Name/Title
"BURPEE'S ANNUAL 1927 SEED CATALOG"Entry/Object ID
2000.57.1.1Description
Color: Pink; Purple; Red; Yellow
"Burpee's Annual 1927," a seed catalog issued by the W. Atlee Burpee Company, 1926. The 172-page publication has an image of pink, purple and red flowers with their brand names next to them. At the top is the catalog title, a motto "SEEDS / THAT / GROW" is at the center left and the company name and location is at the bottom. On the spine is the title and the word "BULBS" at the bottom and "SEEDS" at the top. The back cover has an listing for asters with a model number, description and price in a box toward the bottom. Images of white, red, purple, pink, and purple flowers with their names fill up nearly the whole area. The inside front cover offers sweet corn and their is a lengthy description of the product with prices at the bottom. A small pink sheet is pasted onto the flysheet and offers a 10% discount on early orders. The flysheet contains a message from the company president and secretary-treasurer, both from the Burpee family. Following are descriptions and photographs of the company's three farms in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and California. Page 4 contains a guarantee of quality and statement on free delivery, while the next page provides vegetable planting dates and a list of "cultural" leaflets available free to customers. Product offerings commence on page 6 and include vegetables; fruits; herbs; peas and beans; corn; lawn grass; farm seeds; and flowers and roses (including a planting calendar). Descriptions, prices for variously sized packages, and photographs and drawings accompany the offerings. An index and two order forms are at the back. The cover is partially torn and there are creases and light soiling, and the artifact is in fair condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Catalogs, W. Atlee Burpee Company, Nurseries (Horticulture)--Philadelphia (Penn.), Nursery dealers--Philadelphia (Penn.), Nursery stock--Philadelphia (Penn.)