to right: Unknown person, Sara Ecke May, Paul Ecke Jr., Manabu Kurashima (agent of the Paul Ecke Ranch in Japan), Kimie Kurashima (his wife), Magdalena Ecke.
Kimie Kurashima and Sara Ecke May, Japan
Kimie Kurashima (wife of Manabu Kurashima, agent of the Paul Ecke Ranch in Japan) and Sara Ecke May during a trip to Japan.
Paul Ecke Jr. with unidentified people
Paul Ecke Jr. with unidentified people
Paul Ecke Jr. (right).
The picture was taken on the Paul Ecke Ranch in what were animal pens from the time Paul Ecke Jr.'s children were young and in 4-H. The pens and barn were eventually used as a growing area, with the barn built like a greenhouse.
Paul Ecke Jr., Alex Szekely and Bob Vice, Del Mar Fair Board
Paul Ecke Jr. (left), Alex Szekely (center, CEO, Golden Door Spa, Escondio), and Bob Vice (right, Chairman, California Farm Bureau). All three were directors of the 22nd District of Agriculture (the Del Mar Fair Board). The picture was taken presumably when the three of them entered into the demolition derby.
Sue Kint, Paul Ecke Jr., Maureen Ecke, ? (Sue Kint's nephew)
From left to right: Sue Kint, Paul Ecke Jr., Maureen Ecke (Paul's wife), Sue Kint's nephew.
Sue was a Carltas Company business connection and Korean investor in one of the Carlsbad Projects
Maureen Ecke with unidentified man
Paul Ecke Jr. at unidentified event.
Don Hubbard Sr. at his cattle ranch, Oregon
Don Hubbard Sr. owned Don Hubbard Contracting, a San Marcos-based business. Don supported the YMCA along with Paul Ecke Jr.
Paul Eck Jr., family, and friends at an unknown event.
Front row left to right: Lizbeth Ecke with her son, Matthew, Chairman Ha (investor in the Flower Fields), Chairman Ha's wife, Sue Kint (Chairman Ha's advisor).
Second row left to right: David Meyer (Lizbeth Ecke's husband), Maureen "Mo" Ecke (Paul Ecke Jr.'s second wife), unknown person, Paul Ecke Jr., Diane Calkins, Chris Calkins (far right, President, Carltas Company).
Back row, left to right: unknown person, John White (employee, Carltas Company) and Sandy White (wife).
Don Hubbard’s Cattle Ranch in Oregon
Don Hubbard Sr. owned Don Hubbard Contracting, a San Marcos-based business. Don supported the YMCA along with Paul Ecke Jr.
Paul Ecke Jr. and unidentified woman
Paul Ecke Jr. and Unknown Women
Paul Ecke Jr. with an unknown man.
Paul Ecke Jr. at the Del Mar Fair Garden Show
Picture taken at the Del Mar Fair Garden Show (renamed the Paul Ecke Jr. Garden Show) with Paul Ecke Jr. presumably awarding the Paul Ecke Sr. Award to the winner.
Paul Ecke Jr. at the Del Mar Fair
The picture was taken presumably at the Del Mar Fair. From left to right: Tim Fennell's wife (Tim was the CEO/General Manager of the Del Mar Fair Grounds), Paul Ecke Jr., and an unknown woman.
Paul Ecke Jr. was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to be on the Del Mar Fair Board. Paul Ecke Jr. continued to serve on the board for eight years starting in the early 1990s.
Paul Ecke Jr. at an unidentified industry event.
Paul Ece Jr. (front row, left), holding a white poinsettia. The rest of the group is wearing a white carnation.
Paul Ecke Jr. and Gary Hudson
Picture taken at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C.
Paul Ecke Jr. was on the Board of Directors of the Arboretum in the 1990s.
Members of the secret "Potted Flowering Plant Growers Society"
Paul Ecke Sr. (seated, sixth from the left) and Jim Leider from Chicago. The group met annually to travel and visit floriculture sites across the world.
Paul Ecke Jr. at unidentified industry event
Delegation from the Japanese Poinsettia Growers Association touring the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Paul Ecke Jr. with unknown men.
Paul Ecke Jr. (second from left). The group is wearing Paul Ecke Ranch trucker hats.
Paul Ecke Jr. with Dr. Pat Morishita
Dr. Pat Morishita, an entomologist at the University of California Riverside, consulted at the Ecke Ranch.
Paul Ecke Sr. in the Bird of Paradise fields on the Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Paul Ecke Sr. at the Bird of Paradise fields on the Encinitas Ranch looking north. The white sleeves were put over the flowers to protect them.
Paul Ecke Sr. at unidentified event
Paul Ecke Sr. at the head of table, unknown, Lilo Frische (long-time housekeeper and friend of Paul and Magdalena Ecke), unknown, Sue Harper (Paul Sr.'s helper/companion/caretaker after Magdalena passed away).
Dipping poinsettia bare root stock in a mercury based bath (presumably) before shipping
Carlsbad power plant on Coast Highway
The picture was taken presumably from the Carlsbad Ranch, site of the modern day Flower Fields.
Rooted poinsettia cuttings in trays
Rooted poinsettia cuttings in trays going from greenhouse to barn to be packed up for shipping.
Paul Ecke Sr. with an unidentified woman
David Hartley and Ron Cramer
From left to right: David Hartley and Ron Cramer, Paul Ecke Ranch employees. Picture taken in the Philippines.
Poinsettia seminar in the Philippines
Paul Ecke III (far right), David Hartley, Ranch employee (adjacent).
Bruce (last name unknown(, a grower from Michigan and Paul Ecke III.
Dummen facility, Costa Rica
At Fides, Dutch company
Machine to make soil blocks
Cutting sticking station in Europe
It is presumed to be at Fides (Dutch Company) on 11/6/1989.
Retirement party for Franz Fruehwirth, Ranch house patio at the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas
Retirement party for Franz Fruehwirth, chief poinsettia breeder, Paul Ecke Ranch. Seated next to him is his wife Lilo. Behind - Paul Ecke III. At the podium - Steve Rinehart, COO of the Ranch. 1999
Alex Laurie
Alex Laurie was a floriculture professor at Ohio State University. The Society of American Florists established an award in his name in 1948.
Eckespoint C-1 poinsettia leaf magnified by 110
Eckespoint C-1 leaf under the microscope. This was one of the first successful poinsettia varieties from the Ecke Ranch Breeding program.
Business trip to Nara, Japan
From left to right: Paul Ecke Jr., Manabu Kurishima, Kimie Kurishima (wife of Manabu), Lizbeth Ecke, and Professor Tsurishima. The photo was taken on a business trip to visit Japanese poinsettia growers and establish a plant patent act in Japan.
Paul Ecke Jr. receiving a proclamation related to the YMCA, Encinitas.
Rollie Ayres (left), and Paul Ecke Jr.. Rollie Ayres was the first Executive Director of the Encinitas YMCA.
Paul Ecke Jr. at an unidentified industry event
Paul Ecke Jr. and Jordan Bloom at a YMCA event.
Paul Ecke Jr. at the San Diego International Floral Trade Center, Carlsbad.
The Center was owned and developed by Carltas, the Ecke family real estate company.
Paul Ecke Jr., Professor Alex Laurie, and Dude Engle
Paul Ecke Jr. (back row, red shirt), Professor Alex Laurie (back row, red plaid shirt). Dude Engle, former classmate and friend of Paul Ecke Jr. from Ohio State University.
Paul Ecke Jr. at unidentified industry event
Paul Ecke Jr. and Dr. Harry Tayama at an unidentified event.
Paul Ecke Jr. (left) and Dr. Harry Tayama (center), Ohio State University.
Paul Ecke Jr. and Ken Benjamin in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Paul Ecke Jr. and Ken Benjamin (owner, Cenflo) at a Society of American Florists event.
Company Picnic
Paul Ecke Ranch Employee Fishing Trip
Paul Ecke Ranch Run
The Paul Ecke Ranch run was organized in association with a summer picnic.
Employees after the Paul Ecke Ranch Fishing Trip.
Employees after a Paul Ecke Ranch fishing trip. Melchor Roblado (left).
Paul Ecke Jr. at the Paul Ecke Ranch run
Jeff Scholl and an unidentified woman in the 1980s.
Summer employee party, Range 14, Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Summer employee party, Range 14, Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA.
Paul Ecke Ranch company trip to Disneyland.
Paul Ecke Jr. and John Bjornstadt, General Manager, Paul Ecke Ranch
Employee summer party at the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA.
Employee party at the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Max Ecke (Paul Ecke III's son), Julie Hampton (Paul Ecke III's wife), and Ruth Kobayashi (right), head breeder, Paul Ecke Ranch.
Employee party, Range 14, Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Employees sticking cuttings of a spring plant
Yolanda Rocha (left) and Abel Morales.
Employee party in the front yard of the Paul Ecke Ranch house
Unidentified Event
Employee party at the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Employee party at the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA
Ecke Ranch Employees potting up rooted cuttings for the Christmas blooming crop.
Rolling bench system for poinsettia cuttings.
Paul Ecke Sr. at his 80th Birthday Party
Paul Ecke Sr. (center) with employees at his 80th birthday party celebrations in Barn 2, Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA.
Joe Korb and John Knipe at Paul Ecke Sr.'s 80th birthday party
Paul Ecke Sr.'s 80th birthday party in Barn 2, the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA.
Experimental double deck propagation system for poinsettia cuttings
Mariachi band playing outside Paul Ecke Sr.'s 80th birthday party in Barn 2 at the Paul Ecke Ranch, Encinitas, CA.
Employees dancing at the summer party in the Ranch house yard
Norma Montano (bottom left) was a long time Ranch employee.
Employee harvesting cut poinsettia flowers in a field of outdoor blooming poinsettias
Presentation of a Paul Ecke blooming poinsettia at the White House, Washington, D.C. to a politician
1947
Electric cart pulling trays of summer Poinsettia cuttings to be shipped during propagation season
1968
Paul Ecke Sr. (right) with unidentified man
Paul Ecke Jr. in the Paul Ecke Ranch greenhouses, Encinitas, CA.
Paul Ecke Jr. with presumably a member of the Japanese Poinsettia Grower delegation.
Ecke Ranch Christmas party
Paul Ecke Sr. with an unidentified woman.
Paul Ecke Jr. and the YMCA award
From left to right: Peter Fitzpatrick (family dentist, Encinitas), John Barrett (sp.), attorney and family friend, Lola Larson, and Paul Ecke Jr. Lola and Paul went to elementary school together. The group is pictured with a YMCA award.
Paul Ecke Jr. with Japanese Flower Growers
Paul Ecke Jr. (center) is seated next to Pat Morshida (sp). Presumably in Japan with the Japanese Flower Growers.
Dr. Marc Cathey (left), director, U.S. National Arboretum, Marci Cathey (daughter), and Paul Ecke Jr. (right). Poinsettia tree in the background
Dr. John Peterson, head of Horticulture Department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (left), and Carolyn Mack (center).
Paul Ecke Jr. with unidentified people
Ecke Ranch Customer Service Team
Fred Clark (third from the left in the back), Carltas, and Paul Ecke III (front, center).
Industry Event
Paul Ecke Jr. (second from left), Mary Cathey (third from left), and Dr. Marc Cathey (far right), director, U.S. National Arboretum.