Credit: Courtesy of Burpee Seed Company
Cross-pollinating hybrids on his Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, W. Atlee Burpee created Iceberg lettuce, Fordhook lima beans, and Golden Bantam sweet corn.
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W. Atlee Burpee and Co. (Iceberg lettuce and Fordhook tomato), 1894.
Credit: Courtesy of Burpee Seed Company
Cross-pollinating hybrids on his Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, W. Atlee Burpee created Iceberg lettuce, Fordhook lima beans, and Golden Bantam sweet corn.
