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putting a strain on the dairy business.
Shortly after the war, the family closed
the dairy and expanded its bulb business.
D. Swart Sons Bulb Company
became one of the most successful
bulb producers in the area.
The brothers and their sister,
Helena, known as Talene (Tanta
Lena), closed the bulb business in
1973 and finally retired.
Sitting at the kitchen table of the
beautifully restored old home place,
surrounded by photos and memorabilia,
Simmons says, “My great-grandfather
had nothing when he came
over but the pursuit of the American
Dream.” And pursue it he did. By
the time the family retired, the Swarts
owned close to 1,500 acres of land
dressed by tapestries of colorful daffodils
and gladiolus.
A few of the 37 grandchildren with
innate green thumbs went on to pursue
careers in the nursery and smallscale
farming business. June Tilden’s
cousin, Ernie Swart, sets up a booth
most Saturdays at the Downtown
Riverside Farmers’ Market, and
Tilden’s brother, Dirk ‘Bunky’ Swart,
owned and operated Swart’s nursery
on Castle Hayne Road until his death
earlier this year. Swartville is still
spotted with the nine or more houses
built for the family and their children
as they married. Swart descendants
inhabit all but three estates.
Although the Van Eeden colony
did not shine as brightly as MacRae
and van Eeden had predicted, other
colonies established by MacRae were
successful and nationally recognized.
Castle Haynes was one of them. By
the time the Swarts and other Dutch
settlers arrived in Van Eeden, Castle
Haynes was a thriving immigrant
farming community.
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