abstract:Bud Green (19 November 1897 – 2 January 1981) was an Austrian-born songwriter. Bud Green (Buddy) grew up in Harlem at 108th & Madison Avenue at the turn of the 20th century, the eldest of seven.
He helps produce about 60 varieties, starting with a dark greenbud called "Mighty Mite, " a plant for urban window boxes that grows to the size and shape of a corn dog.
Sledge described the operation generously: the rooms teeming to the scrolled plaster ceilings with bud-heavy green stalks, the floor cabled with sprinklers, the walls lined with foil reflectors to maximize the ripening effects of the solar-spectrum lamps, the stereo chattering NPR talk radio to cover the drone of the daytime light banks, and classical music to give the plants a cultural heritage through the cool damp night.