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Burpee’s FLORADALE FARMS 
The first Spencer Sweet Pea was brought to 
America by W. Atlee Burpee and grown in 
California for seed production. For the further 
development of sweet peas, the largest selling 
annual at that time and which had long been a 
Burpee specialty, Floradale Farms were founded 
in the Lompoc Valley, Santa Barbara County. 
Soon, other flowers were tried out at Flora- 
dale. Many produced seeds that were better 
than those grown elsewhere. Each year saw 
increased plantings—acres upon acres of beauti- 
ful sweet peas, petunias, marigolds, asters, 
zinnias, snapdragons, etc. No effort or expense 
is‘spared to produce the best seeds of the finest 
flowers and such vegetables as here produce 
strong, healthy seeds of the highest germination. 
Breeding, selection and experimental work, as 
well as seed growing, are continually going on at 
Floradale. Our Testing Grounds comprise many 
acres each year and give us outstanding new 
varieties of vegetables and flowers. On this and 
the opposite page are a few pictures taken at our 
farms which we hope you will find interesting. 
Others appear throughout the book. 
From Floradale we gave the world all mari- 
golds with odorless foliage, all hybrid marigolds, 
many prize-winning marigolds of various types; 
outstanding petunias for size, shape and never- 
before-seen colors; largest of all zinnias; new 
colors and new plant growth in California 
poppies; yellow colored single and ruffled cos- 
mos; gay gaillardias; extra-early asters; wonder- 
ful sweet peas; many, many more including the 
giant ruffled tetraploid snapdragons last year 
and, for this year, the first giant alldouble snap- 
dragon ever grown from seed along with dis- 
tinctive new petunias, marigolds, etc. 
It is a pleasure to know that our efforts to 
create new and better varieties are being so 
appreciated by our fellow gardeners. It is our 
intention to continue our leadership in giving 
you the newest and best for your garden. 
Our buildings in Philadelphia, Pa., and Clin- 
ton, Iowa, are especially equipped to handle your 
orders with speed and efficiency—for the quick- 
est service send to the Burpee Building nearer to 
you. No orders are filled at our farms. 


























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