BURBANK'S 1919 FRUITS, FLOWERS AND PLANTS 
and are unlike the common blackberry which produces a multitude of unnecessary 
suckers. These grow only from tips. Both of these here offered are as free from 
spines as a silken thread, making them, owing also to their firmness and rare 
keeping qualities, altogether most desirable berries for home use or for market. 
"SANTA ROSA," the earliest of the two, and "SEBASTOPOL," a few days later and 
possibly slightly larger. In very hot, dry climates the berries do not set well. 
In all moist climates they are wonderfully productive. Each, 50c; both, 90c; 
ten of either or both, $3. 
A New Asparagus— "Quality" 
If any more delicious vegetable than crisp, well grown asparagus has been 
invented, tell us about it. And yet people who buy it in the markets seldom, if 
ever, get the best in its best condition. If you possess half a square rod of ground 
almost anywhere under the sun, you can produce a daily supply of this most 
healthful vegetable for a family for several months at so little care and expense 
that you will have good reason to laugh. Thoroughly fertilize the space allotted, 
spade deeply, add more fertilizer and spade again, making the soil rich, deep, 
and fine. The bed should be a little raised above the paths when finished. Plant 
the young plants four inches under the surface, placing them eighteen inches 
to two feet apart. Do not cut the stalks the first season if you desire best results 
for the next fifty years, during which with very little care, never-failing crops 
will be produced. Many years ago I produced and introduced a new large, white 
asparagus, which excelled in flavor all others known. In the passing years since, 
even this has been greatly improved and I now for the first time offer this, the best 
asparagus ever grown. 
"Quality" produces very large, sweet, light-colored stalks which will be a delight 
to all who grow or use it. You will find that it is "not like other asparagus." 
Yearling plants, ten, 50c; twenty-five, $1; hundred, $2. Select two-year-old 
plants, ten, $1; twenty-five, $2; hundred, $4. 
Perpetual Rhubarb— Burbank Giant 
The standard from which many fortunes have been made originated on my 
grounds, and all the "Rhubarb Kings" of California and South Africa have been 
produced through this production which has proved of such unusual value. From 
$1,500 to $2,500 per acre the first year is claimed by some parties in this State 
who have planted it for the Eastern markets. If half as much can be made when 
intelligent culture and marketing are combined, the profits would seem to be suffi- 
cient. Not suitable for cold climates. Plants direct from the original giant mother 
plant, each, 40c; ten, $3; hundred, $12. 
Artichoke— Improved Spanish 
Enormous crowns. Far superior to the ordinary artichoke. Strong plants, 
each, 30c; four, $1. 
A New Strawberry— "Exquisite" 
A new departure in hybrid strawberries. Unusually vigorous and fairly produc- 
tive plant, making just the right quantity of vigorous runners. Fruit large, conical, 
sometimes flattened; palest pink when ripe. Very delicious. A berry with a true 
wild strawberry flavor for every home. Does best on rather poor sandy soil. 
Ten, 50c; twenty-five, $1; hundred, $3. 
Longmeadow, Mass. We find your strawberries satisfactory in every way. Every 
plant is true to name. C. S. K. & Co. October 15, 1917. 
