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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
February 5, 1910. 
The Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade in the World 
This is an acknowledged fact and there must be a “reason why”. There are other firms that issue more costly 
catalogs and send out “ drummers ” to seek trade, while we are exclusively a Mail-Order House • 
Therefore, the reason must be in quality of the seeds delivered and character of the service rendered. 
We travel many thousands of miles each season to inspect growing crops which are produced for us 
under special contracts throughout America and Europe,—-and spend much time also in making selection of 
stock seed upon our own farms,—but never travel a single mile to solicit an order! We want your trade, 
however, if you appreciate The Burpee-Quality in Seeds! 
“Seeds that Grow” of the Burpee-Quality 
Cost more but are worth more than the difference in cost! Of seeds it is always true 
that “the Best is the Cheapest,”—and that is one reason why we have maintained 
the Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade in the World. To prove to others that QUALITY 
COUNTS and to demonstrate the value of the New BURPEE SPECIALTIES we now offer 
Any “Four of the Finest” Novelties for 1910,— 
Your Own Choice,—Mailed for Only 25 Cents! 
Separately the thirteen varieties named below each 
cost (excepting Fordhool j Melon ) 15 cts. per pkt., — 
but you can select any Four varieties for 25 cts. 
(silver or stamps), while we will mail any Nine 
varieties for 50 cts., or all Thirteen for 75 cts. 
Separately these thirteen at prices “ per pkt 
amount to $1.90. 
“ Giant-Podded ” Pole Lima. 
An entirely new and most remarkable variety, now 
first offered for advance trials in connection with 
$427.50 in Cash Prizes. We will pay $ioo for a 
suitable name! It is the largest seeded and largest 
podded of all Limas,— see illustration herewith from 
a photograph. For Colored Plate, history, and descrip¬ 
tion,— see Burpee's New Annual for 1910 . Per pkt. 
15 cts.; 14 pint 30 cts.; l fz pint 50 cts. 
Burpee’s Nameless Bush 
D _ This is also quite unique and 
Dean, we will pay $ioo for a suitable 
name,—also other liberal cash prizes for 
1910. It is the "Best of Alt," —superior 
to Burpee's Stringless Green-Pod. and is 
White - seeded. For illustrations from 
photographs and full particulars see 
Burpee's Annual for 1910 . Seed very 
scarce. Per pkt. {only 30 Beans !) 15 cts. 
Burpee - Improved Bush 
I itna The pods, truly enormous in size, 
DllTla.. are borne early and abundantly 
on strong upright bushes. Per pkt. (two 
ounces) 15 cts.; V2 pint 25 cts.; pint 45 cts. 
Fordhook Bush 
stiffly erect Bush form of the popular “ 
Lima. Both pods and beans are twice the size 
the Kumerle, while the “fat” beans are of the 
same delicious flavor as Burpee's Bush Lima. Per 
pkt. 15 cts.; V2 pint 25 cts.; pint 40 cts., postpaid. 
Earliest Catawba Sweet Corn. 
A real rival to our famous Golden Bantam , —both in ex¬ 
treme earliness and surpassingly delicious flavor. Some 
planters say it is even better than Bantam! For illustra¬ 
tions, description and “ reports,”—see Burpee's Annual for 
1910 . Per pkt. 15 cts.; V2 pint 30 cts.; pint 50 cts., postpaid. 
“Wayahead” Lettuce. 
most solid and surest-heading of all 
Lettuces. Per pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 45 cts. 
So named because 
it is the earliest , 
early “Butterhead” 
Fordhook Musk Melon. 
thick golden-red flesh of exquisite flavor. A better shipper 
thru our original Netted Gem.— The “ Rocky Ford ” Melon,— 
and as sweet as our famous Bmerald Gem! Per pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 30 cts,____ 
The fact that the Burpee business is a record of 
continuous yearly growth is almost as much in 
evidence as the truth of the firm’s famous motto 
that “ Burpee’s Seeds Grow.” 
And who can place a limit to the growth of the 
Burpee business so long as its inspiring aim con¬ 
tinues to be that of its founder—“ Never to attempt 
to compete merely in price but aim always to supply only 
the best seed it is possible to produce.” Value for value 
must finally obtain in all transactions of successful business, 
and one reason why W. Atlee Burpee & Co. have had 
for many years the largest mail-order seed trade in the 
world is doubtless because they have always made QUALITY 
their first consideration. Even in “ lean years,” when 
business barely paid expenses, they have steadily resisted 
the temptation to cut down the cost of production when such 
reduction would mean a cheapening in quality. They have 
always appreciated the truth of the time-worn idiom, that in 
seeds, at least for the planter, “ the best is the cheapest.”— 
From The Florists’ Exchange, New York, June 5, 1909. 
Burpee’s “Dwarf- 
Giant” Tomato. IsoS 
and the tomatoes so heavy that they 
might be described “ solid as a rock!" It 
is the most nearly seedless of all toma¬ 
toes. Of handsome dwarf, erect growth, 
the bushes produce enormous crops of 
the most beautiful tomatoes which are 
truly gigantic in size and absolutely 
unequaled in delicious flavor. Per pkt. 
15 cts.; 14 oz. 40 cts.; oz. $1.50. 
African “Golden- 
Orange” Daisy jj£gZi 
Aurantiaca). As easily grown as any common 
annual,—this is entirely unique in color and 
most strikingly beautiful ! It has created a 
sensation wherever seen and you can get some 
idea of its rare beauty from the colored plate in 
Burpee's New Annual for 1910 . Per pkt. 15 cts. 
New Giant-Flowered Mig- 
Burpee’s Special Blend of 
noneLieS. Goliath. Gray , Red , and White 
Giants. —each bearing great massive spikes of 
delicious fragrance, ana never before equaledl 
Per pkt. 15 cts. 
‘Variegated-Queen” Nastur- 
Finmc ' n Superb Mixture for 1910. Of tall 
UUII18 growth, bearing flowers of many bright 
colors. The leaves are so beautifully variegated 
, with yellow, white and green that the plants 
woulcf be worthy of culture even for foliage 
alone. Per pkt. 15 cts.; per oz. 35 cts. 
New “Spencer” Sweet Peas. 
Many colors of the gigantic waved and frilled 
“Spencers”—in unequaled mixture. These 
new seedlings of the true “orchid-flowered" 
crinkled type will give a rare treat to lovers of 
Sweet Peas. We won the only Gold Medal of 
the N. S. P. S. in London the past summer 
that was ever awarded outside of Great Britain 1 
Per pkt. 15 cts.; per oz. 45 cts.; 14 lb. $1.25. 
Giant - Flowered Pansies. 
As now improved for 1910, this Special New 
Burpke-Blend is the best and most complete 
mixture of Truly Giant-jlowered Pansies 
ever offered. Per pkt. 15 cts., 
75 Cts. 
buys all the above Thirteen 
Packets, or you can select any 
Four for 25 cts., or any Nine for 50 cts. 
Whether ready to order now 
or not, you should surely write for 
1876—1910 y 
Burpee s 
The Leading American 
Seed Catalog for 1910! 
An Elegant Book of 178 Pages, —it is 
“The Silent Salesman” of the World’s 
Largest Mail-Order Seed Trade. It tells the 
plain truth about the Best Seeds that can be 
grown,—as proved at our famous Fordhook 
Farms, —the largest and most complete Trial 
Groundsill America. Handsomely bound with covers 
lithographed in nine colors it shows, with the six colored 
plates, Nine Novelties and Specialties in un¬ 
equaled Vegetables, and five of the finest Beauti¬ 
ful New Flowers. A Safe Guide to success in 
the garden, it should be consulted by every one 
who plants, whether for pleasure or profit. It is 
mailed FREE to every one who has a garden and 
can appreciate Quality in Seeds. Shall we mail 
You a copy? If so, kindly write TO-DAY! 
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Burpee Building, Philadelphia. 
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We are 
Specialists 
in Seeds 
Our entire attention is 
devoted to producing and 
distributing Seeds,— 
Seeds only and only Seeds 
of the Best Quality. 
Our aim is to do this one 
thing well, —consequent¬ 
ly we do not handle 
Dutch bulbs, small fruits, 
nursery stock, nor other 
kindred lines such as fer¬ 
tilizers, implements and 
poultry supplies. We 
shall be pleased to have 
your order for Seeds and 
f^noTV that we can serve 
you well! At the same 
time we will gladly give 
any advice in our power 
as to your other horticul¬ 
tural requirements. 
The small illustration above 
shows the Fifth Street, and 
the one below York Avenue 
frontage of THE BURPEE 
BUILDING, our main city ware¬ 
house. Here we are pleased 
to welcome our customers 
when they may have occasion 
to visit Philadelphia and to give 
those interested an invitation to 
inspect our Pennsylvania and 
New Jersey Farms during the 
growing season. We have 
nothing to conceal in our 
business and are always glad 
to show everything of interest 
either in the city warehouses 
or on the farms. 
W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 
