Girls hand pollinating Giant Petunias 
on Burpee's Floradale Seed Farms. 
Zinnias 
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Experimental Grounds and Famous Seed Farms 
At Burpee’s Fordhook Farms, near Philadelphia, and Floradale Seed Farms, Lompoc, California, 
a vast amount of experimental work is carried on each year to improve existing varieties of vegetables 
and flowers and to create new ones. Pages could be written of the work we have accomplished. 
On Fordhook Farms many special strains are produced, in addition to which a large acreage is 
utilized mostly for growing, testing and insuring the trueness-to-type of all the seeds we send out. 
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Fordhook. Farms—every variety of 
seed that we sell is tested for purity 
and vitality. 
At Floradale Farms plants grow 
to perfection under ideal climatic 
conditions—mild winters and long, 
cool, dry summers are favorable for 
the production of the Best Seeds 
that Grow. Here, too, is carried on 
an intensive breeding program as 
well as much experimental work— 
all to give you seeds of the Highest 
Quality and Vitality. 
Burpee’s Seeds are grown where 
conditions are most favorable for 
producing the best seeds. They will 
grow to perfection wherever they 
are sown. Because we specialize in 
seeds and operate our own seed¬ 
growing farms, we can quote the 
Lowest Prices for seeds that have a 
reputation for unsurpassed excel¬ 
lence. Allow us to serve you on 
Merit; allow us to sell you seeds to 
your Profit. 
Fordhook Farms—a partial view of 
Lettuce and other vegetables in the 
test blocks. 
Burpee Buildings, Philadelphia, where all orders for Burpee Seeds and Bulbs are filled. 
