Burpee'’s ApecKHooe 
IN PENNSYLVANIA 














Fordhook is the best known 
seed farm in the world and was 
established before the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture had 
any experiment stations. 
All Burpee Seeds and Bulbs 
are tested annually at Ford- 
hook and, in addition, breeding 
is carried on extensively to im- 
prove existing varieties and to 
create new ones. Breeding, 
selection and _ experimental 
work, as well as seed growing, 
are the most exacting parts of 
our business. 
Some of today’s best vege- 
tables were named after Bur- 
pee’s Fordhook Farms, notably 
Fordhook Bush Lima, Ford- 
hook Celery, Fordhook Pepper 
and many others. 
Two of the Burpee vegetable experts comparing and carefully 
noting onion varieties in the testing grounds at Fordhook Farms. 
Testing the new Giant Zinnias, Burpee 
Hybrids at Fordhook Farms. Records are kept 
throughout the yrowing season showing size 
and quantity of flowers, colors in the right 
proportion for the best effect, habit of plant 
growth and other details, in order to maintain 
the high standard of this wonderful zinnia and 
all other varieties of seeds offered by us. On 
this and the opposite page are a few pictures 
taken at our farms which we hope you will 
find interesting. 

This picture shows only a small 
part of the bush bean trials at 
Fordhook. It was here that we 
discovered Tender Pod, the 
most delicately flavored, the 
most tender and the most suc- 
culent green-pod bush bean for 
the home garden, canning and 
freezing. Matures early and is 
productive over a long period. 

BURPEE SEEDS GROW 
