BURPEE SEED COMPANY 1977
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · Education
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) CU FLOWER BUSH, ZOOM OUT TO PICTURESQUE FORD HOOK FARM, EXPERIMENTAL FARM OF THE BURPEE SEED COMPANY, AND HOME OF DAVID BURPEE. 01:00:50 CU ELDERLY DAVID BURPEE, CIGAR IN HAND, SITS AT TABLE ON PORCH, TELLS ABOUT HIS FATHER IN 1876 WHO PUT OUT SMALL MAIL ORDER CATALOG, INCREASED IT EVERY YEAR. BY THE TIME HE WAS THIRTY-FIVE HE HAD TO LARGEST SEED LIST IN THE WORLD, EVEN TODAY. 01:01:11 CU COLORFUL DRAWINGS ON BURPEE'S 1890 ANNUAL CATALOG, WITH FACE OF YOUNG GIRL, SURROUNDED BY FLOWERS. ANOTHER FOR 1888. 01:01:28 PHOTOS OF MEN WORKING AT FARM SORTING PACKING SEEDS. WOMEN WORKERS PLACE ENVELOPES OF DIFFERENT SPECIES IN PIGEON HOLE RACKS. 01:01:54 CU HANDS OF WOMAN PLACING SEEDLINGS IN SMALL POTS ON WORK TABLE 01:02:26 WOMAN HAND POLLINATES CUCUMBER PLANT BUD TO MAKE NEW PLANT VARIETY MAKING IT WILT RESISTANT. CU ZOOM IN ON CUCUMBER HANGING FROM PLANT. ZOOM IN ROBUST CAULIFLOWER IN FULL BLOOM, OTHER VARIETY OF FOOD PLANTS DEVELOPED BY BURPEE. 01:03:30 TWO MALE WORKERS CHECK FIELD OF NEW FLOWERS DEVELOPED AT FARM. 01:03:49 OLD MAN BURPEE PICKS MARIGOLD FLOWER OFF PLANT.CREDIT IS GIVEN TO BURPEE FOR MAKING MARIGOLD ONE OF MOST POPULAR FLOWERS IN WORLD. BURPEE IS NOW INTRODUCING THE FIRST WHITE MARIGOLD. MONTAGE VARIETY OF MARIGOLD PLANTS
