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2. Burpee Seeds and Plants - Wikipedia

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   W. Atlee Burpee & Company was founded in 1876 by Washington Atlee Burpee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after starting a mail-order chicken business in 1876.The company expanded to selling garden seeds, farm supplies, tools and hogs after customers began asking for seeds they had grown in their native farms.

3. Washington Atlee Burpee - Wikipedia

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   In another break with tradition, Burpee eliminated cultural information and put in testimonial letters and plant descriptions. At Burpee's death in 1915, the company had 300 employees, and it was the largest seed company in the world. At that time the Burpee company distributed over 1 million catalogs a year and received 10,000 orders a day.

4. List of seed packet companies - Wikipedia

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   Burpee Seeds, established in 1876; D. Landreth Seed Company, established 1784; Fedco Seeds, established in 1978; Ferry-Morse Seed Company, established in 1856; Gurney's Seed and Nursery Company, established in 1866; Harris Seeds, established in 1879 [5] [6] [7] Hudson Valley Seed Company, established in 2009 [8] [9] J.W. Jung Seed Company ...

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

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   Burpee, a well-known garden, seed and plant company, was founded in Philadelphia in 1876 under the name W. Atlee Burpee Company. Burpee later purchased the 60-acre property on New Britain Road in ...

6. Gurney's Seed and Nursery Company - Wikipedia

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   Upon Charles W. Gurney's death in 1913, his sons and nephew continued the seed and nursery business. In 1919, Deloss Butler Gurney, one of the Colonel's sons, became CEO. The company diversified and grew quickly. By 1924, the Gurney seed house was one of the largest in the world, receiving orders from 46 of the 50 states and many foreign ...

7. List of companies of the United States by state - Wikipedia

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   Burpee Seeds ; Cephalon ; Charming Shoppes ; Conestoga Wood Specialties ; Crayola LLC , also makers of Silly Putty; David's Bridal (Conshohocken) Dentsply International ; Dick's Sporting Goods ; Eat'n Park ; Eclat Chocolate; Equitable Resources; Erie Insurance Group; FMC Corp.