January 1, 1910 



HOKTICULTURE 



3URPEE BUILDING 



(OUR PRINCIPAL CITY WAREHOUSE AND OFFICES) 

 I. 475 and 477 North Fifth St., and Nos. 476 and 478 York Ave., 



PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



•iends, Ouf Customers: j^^^^^^ ,^ j^j^^ 



castomcfs are our friends and the introduction to The Farm Annual has been rightly so addressed for many 



We have a personal interest in doing all that is possible to insure your success in gardening, and are sure 

 e pleased also to know of our continued growth. Hence, you may be interested in 



articles on pages 4, 12, and 34, from all four American Trade Journals. 

 BURPEE BUSINESS has shown a steady —and almost uninterrupted — growth 

 grinning, in 1876, in the little building pictured below. Compare this with the 

 •pee Building and also our latest purchase, illustrated en ihiid page cover. The 

 ;ss for an entire year "in the seventies" was less than what we do now in a week. 

 L OLD CUSTOMERS,— many of twenty to thirty years' standing,— need no 

 icc of fidelity on our part. Our reputation for SEEDS OF QUALITY has been 

 n the constant aim to maintain the truth of our famous motto: — 



irpee's Seeds Grow and are 

 e Best Seeds that can be Grown 



Catalog for I9I0 (of which the first edition is more than four hundred thousand 

 reach some readers, however, who never before have had an opportunity to try 

 SEEDS. To such we would say that all we ask is a fair comparative trial,— no 

 small your first order may be. All stocks are thoroughly tested and we sell only 

 i to be good — the best it is possible to produce. 



e's Seeds are Grown bv Burnee ! ^s a rule, this is absolutely true! Those 



.,..., ,, ,,^_,jr .. * varieties of seeds that cannot be pro- 



duced to the highest standard of excellence upon our own farms are raised under private contract, subject 

 to our personal inspection during growth in such sections of America and Europe as lorg experience has 

 shown to be best adapted to their proper development. We buy no seeds upon the open market - and yet 

 this rule occas.ona ly lias a necessary exception. The exception this season is in the case of Garden Peas, 

 tor the reason explained at bottom of page 80. 



With hearty thanks for your many courtesies during past years, and trusting that same friendly 

 spirit may continue, we remain. 



Sincerely and gratefully yours, 



Fifth Street Frantase of 



THE BURPEE BUILDING 



Erected in 1 898 



Our Philadelphia Hecdquarters 



^niiSvRirAn^'*T?/Di/^.'°"^/' ^*T °'"" ^^'^^^^ FORDHOOK FARMS, Bucks County, Pa. 

 SUNNYBROOK FARM in New Jersey, and The New BURPEE RANCH in California. 



fadin/Americrn S.l?r.?,l '° f "V'°° '° ?n' 'f "' <=^ta'°g- BURPEE'S FARM ANNUAL FOR J9J0. If you do not receive a 

 ke for^heT- sepi, fn. n!t .h^ , '^ 'T"^ ^°' tT^ ^f "" ^J "• ^' "'^ ^^'"^ «•"«' « V"" appreciate quality in seeds and are willing 

 fBLUE LIST HOK llm .^° •" f' ''f t'''"^'', ^^T^'^ *" =^"^ y°" ^''° (provided you are a market gardener or florist) a copy 

 s BLUt Lisl »-OK 1910-the most complete wholesale catalog for those who plant for profit. 



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 excel m quality rather than to compete m price. Shall we send you one or both catalogs ? h- S 



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