Burpee’s Floradale Seed Farms 
Where the Big Sweet Peas Grow 
The Home of Burpee’s Flower Seed Farms and Breeding Stations 
Ideally Located at Lompoc, Calif, 
Seed Farms 
Acres upon acres of beautiful Sweet Peas, large areas of 
Giant Petunias, countless numbers of Snapdragons, Asters, 
Zinnias, etc., all grown under our own experts’ personal care. 
Breeding Plots 
Here we bring to perfection new varieties of flowers most 
of which require years to develop. Many of the finest 
novelties of today were originated at Lompoc. 
Floradale is so beautiful, with its acres and acres of colorful flowers, it is now familiarly known as “The California 
Home of Flowers.” No effort or expense is spared to produce what we believe are the finest flowers in the world. 
Visitors are always welcome. 
Growing Burpee’s Seeds 
Sweet Peas —Burpee’s Sweet Peas are famous the world over. 
Burpee’s Sweet Pea Fields cover many acres. 
Petunias —Over 200 varieties of Petunias are being grown 
this year, of which only the finest will be offered 
our customers. 
Hundreds of other varieties of flowers are also grown on these 
wonderful Farms. 
“Seeds that Grow.” “The best seeds that can be 
grown!” These well-known Burpee mottoes aptly 
express the ideals of the Burpee business since its 
beginning, fifty-nine years ago. They represent our 
standard of dealing with the many customers, our 
friends, who have made it possible for us to build up 
the largest mail order seed business in the world. 
To be absolutely sure that the seeds we sell are 
the very best that can be grown, many thousands 
of extensive trials are made at our two mammoth 
farms—Fordhook and Floradale. Our unusual 
facilities for extensive growing and testing enable 
us to see how the different varieties grow under 
various climatic conditions. 
“The California Home of Flowers” 
The first Spencer Sweet Pea in existence was 
brought to America by W. Atlee Burpee and 
grown in California. For the further development 
of Sweet Peas, which had long been a Burpee 
specialty, Floradale Farms were established. 
Large areas at Floradale are now devoted to the 
cultivation of many varieties of flowers, which 
here produce seeds that are healthier and hardier 
than could be grown elsewhere. Such vegetables 
as here develop the best and strongest seeds are 
also grown extensively. 
Sweet Teas at Floradale—the Waving Fields of Color Stretching Clear Across the Valley 
Acres of Beautiful ‘Petunias at Floradale 
Growing Candytuft for Seed at floradale 
When in California, visit our Floradale Farms 
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