FORDHOOK FARMS PENNSYLVANIA * FLORADALE FARMS, CALIFORNIA 
If there is any farm more famous than all other farms in the world, it is Burpee’s Fordhook, near 
Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. This experimental farm was founded by W. Atlee Burpee before the 
United States Government had any experiment 
stations. The next most famous and best known. 
farm in the entire world is probably Floradale, 
near Santa Barbara, California. Just a few 
views of parts of these two farms are pictured 
on this page. Everything in the way of se- 
lecting and breeding is done so that only 
the Best varieties and the Best Seeds that 
Grow can be offered to Burpee customers 
wherever they may be. 











On Fordhook Farms at Doylestown, near Philadelphia, this 
section is devoted to Victory vegetable gardens for the school 
children under the guidance of Burpee vegetable experts. 
Our vegetable experts, Condit and Pride, are care- 
tad fully examining and making notes of the table beet 
Sie ee é, He a - ; trials on Burpee’s Floradale Farms. 



All kinds of flowers that grow from seed are tested 
each year. The above picture shows only a small 
section of the flower trials at Fordhook Farms. 
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Many years ago we started in to train women ¢o raise : acreage jg ‘s h nest ae Floradale Farms 
vegetable seeds on Floradale. They have become very ow devoted to 7 sceds, although 
proficient; this picture shows them harvesting leek seed. vegetab] 
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BURPEE’S SEED HOUSES — PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA x CLINTON, IOWA 
