The Bulbs of Haarlem
In 1637, the Dutch city of Haarlem was gripped by tulip fever. Fortunes changed hands over small, wrinkled bulbs that looked like dried onions. A...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50.
In 1637, the Dutch city of Haarlem was gripped by tulip fever. Fortunes changed hands over small, wrinkled bulbs that looked like dried onions. A single Semper Augustus bulb — ugly, papery, and lifeless — sold for more than a grand canal house. Skeptics mocked the buyers. How could anyone pay a fortune for something so plain? But the growers of Haarlem understood what the skeptics could not see.…
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