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HORTICULTURE 



March 28, 1908 



Burpee's Two ''Unique'' New 



''Fordhook" 



OF UNEQUALED VALUE 

 FOR MARKET GARDENERS 



Pods, 



Mattiral 



stze, reproduced 



from rt Photograph o/theUni<i 



Fordhook Bush Lima 



Vegetables, 



FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA BEtN. 



The nulij stiffly erect Bush form of the popular 

 "Potato" Limal Both pods and heans are twice 

 the size of Ureer's Bush Lima and more than half 

 ag:ain as lar^e as the Challenger Pole Lima. 



FORDHOOK BUSH Lin A is of stiftly erect habil. branch- 

 ing freely Itut witli all the liranches held upright. This ideal 

 hush gru\\th is strikingly in L^ontrast to the low-spreading 

 growth nf ihe KufftfrU nr Drcer's Bush Lima. 



FORDHOOK BUSH LIHA has foliage like that of the 

 larj^e pole I.imas. The Iea\es are large, smooth and a dark 

 rich green, — identical with the leaves of Burpee's Bush 

 Lima, — as contrasted with the smaller pale green leaves of 

 the A utnerle or Dreer's Bush. 



FORDHOOK BUSH LI ri A bears tremendous crops! The 



beans are ready for use as early as those of Burpee*s Bush 

 Lima, which furnishes fine Lima beans for the table three 

 to four weeks earlier than they can be had from the earliest 

 pole varieties. The plump well-filled pods are tivice as 

 /arj^*- as those of Kumerle or Dreer's Bush, while the 

 individual beans are fully twice the size. The pods meas- 

 ure four to five inches in length, containing four to five 

 large beans each, 



FORDHOOK BUSH LIHA produces such large "Potato 

 Limas" that visitors to our Fordhook and Sunnvrrook 

 Farms have been astounded! 'Ihe beans are very " fat " 

 and lie so closely together in the pod that they are flattened 

 on the ends. The pods are so closely filled that the beans 

 are very easily shelled. Fordhook Bush Lima has an addi- 

 tional merit over all other varieties of the '' Potato Lima" 

 type. The green beans, even when of full size, are tender, 

 juicy and sweet in flavor when cooked, resembling the flavor 

 of the finer varieties of large flat Lima. — as distinct from 

 the rather dry and mealy character of all other varieties of 

 the Potato, Challenger or Dreer's Lima type. 



FORDHOOK BUSH LIHA under widely varied condi- 

 tions duriiii; the past season (1907), has fully justified all 

 claims made in our introductory announcement last year. 

 Indeed, in habit of growth, great productiveness and fine 

 tabic quahtv, it has even surpassed our own expectations. 

 Perpkt. I'Octs. net; 1-4 pint 30 cts.; 1-2 pint 55 

 cts.; per pint $1,00 net. 



** What's in a Name" ? 



The Name— Fordhook — is known to planters everywhere 

 ;is that of our Pennsylvania Farms, so famous as the home 

 of the largest Trial Grounds in America. The name Ford- 

 hook is w^idely known, also, as that of the finest extra long 

 i. Hcumhi-r, — the best all-the-year-round Squashy — the 

 e.irliest large Watermelon, — and the most unique Neiv 

 nitsh Lima. With such a record, our friends will readily 

 understand that when w'e have a new Musk Melon, of most 

 unusual merit. — upon which we willingly stake our reputa- 

 tion.— we naturally give it The Name — "Fordhook." 



Burpee's New "Fordhook" Musk Melon. 



Fully equals our Emerald Gem In delicious flavor. 

 So firm is the roujch-netted skin, and so solid the 

 thick salmon flesh, that the melons carry to mar- 

 ket even better than do Burpee's Netted Oem,— 

 the famous "Rocky Ford" Helon. 



FORDHOOK HELON is the result of a cross between 

 Burpee's Emerald Cem anii the //>fpro7'ed Jen »y Lind. 

 As showri by the illustration, it resembles the '' hnp>-oved 

 Jenny" in form : it is equally as roughly netted, while the 

 skin, showing between the netting, is emerald- green. The 

 flesh is very thick, of an attractive deep salmon color and 

 surpassingly sweet to the very rind. It is fully equal in 

 flavor to the Emerald Ge$n. The beautiful salmon flesh, 

 while so surpassingly luscious, is not only very thick, but 

 also extremely solid. The rind, although thin.'is unusually 

 firm. so that the fruits carry well to market. There are nn 

 musk melons (or cantaloupes) that are better shippers. 



FORDHOOK HELON is most vigorous in growtli, ver\ 

 early and extremely prolific. The fruits are ready for mar 

 ket fully as early as the green-fleshed Early Jetity Lind. 

 The vines grow vigorously and each vine sets from five tu 

 nine melons immediately around the stem; frequently the 

 fruits touch one another. The melons are remarkably even 

 in size, weighing from i lb. 8 ozs. to 2 i>ounds each. 

 ^^VoKXiHooK" is %o*" thoroughbred" th.it there are prac- 

 tically no fruits unfit for market. We print letters from the 

 originator and several other growers, all uniting to prove 

 that this unequaled new melon is well worthy of the name 

 Fordhook to emphasize that it is "BURPEE'S BEST" 

 CANTALOUPE. 



10 Cts. net; 1/4 oz. 25 cts,; 1/2 

 oz. 40 cts.; per oz. 75 

 cts.. net postpaid. 



New Musk Helon — Burpee's 



Fordhook."— Tivo-ikirds Si 



I ti PkotoZraph. 



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