. Burpee's farm annual 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. A GLANCE INSIDE A GREAT SEED HOUSE. 477 North Fifth Street and 476 and 478 York Avenue, and au additional storaf;e warehouse on Third Street. l)elow Nuhle. A day recently spent l)y an IX(iriKKK representative iu in- vestigating every nook and recess ol' tliis vast husiness revealed a larjie number of most interesting details and showed pretty conclu- sively just why it is that the name of Burpee has attiiined such rank among a
. Burpee's farm annual 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. A GLANCE INSIDE A GREAT SEED HOUSE. 477 North Fifth Street and 476 and 478 York Avenue, and au additional storaf;e warehouse on Third Street. l)elow Nuhle. A day recently spent l)y an IX(iriKKK representative iu in- vestigating every nook and recess ol' tliis vast husiness revealed a larjie number of most interesting details and showed pretty conclu- sively just why it is that the name of Burpee has attiiined such rank among agricultural comuuinities as synonymous with the utmost purity and vitality in all kinds of seeds and the utmost conscientiousness and fair dealing ill the handling and transmission of them. The firm's motto is, "Burpee's Seeds Grow," and the preservation and fultillmeat of this unique motto is the animating principle iu every process of the business, not only at Fordhook Farm, but la the big Fifth Street warehouse as well. The of furnishing pure and vital seeds to thousands of customers througliout the world is such a vast and intricate one that no outsider can possibly grasp it at a superficial glance ; therefore, in get- ting material for the pres- ent article The Inquiker representative took up tlie various stages of the busi- ness .seriatim, and, with the aid of the courteous heads of departments in the great warehouse, fol- lowed the orders of differ- ent of customers from the time they en- tered the building until they left it. THE HIGGEST MAIL IN PHILADELPHIA. The business of the day begins in the Post Office at 8 o'clock in tlie morn- ing, when the first and heaviest mail is obtained. W. Atlee Burpee & Co. receive the largest daily manaqs mail of any business house in Philadelphia. This first or morning delivery frequently mounts up into the neighborhood of .5000 pieces. The work of conveying this iiuinense amount of matter from Ninth an
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