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David Burpee
David Burpee (1893–1980) was born in Pennsylvania and attended Cornell University until his father, W. Atlee Burpee, died in 1915. Burpee dropped out and took over the family business selling seeds. He immediately began shifting the firm's focus from vegetables to flowers. In 1917 the W. A.. Burpee Company was incorporated with Burpee as president. Sales were $900,000 that year, equal to $ today.
Burpee initiated a "War Gardens" campaign during World War I when overseas seed supplies were interrupted and
Judson Burpee Black
Judson Burpee Black (August 15, 1842 – December 9, 1924) was a Canadian physician and politician.
Born in St. Martins, New Brunswick, the son of Thomas Henry Black and Mary E. Fownes, Black was educated at the Public Schools of St. Martin and St. John, New Brunswick, Mount Allison Academy, Mount Allison University and Dartmouth Medical College. A physician, he was mayor of Windsor, Nova Scotia from 1884 to 1885 and from 1901 to 1903. He was President of the