

He sold his produce via a market stall in Brentford, transporting freshly harvested produce by horse and cart. In addition he also grew early cauliflowers and sea kale the latter being very popular in Victorian England. His first crops were leguminous vegetables such as peas and beans. His father lent him £1,000 and with it he purchased a 20-acre plot in Kew.

Faced with a career choice in 1908, young Frederick Augustus Secrett chose horticulture.
