David Burpee examining many thousand plants of Marigolds A section of the Vegetable Seed Trials on Burpee’s 
with odorless foliage Fordhook, Farms 
Burpee’s Famous Seed Farms 
and Experimental Grounds 
Hundreds of acres of 
flowers are grown for 
seed each year on Bur¬ 
pee’s Floradale Farms. 
Picture above shows 
Marigolds. Asters and 
Zinnias 
Floradale Farms comprise hun¬ 
dreds of acres in the fertile Lom¬ 
poc Valley, California—50 miles 
north of Santa Barbara. Seeds 
grown here have exceptional 
vigor, high vitality, and hardi¬ 
ness which assure sturdy growth 
and successful blooming wherever 
grown. Mild winters and long, 
cool summers are especially fa¬ 
vorable for growing flower seeds. 
Plants have a long growing sea¬ 
son and mature their seed during 
the dry, cool summer and fall. 
Experimental work as well as 
seed growing is continually going 
on at Floradale. We are proud 
of the many new and valuable 
varieties we have originated on Flor 
adale Farms; particularly notable 
arethe Double Nasturtiums, Giant 
Ruffled Sweet Peas, Marigolds 
with Odorless Foliage, fertile 
hybrid Marigolds, new colors 
and shapes in Petunias, New 
Giant Chrysanthemum - like 
David Burpee Zinnias, and 
many more lovely flowers. 
Fordhooli Farms—a partial view of 
Lettuce and other vegetables in the 
test bloclis 
At Fordhook Farms, many spe¬ 
cial strains of vegetables and 
flowers are produced. Here also 
are the largest and most com¬ 
plete Trial or Proving grounds 
in the world. Every variety of 
seed that we sell is tested for 
purity and vitality. In addition, 
we try out hundreds of varieties 
from foreign countries, making 
careful comparisons, and by 
hybridization and selection we 
are constantly improving the 
Quality of existing varieties and 
creating new ones. All this is done 
so that only the Best varieties 
and the Best Seeds that Grow 
can be offered to Burpee cus¬ 
tomers wherever they may be. 
Fordhook ” long ago became a 
well-known and well-loved name 
among gardeners everywhere, 
for many of the famous Burpee 
introductions are named for 
the great Fordhook Farms— 
the original Burpee Seed 
Farms—located at Doyles- 
town, near Philadelphia. 
A partial view of the experimental work, with 
flowers on Burpee’s Floradale Seed Farms 
Making notes of Burpee’s New Table Talk 
Tomato at Fordhook Farms 
