. Burpee's farm annual 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. WHERE AND HOW SEEDS ARE GROWN. sleek, plump "Fordhook" horses, and being put thoroughly at ease by Manager Earl, who handles the reins. For courtesy is one of the prevailing characteristics at "Fordhook," and the visitor finds everywhere a delightful hospi- tality and attention from the genial head of the firm down to the workers in the fields. A DELIGHTFUL SECTION OF COUNTRY. The northeast portion of the f
. Burpee's farm annual 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. WHERE AND HOW SEEDS ARE GROWN. sleek, plump "Fordhook" horses, and being put thoroughly at ease by Manager Earl, who handles the reins. For courtesy is one of the prevailing characteristics at "Fordhook," and the visitor finds everywhere a delightful hospi- tality and attention from the genial head of the firm down to the workers in the fields. A DELIGHTFUL SECTION OF COUNTRY. The northeast portion of the farm lying nearest Doylestown is a beautiful, shady piece of woodland, which, in spite of the value of every rod of ground for growing purposes, Mr. Burpee is determined shall always remain woodland. At the western entrance to the farm stands "The Cottage," the trim, neat summer residence of Mr. Burpee and his family, surrounded by sloping lawns studded with beds of bright flowers, and looking out across a magnificent stretch of green valleys and far-away blue hills to the south. Not far away is a little two-story structure, where is loca- ted the office, and this is the best point from which to start off and " do " the farm. Olose at hand are the green houses used for starting early, ten- der seed, such as toma- toes and peppers, in the spring, and alongside of these are rows of frames, where the young seed- lings are ushered off and given their first start in life before being trans- planted to the open fields. Down the southward slope from the office, where they will get the full effects of the sun, are acre after acre of the humble but succulent bean, for the growing of which the Burpee house has a great reputation, especially in the production of new varieties However homely the subject, a field of beans is a picturesque sight when seen as here, where the rows are planted with the most mathematical accuracy, four feet apart each way. In the midst of the
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