Cubby broccoli autobiography of missouri

Albert Romolo Broccoli was born on April 5th 1909 to an Italian-American farming family on Long Island, New York.

Cubby broccoli autobiography of missouri

His parents were both immigrants from Calabria, Italy.

As a youngster, Broccoli would sell fruit and vegetables in the summer and Christmas trees in the winter at hawker stalls in New York - all of the produce was homegrown on the Broccoli farm.

Incidentally, it is believed that the Broccoli name came from the 18th century when Albert's ancestors crossed cauliflower with pea seeds to create the popular vegetable.

On the passing of his father, Giovanni Broccoli, the family relocated south to Florida but Albert elected to stay closer to home - moving to Queens, New York with his grandmother where he would get a job in a pharmacy and later as casket maker at a