The final judging of the ‘White Marigold”’ trials at Floradale Farms on August 19, 
1955; left to right are David Burpee, Dr. Leonard H. Pollard, Head of the Depart- 
ment of Horticulture, Utah State Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, and Dr. V. T. 
Stoutemeyer, Chairman of the Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horti- 
culture, University of California. 
In the Burpee catalog for 1954, Burpee offered $10,000 for the first 
seeds that would grow a white marigold (seeds to be sent us before 
January 1, 1955). Such seeds as were sent us were grown on our Flora- 
dale Farms, summer of 1955. The first judging was on July 20, 1955 
(see picture on page 1); the final judging on August 19, 1955 (see 
picture above). 
After carefully examining all of the trial rows grown from seed sent 
in by 204 gardeners from 38 states and Hawaii, the judges unani- 
mously agreed that no white marigold appeared. Therefore, no $10,000 
award was made this year.and Burpee repeats the offer: 
$10,000 for a White Marigold 
Burpee will pay you $10,000 if you are the first person who sends us 
seeds that grow the first White Marigold as big as Man-in-the-Moon 
Marigold and as white as Snowstorm Petunia. Complete details are 
on page 1. 
BURPEE’S MARIGOLD GARDEN — 
Nearest-to-White Marigolds in Mixture, cream and palest yellow : 
shades of carnation, chrysanthemum and peony-like shapes 
Mammoth Mum, huge, light sulfur-yellow, fluffy chrysanthemum-like 
flowers made up of numerous finely cut and intertwined petals 
Burpee’s Sun Giants, extra large flowers of different -shapes; pale 
primrose to deep orange with some exquisite bicolors 
Frills, vivid golden orange, frilly carnation-like flowers; foliage is free of 
the usual marigold odor 
Rusty Red, a wonderful dwarf double French, rusty red marigold 
Sunny, most popular, dwarf single French bright yellow marigold 
$1 
4784— SPECIAL: One pkt. each of these six different and lovely 
kinds of Burpee marigolds, 6 pkts. in all, value $1.60 for only 
22 W. ATLEE BURPEE CO., Seed Growers and Breeders 
4364 Burpee’s 
Nearest-to-White Marigolds 
Pictured on the front cover = 
To help you find a pure white marigold, we now — 
offer for the first time the Nearest-to-White 
Marigolds in Mixture. These include new t 
hybrids and the best selections we have been 
able to make of the palest yellow and cream 
colors in all kinds of African Marigolds, includ- 
ing Carnation, Chrysanthemum, and Peony — 
flower types. Because some of themare hybrids 
there will be great variation in color, as wellas 
in other respects, and you will have some won- i 
derful flowers in your garden that no one has 
ever seen before. Nearest-to-White Muarigolds — 
are the most sensational new flowersfor1956. 
Pkt. (100 seeds) 25¢; 46 oz. $1.00; 
1% oz. $1.85; 14 oz. $3.50 | 
4151 Marigold, Man-in-the-Moon Pkt. 25¢ 
4151 Man-in-the-Moon 
The variety nearest to white ze 3 
The vigorous plants grow to a height of 3 ft. — F. 
and bear an abundance of attractive, solid, ~ Be 
round, carnation-like blooms composed of — f 
broad, crisply ruffled, taffeta-like, pale moon- 
yellow petals with much lighter highlights. 
Excellent for garden display and cutting. oe 
Pkt. 25¢; 146 oz. $1.00; %oz. $1.85 
£ Bs 
3233 Marigolds on Parade® 
Special mixture of different named tall double mari- 
golds, including those with odorless foliage, tetra, as 
well as double hybrids. A glorious display of orange, 
yellow and red shades from early summer until frost. 
Showy in the garden and highly prized for cut flowers. 
Strong, bushy plants 2% ft. tall. An excellent oppor- 
tunity to grow the many different kinds of Burpee 
marigolds for a wide variety of cut flowers at low cost. r 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. 85¢;. oz. $1.50 
4163 Sun Giants Marigold _ 
Flowers are very large, many 414 in. across. They are 
mostly of the carnation type, others sponge-like; the 
two types form a most harmonious blend with a sur- 
prisingly high percentage of full double blooms. Al- 
though the flowers are immense, they are not coarse, 
but most graceful in appearance. Color range is won- — 
derful, varying from pale primrose, deep primrose and 
buffy primrose through many tones of yellow and ~ 
golden including golden orange, deep orange, as well _ 
as exquisite bicolors. Prized for cutting. Plants are 
free blooming and grow 3 to 3% ft. tall. ee 
Pkt. 25¢; % oz. $1.00; 14 0z. $1.75 — 
Sunset Giants. Grow Burpee’s Sun Giants which _ 
are much better. ; 5 
