. Burpee's 1902 farm annual : vegetable, flower and farm seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. A Hill of BURPEE'S "Great divide,"—from a Photo»i ap'i. Main-Crop Potato,— Burpee's Great t Divide. The most desirable main-crop variety, being the strongest in growth, the heaviest yielding, finest keeping, and best shipping late' variety in cultivation. The vines are wonderfully vigorous, nearly blight and insect proof, quite stiffly erect, and the tubers lie closely together in the hill, admitt
. Burpee's 1902 farm annual : vegetable, flower and farm seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. A Hill of BURPEE'S "Great divide,"—from a Photo»i ap'i. Main-Crop Potato,— Burpee's Great t Divide. The most desirable main-crop variety, being the strongest in growth, the heaviest yielding, finest keeping, and best shipping late' variety in cultivation. The vines are wonderfully vigorous, nearly blight and insect proof, quite stiffly erect, and the tubers lie closely together in the hill, admitting of close planting and con- tinued cultivation in good ground. Very abun- dant deep-green foliage capable of withstanding heat and drought. The tubers are very, hand- some ; oblong, thick, and round in form, hold- ing thickness well out to the ends; few and very shallow eyes; skin pure white, quite thin but'firm and tough, readily pared with a mini- mum of waste, while the table quality is of the choicest, the flesh being pure white, dry, and floury. It cooks finely and very quickly, with a delicious nutty flavor. In good soil the tubers all grow to large size with very few, if any, seconds. The testimonials we have received from purchasers of this variety in previous sea- sons show that it succeeds over a wide range of territory and under most varied conditions. Prices the same as quoted above for Burpee's Extra Early. Quick Mails Make Near Neighbors of vis a. 11. Some sort of idea may be formed of the scope of the business done by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., when it is known that over 6000 pieces of mail matter containing orders for seeds, plants, etc., fre- quently pour into the big Philadelphia warehouse in one day. In these days of fast mails the products of Fordhook are but a short distance from every man's door, and the firm's books show that in the United States alone W. Atlee Burpee & Co. have business correspondents at 59,352 post orifices. In addition, the
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