BURGESS’ WATERMELON SEED 
Produces Earlier Melons 
Plant Burgess” Watermelon Seed for Early Maturity. Be First on the 
Market. Our seed is adapted to all climates and is the best for both the 
Northern and the Southern planter. We sell thousands of pounds of Water¬ 
melon seed to Southern planters who grow early melons to ship North. The 
fact they continue planting our seed each year, and pay more for it than 
they would have to pay seedsmen 
in their own locality, should be 
proof that our seed is worth more. 
A few days earlier maturity 
means considerable to both the 
Northern and the Southern mar¬ 
ket grower. 
One ounce of seed for 25 hills; 
4 pounds per acre. 
Peerless 
Peerless, or Ice Cream 
The Earliest Large Long Watermelon 
Peerless is the earliest large long Watermelon. Our strain of this wonderful melon ripens 
about 10 days later than Pride of Yukon. For the Central and Northern States, we consider 
this the best general cropper for the home market; has too thin a rind for shipping unless 
packed in straw. Fruits larger than Halbert Honey or Kleckley’s Sweet and 10 days earlier; 
rind light green, mottled and veined; flesh bright scarlet, solid to the center, tender, sweet, 
melting and delicious. Few, if any, surpass it for quality or productiveness. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.35; 5 lbs., $3.20; 10 lbs., $6.00, postpaid. 
Tom Watson 
Pride of Y'ukon is the earliest Watermelon 
known, and is wilt-resistant. It is -unsurpassed 
for sweetness and quality; entirely free from 
stringiness and fairly melts in your mouth. 
Fruits are of attractive appearance; medium in 
size, seldom exceed 18 to 20 pounds in weight. 
Pride of Yukon averaging 10 to 15 pounds; flesh bright scarlet. 
Hardy, vigorous and remarkably productive. The 
best for extra early planting, especially adapted to Northern localities where the sea¬ 
son is short, but does well in all sections of the country and has created a sensation 
wherever grown. While it is not an extra good shipper, it is a wonderful melon for 
the home garden and a gold mine for the market gardener. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 
Vi lb., 40c; 1 lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25; 5 lbs., $5.30; 10 lbs., $10.00, postpaid. 
COLE’S EARLY. The leading extra early Watermelon in nearly all parts of the 
country. Only 5 days later than Pride of Y T ukon ; excellent quality; small in size, 
but what they lack in size they make up in number Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; *4 lb., 25c; 
lb., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.35; 5 lbs., $3.20; 10 lbs., $6.00, postpaid. 
TOM WATSON. Tom Watson is the most popular of all Watermelons, occupying 
a very prominent place in all markets, and is everywhere called for. The flesh is 
superb in quality and of the brightest red color. The handsome, dark green rind 
is thin, but hard and tough, so is unsurpassed as a market and shipping sort. The 
melons are usually 20 to 24 inches in length and 10 to 12 inches through, averag¬ 
ing on good soil over 30 pounds each, and single specimens 
often weighing 50 to 60 pounds. A good yielder and a great 
money maker on all markets. Matures in 85 days. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c ; % lb., 25c; lb., 70c; 2 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., 
$3.00; 10 lbs., $5.60, postpaid. 
IRISH GRAY. A melon of uniformly large size, closely 
resembling Kleckley’s Sweet, with the exception of the 
tough rind which is gray in color. Ripens earlier than Tom 
Watson and will keep in good condition for a long time. 
A wonderful variety for the home garden and for shipping ; 
unusually sweet and of best quality. Will produce more 
good marketable melons than any other variety we know 
of. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.35; 
5 lbs., $3.20; 10 lbs., $6.00, postpaid. 
Winter Watermelon 
Winter 
Field of Irish Gray 
A home grown melon for your Thanksgiving dinner. It is 
not a citron or a freak, but a very prolific long-keeping 
true Watermelon. Flesh red, extremely firm, very brittle 
and deliciously sweet. Fruits taken from the field before 
killing frost and stored in a cool place will keep long into 
the late fall and early winter and retain their delicious 
sweetness and flavor. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 40c; 
lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
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BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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