Burpee’s Vegetables 
Burpee's Annual contains a complete list of the best varieties of Vegetables 
suited for growing in the home garden and for market. 
Burpee’s Vegetable Seeds are guaranteed to grow and give entire satisfaction, 
or you may ask, within a year, to have your money refunded. 
ASPARAGUS 
Asparagus grows better and produces earlier in the spring if planted in well- 
drained soil having a southern exposure. Sow one ounce of seed for 40 feet of 
drill; 2 pounds of seed produce enough roots for 1 acre. Ask for a free copy 
of the Burpee leaflet, “How to Make an Asparagus Bed." 
Mary Washington O 
A Most Reliable, Almost Rust-Proof Asparagus 
The plants form large clean shoots which are thick and heavy. They are 
long and straight, with closely folded tips. The color is rich dark green, 
tinted darker at the tips. Heavy yielder and exceptionally fine flavor. 
9 Mary Washington Seed This seed has been saved from 
extra-strong true-to-type plants of this remarkable Asparagus. Will give a 
light cutting in three years. Pkt. 10c!; oz. 15?!; 4 ozs. 40?!; y 2 lb. 60?!; 
lb. 90?!; 2 lbs. $1.60; 5 lbs. $3.80; 10 lbs. $6.75. 
9950 One-Year-Old Roots of Mary Washington 
The one-year-old roots are usually preferred by home gardeners and market 
growers as they are easy to plant and take hold of the soil quickly. Space the 
roots 2 ft. apart in the row. 50 for $1.25; 100 for $2.25, postpaid. 
Not prepaid: looo roots £n.oo; 5000 roots 550.oo. 
9951 Two-Year-Old Roots of Mary Washington 
These will give a light cutting during the coming season and can be cut in 
the regular way the second year after they are planted. Plant 2 ft. apart in 
the row. 50 for $1.35; 100 for $2.50, postpaid. 
Not prepaid: iooo roots $12.00; 5000 roots $55.00. 
Customers may order 250 or more Asparagus Roots at the 1000 rate; 
2000 or more at the 5000 rate. Not prepaid. 
Artichoke 
1 Green Globe 
This tasty vegetable is gaining favor 
rapidly. It is a perennial which will per¬ 
sist for many years and continues to give 
a good crop if grown on well-drained 
rich soil. It is cultivated for its flower- 
buds, which are cooked like Asparagus. 
Besides the meat which is attached to the 
base of each bud scale, the bottom of the 
bud has a delicate, pea-like flavor. 
Pkt. 15?!; y 2 oz. 305; oz. 45?!; 
4 ozs. $1.35; Vi lb. $2.45; lb. $4.50. 
Green Globe 
Mary Washington Asparagus 
This tasty table delicacy may now be had in 
Winter Heading, and the so-called Perennial 
Sprouting 
157 Calabrese ©Italian Green 
Sprouting Broccoli makes a large 
head of bright green, tender 
sprouts, which are cooked like 
Spinach or Brussels Sprouts and 
have a most delectable flavor. 
Sow the seed in May and har¬ 
vest in August. Pkt. 10?!; 
1/2 oz. 25?!; oz. 405; 4 ozs. $1.15; 
1/2 lb. $1.80; lb. $3.25. 
Winter 
155 St. Valentine Large, 
white-headed variety of splen¬ 
did appearance and finest qual¬ 
ity. Looks like Cauliflower but 
it requires a long season and 
cool weather. Pkt. 105; V 2 oz. 
255; oz. 455; 4 ozs. $1.35; 
1/2 lb. $2.45; lb. $4.50. 
three distinct forms: Sprouting, 
Turnip. Descriptions follow. 
Perennial 
154 Rapa (Perennial Turnip) 
Produces small green heads 
which are cut and bunched. 
Developed from the Turnip 
family. Early and mostly planted 
in the fall. Pkt. 105'; oz. 155; 
4 ozs. 40(1; y 2 lb. 6 O 5 ; 
lb. $ 1 . 00 . 
Brussels Sprouts 
Burpee's Danish Prize 
are more delicate in flavor than Cabbage. They are 
quite hardy and will live throughout the winter in our 
sections without any protection whatever. The flavor and quality of the sprouts are greatly 
improved by frost. Sow the seed thinly in drills early in June and transplant to rows 3 to 4 ft. 
apart in the garden or field. When the sprouts begin to form, remove the lower leaves to force 
all nourishment sent to the lower stem into the sprouts. One oz. of seed sows 500 ft. of row. 
M Requires 125 days to mature. 
162 Burpee’s Danish Prize© A strong-growing, robust variety of large, solid, 
round sprouts set thickly on nearly the entire length of the tall stems. Sprouts all mature at 
about the same time. Pkt. 105; oz. 205; 4 ozs. 655; x /z lb. $1.00; lb. $1.75. 
158 Long Island Improved A choice variety grown extensively on Long Island 
for the New York market, where it always brings a good price. Compact plants, 20 in. tall, 
with solid heavy sprouts measuring to in. in diameter. Pkt. 105; oz. 255; 4 ozs. 755; 
1/2 lb. $1.15; lb. $2.00. 
Asparagus, Horse-Radish and Rhubarb should be in every garden 
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