{"product_id":"1901-burpees-farm-annual-quarter-century-edition","title":"1901 Burpee's Farm Annual, Quarter-Century Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a faithful facsimile reproduction of the 1901 Burpee's Farm Annual, the special \"Quarter-Century Edition\" issued by W. Atlee Burpee \u0026amp; Co. of Philadelphia to mark twenty-five years in business — from the firm's founding in the Centennial year of 1876 through the dawn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1901 Burpee was one of America's largest and best-known mail-order seed houses, running the vast Fordhook Farms trial grounds in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and shipping catalogs and seeds nationwide from its seven-story Philadelphia \"Burpee Building.\" This anniversary edition is unusually rich in historical content, and this facsimile preserves its cover art, decorative typography, photographs, and period advertising as Burpee's customers received it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlights include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe celebrated chromolithograph cover — a young woman in colonial-style dress with a flower basket, framed by the anniversary dates 1876 and 1901, reproduced from the original color printing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eW. Atlee Burpee's signed anniversary letter, \"To Our Friends, Our Customers,\" and the \"Quarter Century of Progress\" retrospective tracing the firm's growth from a 48-page pamphlet in 1876\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterior photographs of the Burpee Building — the seed-papering room, mail-order aisles, and freight and express departments — and the horse-drawn wagon \"ready for the post office\" loaded with 20,656 Farm Annuals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eViews of the Fordhook Farms trial grounds: vegetable and melon trials, flower fields, greenhouses, and cold frames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed retrospectives on twenty-five years of advancement in vegetable seeds (beans, peas, cabbage, melons, tomatoes and more) and flower seeds (asters, sweet peas, nasturtiums, cannas and more), naming Burpee's own famous introductions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrdering, remittance, and \"Burpee's Seeds Grow\" business pages — a candid window into 1900s mail-order commerce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a catalog reprint valued as advertising ephemera and horticultural history rather than a horticultural reference — a look at Victorian and turn-of-the-century flower and vegetable culture, early mail-order marketing, and one of America's landmark seed businesses at a milestone anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn essential reference for gardeners, seed-catalog and ephemera collectors, and historians of horticulture, advertising, American business, and Philadelphia \/ Bucks County history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e230 pages. 6\" x 9\". Full color. Paperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ExileBooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49872434921627,"sku":"Publishing 2026 \/ 358827929717","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/s-l1600_aaa80dcd-65a5-4fc0-9294-902289d0fe60.jpg?v=1792532171","url":"https:\/\/tangletownpress.com\/products\/1901-burpees-farm-annual-quarter-century-edition","provider":"Tangletown Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}