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2. Fordhook Farm - Wikipedia

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   It encompasses 12 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures. They include the houses, barn, spring house, ice house, carriage house, "farm house," "cottage" and seed house, and two greenhouses. The main house is constructed of fieldstone, and the oldest section pre-dates 1798. Washington Atlee Burpee (1858-1915) purchased the farm in ...

3. Fordhook Farm's Burpee Open offers behind-the-scenes ... - AOL

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   Fordhook Farm, a historic property in Doylestown Township, will holds its annual Burpee Open on July 27, 2024. The event includes food trucks, live music, horticultural speakers, garden shops and ...

4. Washington Atlee Burpee - Wikipedia

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   In 1878, Burpee dropped his partner and founded W. Atlee Burpee & Company. The company soon switched to primarily garden seed, but live poultry wasn't dropped from the Burpee catalog until the 1940s. By 1888, the family home, Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania , was established as an experimental farm to test and evaluate new varieties ...

5. Burpee Seeds and Plants - Wikipedia

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   Jonathan Burpee, the founder's grandson, was the last Burpee family member to work for the company. [11] In 1998, Ball purchased the family farm, where notable varieties such as Iceberg lettuce and Big Boy tomato were bred, to renovate and establish the property as a horticultural center. The seeds Burpee produces are almost exclusively grown ...

6. Heronswood (botanical garden) - Wikipedia

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   After the 2012 sale of the Heronswood Nursery Company, Burpee retained rights to sell Heronswood cultivars. The primary Burpee display and trial gardens are presently located on the Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Fordhook Farm is the original home and gardens of seed pioneer Washington Atlee Burpee. [13]

7. George Ball (American businessman) - Wikipedia

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   "Burpee's Fordhook Farm: A visit to one of the world's leading seed breeding companies" Cleveland Plain Dealer September 15, 2016 "Free flower seed packets remind of Lady Bird Johnson's legacy" Chicago Tribune May 24, 2016 "Growing bountiful tomatoes a Sacramento tradition, obsession" The Sacramento Bee February 17, 2016

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9. File:Burpee's farm annual 1893 (1893) (20501427622).jpg

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