Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-03-16
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Of Philadel'
phia, Pa, the Champion Seed Grow
ers of America-Their Unparal-
leled Success and Why They
Sell Such Immense Guam
titles of Seeds.

EDITORS KEowEE COURIER: Az
the time for gardening is near al
hand, will you kindly allow the space
. in your columns for one who can
from experience, inform such of your
readers as expect to engage in the
business Of gardening, either for pro-
fit or pleasure, where it would be to
their interests to obtain their sup
plies of seeds? 1t is from the well
established and reliable firm of W.
Atlee Burpee & Co., OF Philadel-
Iphia, Pa. Those who buy from this
firm will not only get seeds that are
fresh and pure, but such as are true
to name and exactly as represented.
Some persons think it wise econ
omy to save their own seeds and a
useless expenditure OF money to buy,
but the experience of the most sue
cessful gardeners proves this to be a
mistake, as seeds saved from our
earliest and finest vegetables do net
mature so well and cannot equal
those that come from colder eli
I
mate The small amounts OF money
We individually pay for seeds each
year is . very little matter, but if
those seeds prove faulty or imma-
ture, which is sometimes tn case,
and we take into account our lv.~ nf
time and labor, the use of the land
and value of the fertilizers, then,
worse than all, the disappointment
and failure to obtain the crops we
desired, it amounts in the aggregate
to a loss indeed. Good seeds alone
can produce good crops, and few
things are more annoying or more
productive of disappointment than
''nsA- that are false or irhpure.-
To begin With: II w
Atlce Burpee & Co. is not only expe-
rienced, but mas ample means and
every facility that human ingenuity
and skill can devise for carrying on
their work. As to their honorable
dealing and reliability their numer-
Gus customers, scattered throughout
all the States and Territories, will
testify.
Fordhook Farm is the name of
their extensive grounds, where are
raised their immense Supplies OF
seeds of every kind, their various
grains and grasses, their rare plants
and beautiful flowers, their pure
poultry and thoroughbred stock.
Let us, in imagination, pay visit
to Fordhook during the busy season.
What scene presents itself; what
vast collection OF seeds; what
variety Of rare plants and ornamen-
tai vines; what lovely flowers;
what an exhibit OF fancy poultry
and blooded stock; the varied i'm
plements, the numerous machines,
the systematic arrangement in every
department, the busy action in every
nook and corner, all tell the story of
grand success. Science there IS COM
bined with capital and skilled labor.
Where else can you find such groups
Of happy, contented ard well-tralned
workers: Where else such varied
machinery for saving mans work? !?
And yet, as an evidence Of the amount
OF work done, the Philadelphia haqui-
rer says that from 125 to $50 hands
are engaged in handling the seeds
alone.
1t has been said that the wild
strawberry and the sour grape, by
scientific training and culture, may
become the finest of fruits. The
growing Of seeds is with Burpec Il
Co. science, the success of which
they may we'll be proud, as they have
but few equals and no superlors.
Seeds are brought by them from
Europe and Asia, from South Ame-
rica, from far away Russia and China,
from every region and every climate,
! but in no case are such seeds cata-
/ logued or offered for sale until they
have been thoroughly tested in their
trial grounds, which grounds are
admirably arranged and used for this
purpose alone. The object OF this
is to experiment with all known
seeds, acclimate them, if possible,
then retain and develop those that
are adapted to American soils. In
this way some Of the finest seeds in
the world have been obtained.
Some years ago an employee OF
the firm, an intelligent Chinaman,
was sent to travel through the inte-
rior of his native country for the pur-
pose of collecting seeds, but of the
variety he succeeded in getting, none
of them, on being thoroughly tested,
were found to be suitable to Ameri-
can gardens, except some squashes,
which the firm styled the Der Wing
squash, in honor of its discoverer.
This firm every year distributes
gratuitously among their customers
thousands OF packets Of untrled seeds
novelties" they term them-but
in no instance will they offer them
for sale or assume any responsibility
rosnactinor 4hem IT. is an established