BURPEE'S FAMOUS SEED FARMS 
More than 200 acres are planted to Sweet Peas every year for seed production at Floradale. Besides Sweet Peas, 
there are acres upon acres of other k.inds of flowers at Floradale. 
Fordhook 
Farms 
“Fordhook” long ago became a 
well-known and well-loved name 
among gardeners everywhere, for 
many of the famous Burpee intro¬ 
ductions are named for the great 
Fordhook Farms — the original 
Burpee Seed Farms—located at 
Doylestown, near Philadelphia. 
At Fordhook, many special strains 
of vegetables and flowers are pro¬ 
duced. Here also are the largest 
and most complete Trial or Proving 
grounds in the world. Every variety 
of seed that we sell is tested for pur¬ 
ity and vitality. In addition, we 
try out hundreds of varieties from 
foreign countries, making careful 
comparisons, and by hybridization 
and selection we are constantly im¬ 
proving the Quality of existing va¬ 
rieties and creating new ones. This 
vast amount of experimental work 
goes on year in and year out at Ford¬ 
hook, as well as at Floradale Farms, 
so that the Best varieties and the 
Best Seeds that Grow can be offered 
to Burpee customers. 
Floradale 
Farms 
With its hundreds of acres of flowers, 
spreading out in a glorious pano¬ 
rama, Floradale Farms has been 
appropriately called, “The Cali¬ 
fornia Home of Flowers.’’ Like 
Fordhook, Floradale has given its 
name to many flowers which Burpee 
has originated. 
Floradale Farms are located in the 
Lompoc Valley, California—60 miles 
north of Santa Barbara. Seeds 
grown here have exceptional vigor, 
high vitality, and hardiness which 
assure sturdy growth and successful 
blooming wherever grown. Mild 
winters and long, cool summers are 
especially favorable for growing 
flower seeds. Plants have a long 
growing season and mature their 
seed during the dry, cool summer 
and fall; the seed maturity is not 
hurried—it matures leisurely into 
the biggest, plumpest seeds it is pos¬ 
sible to grow. Experimental work 
as well as seed growing is continually 
going on at Floradale; we are proud 
of the many new and valuable va¬ 
rieties we have originated on Flora- 
dale Farms. 
David Burpee examining the new Tip Top 
Calendula on our Floradale Seed Farms. 
At Fordhook Farms, thousands of tests are made annually of both Flowers and Vegetables to assure Burpee customers 
the Highest Quality and Highest Vitality Seeds—the Best Seeds that Grow. 
