A bee hovers above yellow squash flowers, striped green leaves, a firmly-closed seed pod and one which has split open and has red seeds spilling out of it...together with a clump of earth and roots containing 2 canes with the word “SEEDS”. Set in the side is a PS 97 signature/date cane and the weight is additionally scratch-signed, inscribed and dated above the rim of the polished concave base: Paul J. Stankard S17 ‘97.