Burgess’ Hardy Vegetable Seeds 
are the Best for All Climates 
The home-gardener and the commercial grower will find in our Vegetable Seed Department a list of the most dependable 
varieties— the best of both the old and new sorts. We do not offer as many varieties as some seedsmen, as we weed out the 
less desirable sorts, and offer only the best. We have endeavored to make selection easy by describing accurately and tell¬ 
ing both the advantages and disadvantages of each sort. 
The best test of a seed is the crop it produces. Burgess’ Hardy Michigan Seeds have no superior. 
We are supplying many of the most critical market-gardeners, in every State in the Union, with the best and purest strains 
of Vegetable Seeds. The steady increase in our market-garden trade each year, and the fact that the gardeners who began 
buying from us when we first started in business are still numbered among our best customers, is the best evidence that our 
seeds give satisfaction. 
Artichoke 
An ounce of seed will produce about 250 plants; 2 lbs. will produce enough roots to set 
an acre. 
GIANT WASHINGTON (Improved Mary Washington Strain). A variety developed by 
the United States Department of Agriculture. A rapid growing sort with a delicious 
flavor and tenderness, yielding stalks two inches in diameter, and even when twelve inches 
long are perfectly tender. It is practically immune to "rust” and other Asparagus dis¬ 
eases and is without doubt the finest strain of Asparagus now available. Pkt., 8c; oz., 
12c; % lb., 30c; lb.. $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.80; 5 lbs.. $4.25. postpaid. 
PALMETTO. Another excellent variety and. with the exception of Giant Washington, 
is the nearest rustproof of any. It is a wonderful yielder. producing large, thick, dark 
green shoots, nearly as large as Giant Washington Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; $4 lb., 25c; lb., 
70c; 2 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., $2.95, postpaid 
Giant Mary Washington Asparagus 
Asparagus Plants 
Due to the superior quality 
of the Improved Mary Wash¬ 
ington Strain of Giant Wash¬ 
ington we have discontinued 
the growing of all other varie¬ 
ties of Asparagus. The plants 
we have to offer are choice one- 
year-old plants. We always 
recommend one-year-old Aspa¬ 
ragus plants, for in addition to 
costing less than two-vear-old 
plants, they come into bearing 
just as soon anti arc a more satis¬ 
factory size for transplanting. As¬ 
paragus plants should he set 18 inches 
' choice PLANTS—12 for 30c; 25 
for 50c; 50 for 80c; 100 for $1.50; 
250 for $3.50, t>y parcel post, post¬ 
paid. By express, not prepaid, 500 
for $5.00; 1,000, for $9.50; 5,000 for 
$45.00. 
VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI 
New Vegetable from Persia, Spaghetti on a 
Vine in Nature’s Own Package 
Vegetable Spaghetti 
This delicious new vegetable 
from Persia thrives in all cli¬ 
mates and in any ordinary gar¬ 
den soil. Each plant produces 
from six to ten beautiful bright 
yellow, oblong fruits about 8 
to 10 inches long. Each fruit 
is filled with a delicious spa¬ 
ghetti-like pulp. When fully 
ripe, the whole fruit (without 
cutting or peeling) should be 
cooked 20 minutes in boiling 
water; then cut it in half. A 
dishful of this delicious vege¬ 
table spaghetti comes out of 
each fruit. Season with salt, 
pepper and butter and serve 
hot. Can also be served hot with catsup or tomato sauce or served cold, 
as a salad, with mayonnaise or French dressing. This remarkable 
vegetable is one of the most valuable and useful of recent introduc¬ 
tions, and should be grown in every garden. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c; 
oz., 50c, postpaid. 
An ounce of seed will produce about 
500 plants. 
Asparagus 
Large Green Globe Artichoke 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE. A delicious 
vegetable which is cultivated for its large 
flower-heads, which are cooked like As¬ 
paragus. It is considered a delicacy 
and demands a high price in all better 
city markets. The plant is a perennial 
and set in good soil and given slight 
winter protection of leaves or straw, will 
remain in bearing several years, but for 
best results it should be renewed every 
two or three years. Pkt., 10c; oz., 45c; 
lb., $1.50, postpaid. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. Very ap¬ 
petizing when baked like potatoes. Best 
bog food known. An acre will keep 20 
to 30 hogs from October to April. 300 
lbs. plant an acre. Easily grown. Tu¬ 
bers, 30c lb. ; 3 lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., $2.00, 
postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 25 
lbs., $2.25; 50 lbs., $4.00; 100 lbs., 
$7.50. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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