BURBANK'S 1920 NEW CREATIONS IN SEEDS 
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to the growers. Sunflower seed is used for feed and for oil. All sunflower seed 
has heretofore been black, brown, or striped. "Manteca" was produced on my 
place several years ago by crossing the well known Black seeded double Cali- 
fornia sunflower with the Giant Russian, which has black striped seeds. The 
result was, after many years of careful selection, "MANTECA," which is a greatly 
improved PURE WHITE SEEDED Giant Russian, which produces enormous single 
heads on short stalks, instead of the usual big and little mongrel heads on tall, 
unsightly stalks so generally grown. No grower of any other kind can ever com- 
pete with this productive Snow White variety. It will transform the business as 
the Burbank Potato has transformed the potato business. 
Packet, 15c; ounce plump seeds, 25c; pound, $1; five pounds, $4. 
Yankton, S. D., July 29, 1919. — You will rememher that we purchased fi-om you last year some 
of the large sunflowers and we wish to state at this time that we certainly have a wonderful crop 
from the seed we purchased from you. We are about ready to harvest these, and as we have 
never done any harvesting of sunflowers, we are writing to find out the best manner of harvesting 
and threshing the seed. G. S. & N. Co. 
Santa Rosa, Cal., Jan. 4, 1920. — The "Manteca." Sunflower produced a head twenty-two inches 
in diameter. L. B. W. 
SUNFLOWER— "NEW PROLIFIC WHITE." 
— Pholo by IlerberL Gleasoii, Boston, 
Another New Sunflower-"Prolific Wliite" ^ { 
offer a new wonder, "PROLIFIC WHITE," the most remarkable and most useful 
sunflower ever produced; one which will forever supplant the older kinds and 
make a new record in the world of horticulture. "Prolific White," like "Manteca," 
produces great single heads of purest white seeds and while growing only three 
offered. Packet of fifty plump seeds, $2; one hundred seeds, $1.75; five hundred 
seeds, $8. 
St. Louis, Mo., July 7, 1919. — We are in the market to buy one to five cars of new crop sun- 
flower seed for September, October shipment. If you will wire us your lowest price upon receipt 
of this we will be glad to try to trade with you. If you cannot offer it, will you please refer us 
to anyone who will contract to sell new crop seed? P. L. Zikmbrman Co. 
The sunflower is almost as valuable as the fabled cocoanut, which produces butterfat, milk, 
food, fiber, etc., for its tropical owner. The sunflower seed produces an oil unexcelled lor 
