Though it might not seem as if the companies selling Brach’s candy marshmallow Easter Hunt Eggs, Jell-O, and seeds for vegetables and plants have much in common, James “Jamie” Mattikow sees many ...

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 ...

But today’s gardeners are also sowing seeds for weight-loss and environmentalism, according to legendary American seed company Burpee, the country’s oldest and largest seed purveyor.

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 ...

Many of us remember paging through the Burpee seed catalog with mom or grandma. And today, thanks to the iconic brand’s online shop, you can recreate those fond memories while stocking up for the ...

As gardeners curl up on the couch each January, dreaming of abundant summer, a war of words rages in that cozy corner of literature inhabited by seed catalogs. It’s your wits against those of seedsmen ...

It's not enough for Burpee, the seed developer, to know what gardeners are craving. They need to know what gardeners will be craving -- and that takes more than horticultural know-how. Saturday's open ...

The seed trade catalogs document the history of the seed and agricultural business in the United States; they also provide a history of botany and plant research such as the introduction of plant ...