Download or read book Burpee's Farm Annual, 1885 written by W. Atlee Burpee Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Burpee's Farm Annual, 1885: Garden, Farm and Flower Seeds Burpee's Mammoth Ironclad is suited to all climates in the United States. They ripen with the Cuban Queen; planted May loth, the first ripe ones were picked August loth, and melons were taken off the same vines until October Ist - this being accounted for by the fact that they can be allowed to remain on the vines one month after they are rip'e. This will be of great benefit to melon growers, as they will not be obliged to sell them when the market is depressed, but can hold for a rise in prices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.