Burpee has developed tomato and pepper cultivars whose seeds can be planted directly in the garden, instead of using transplants. Burpee's new tomato varieties can reportedly be seeded directly into ...

The W. Atlee Burpee Co., affectionately known as “Burpee seeds” to millions of American gardeners, is the nation’s largest home seed and plant company and was founded in Philadelphia in 1876, at the ...

Many heirloom tomato enthusiasts swear that `Brandywine’ is the best-tasting of the old open-pollinated tomato varieties. But it does have a tendency to produce unpredictably and to bear misshapen and ...

WARMINSTER, Pennsylvania -- If you've ever pulled a Burpee carrot out of the ground, munched on a salad of Burpee iceberg lettuce or sniffed a bouquet of Burpee zinnas, it's because those plants ...

With more than 200 tomato varieties featured in the W. Atlee Burpee & Co. 2016 catalog, one standout is the SteakHouse, a gigantic hybrid that outsells every other seed in Burpee’s vast inventory.

Burpee Seeds has a long history in the American mail-order seed business. The Burpees date to the late 1800s as a prominent Philadelphia family. W. Atlee Burpee was born in 1858 and was expected to ...

What’s going to be in your garden this summer? Burpee knows. According to the giant seed catalog’s 2015 retail seed forecast, California’s many backyard fruit and vegetable farmers dig tomatoes most ...

Delivered to mailboxes in the depths of winter, seed catalogs are like a sunny day for gardeners dreaming of big, juicy summer tomatoes. Seed catalogs have been part of U.S. horticultural history ...