Kach Lot of Seed is Tested for Vitality 
in the Fordliook Greenhouses 
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A Few of the 22.000 Individual Tests on Fordhook— 
The Largest and Most Complete Trial Grounds in America 
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When in Pennsylvania, visit our Fordhook Farms—When in California, visit our Floradale Farms 3 
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Our Forilliook Seed Farms 
Doylestown, Pennsylvania 
The greatest responsibility devolving upon us, and the 
most exacting part of our business, is the testing for 
viability and trueness-to-type of many thousands of 
varieties of both vegetables and flowers before we offer 
them to our customers. 
Fordhook is now internationally famous as the largest 
and most complete Trial and Experimental Farm in the 
world, comprising in all 800 acres. Under the direction 
of a staff of experts of long experience, many improved 
strains of both vegetables and flowers have been evolved 
and introduced to the American gardener. 
Besides this plant breeding work, all Burpee’s seeds sent 
out are thoroughly tested, so that they may have the 
backing of the Famous ltiirpce l>iiarun(e(t 
(see page 2). 
Every year some 22,000 individual tests 
are made and the results carefully tabu¬ 
lated. Each strain is carefully com¬ 
pared with all other strains of the same 
variety in cultivation. 
Fordhook Farms are located within an 
hour’s drive from Philadelphia. They 
are 24 miles directly north of Philadel¬ 
phia, adjoining highway Route 611 
leading from Philadelphia to Doyles¬ 
town and Easton, and thence into the 
Poconos. You are cordially invited to 
visit Fordhook. 
Other Burpee Seed Farms 
Sanford, Fla. Lansing, MicH. 
Twin Falls, Idaho 
Ideally Located at Lompoc, Calif. 
Floradale has been christened “The California Home of 
Flowers," so widespread has the fame of our western 
flower-seed farm and seed-breeding station become. 
Many* thousands visit Floradale every year to experi¬ 
ence the pleasure of viewing acres upon acres of thou¬ 
sands of varieties of flowers spread out as far as the eye 
can reach. There are Petunias, Zinnias, Snapdragons, 
Asters, and of course that great Burpee soecialty, Sweet 
Peas—hundreds of acres of them in the fertile Lonjpoc ■ 
Valley where the rich deep soil, the equable climate, 
and copious dews combine to endow the seeds grown 
here with exceptional vigor and vitality. 
Floradale is considered by many as one of the wonder- 
sights of America, and if any of our friends should go to 
California they can be assured of a cordial welcome. 
Young Tomato Plants in the Frames at Fordhook— 
Fordhook Tomatoes are World Renow ned for Their Oualit\ 
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The illustrations below show on the right 
acres of Petunias growing for stock seed, 
and on the left a large section used for 
growing Candytuft for the same purpose. 
Both are views of our Floradale Seed 
Farms at Lompoc, Calif. 
