Five  of  the  Finest 
Burpee’s  Golden  Bantam  Sweet  Corn— the  Corn  of  our  customers  as  aptly  descriptive  of  its 
of  Gold;  the  earliest  and  best  first-early  corn  in  superiority  over  all  other  early-heading  vari- 
existence.  First  named  and  introduced  ex-  eties.  One  of  the  surest  headers,  and  of 
clusively  by  us  and  has  now  become  the  most  finest  quality  throughout  a  long  season. 
popular  of  all  extra-earlies.  It  is  the  richest  B  e-s  Eariiest  Black-Red  Ball  Beet-Re¬ 
in  flavor  The  ears  are  from  five  to  seven  markable  for  its  regular  form  de  ,  colored 
inches  in  length,  but  what  it  lacks  in  size  is  flesh  and  fine  Sweet  flavor.  The  upright  leaves 
fu  ly  made  up  in  productiveness  and  quality.  are  of  a  rich  purp!ish  color.  The  globe-shaped 
The  stalks  can  be  grown  closely  together  in  r00(s  develop  quickly;  smooth  afld  free  fr‘om 
rows  and  in  good  soil  will  produce  two  and  any  woody  fibre.  Both  skin  and  flesh  are  of 
three  fine  eat*  to  a  sta  c.  an  unusually  deep  rich  red;  this  intensity  of 
Chalk’s  Early  Jewel  Tomato — The  earliest  real  color  is  retained  whemcooked. 
first-class  tomato  for  the  family  garden;  bright  Burpee-Improved  Bush  Lima  Bean-The  pods 
scarlet  fruits  that  are  smoothly  round,  very  measure  five  to  six  lncbes  lon  by  on/and 
deep,  solid  and  meaty.  one-quarter  inches  wide.  Even  when  of  full  size 
Burpee’s  Earliest  Wayahead  Lettuce — The  the  enormous  beans  are  of  the  most  luscious 
name  “Wayahead,,  was  suggested  by  one  flavor;  they  are  thin  skinned  and  truly  delicious. 
a  buys  all  the  above  five  of  the  finest  Fordhook  Vegetables,  which  purchased  separately  would 
In.  “ cost  20c.  Five  collections  mailed  for  $1.00,  and  mailed  to  live  separate  addresses  if  so  ordered, 
j  In  each  collection  we  enclose  free  a  copy  of  an  interesting  new  booklet  on  ‘‘The  Food  Value  of  Fresh  Vegetables” 
specially  prepared  for  us  by  a  world-wide  authority  and  illustrated  with  thumb-nail  caricatures. 
As  Ct  Compliment  to  the  Ladies  we  shall  include  with  each  collection  a  regular  10c  packet 
Fortieth  Anniversary  Edition  of 
Burpee’s  Annual 
Annual. 
“The  Leading  American  Seed  Catalog ”  for  1916 
wB?  It  tells  the  plain  truth  about  the  best  seeds,  as  proved  at  our  famous 
$1  Fordhook  Fartns,  the  largest  trial  grounds  in  America.  Several  novel- 
,-y  ties  of  unusual  importance  are  presented  which  cannot  he  obtained  else- 
jjjr  where.  The  front  cover  illustrates,  in  nine  colors,  the  greatest  novelty  in 
Sweet  Peas — the  most  beautiful  “Fiery  Cross."  The  hack  cover  shows  two 
famous  Burpee  Bantams — Golden  Bantam  Corn  and  Blue  Bantam  Peas.  The 
colored  plates  show,  painted  from  nature  at  Fordhook  Farms,  six  other  Burpee 
pecialtics  in  Vegetables,  the  fines!  new  Burpee  Spencers  as  grown  at  Flora- 
the  California  home  of  Sweet  Peas,  and  the  unique  new  Gladioli,  Fordhook 
This  Catalog  is  mailed  free.  A  post  card  will  bring  it.  Write  today  and 
W  Arm  Burpee  &  Co 
W.  ATLEE  BURPEE  &  CO.,  Burpee  Buildings,  Philadelph 
