Burgess’ Disease-Treated Seeds 
Insure Better Crops 
Twonty-fonr years ago tl)is spring \ve started the production of superior strains of seed. Our seeds are now as near ptiro 
as can lie found anyvvliere. (lur efforts have met witii wonderful success. Our better-(|uality seeds enable planters to grow 
larger crops of better quality, and make more money. From a small beginning (about 600 customers the first year) our 
business has grown until we now do business in every State in the Union, and have customers in 102 of the 158 countries 
with which the United States carries on jiostal service. 
Building up a list of over a million satisfied customers is more than a matter of advertising and merchandising. AVhile 
without advertising it could not have been done, neither could it have been done had we not given our customers something 
better than .just ordinary seeds and plants. 
This year we have added another service, that of treating seeds against plant diseases. It has been found that many 
plant diseases can be jirevented by chemically treating the .seeds. There are vaiious treatments for the different varie¬ 
ties of seeds, and while these treatments will not prevent jilants from contracting diseases that may be in the soil or car¬ 
ried by insects, they will prevent diseases being carried in seeds. More than half of all troubles of this nature can be 
avoided by planting treated seeds. This year we are treating the varieties of seeds that are most commonly subject to dis¬ 
eases that can be so controlled. Inhere is no extra charge for this service. The seeds are treated before packaging. 
The chemical treatment of .seeds is becoming more important every year. Don’t take chances. Don’t buy untreated seeds 
of the various varieties that are subject to these controllable disea.ses, when our treated seeds cost no more. It may mean to 
you the difference between a bumper crop and no crop at all. _ __ 
ASPARAGUS 
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; 1/4 lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 2 lbs., $1.60; 5 lbs., $3.80, postpaid. 
AQPAI? Ar^T PI ANT^ superior quality of the Improved 
^ Mary Washington Strain of Giant Wash¬ 
ington we have discontinued the growing of all other varieties of Asiiaragus. The plants 
we have to offer are choice one-year-old plants. We always recommend one-year-old 
Asparagus plants, for in addition to costing less than two-year-old plants, they come into 
hearing just as soon and are a more satisfactory size for transplanting. Asparagus plants 
should be set 18 inches apart. 
CHOICE PLANTS—12 for 30c; 25 for 50c; 50 for 80c; 100 for $1.50; 250 for $3.50, 
by parcel post, postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 500 for $4.00; 1,000 for $7.00; 5,000 
for $30.00. 
Artichoke 
An ounce of seed will produce about 
500 plants. 
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 re¬ 
sults it should be renewed every two or 
three years. Ukt., lOc; oz., 35c; i/4 lb., 
$1.20, postpaid. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE 
Giant Mary Washington Asparagus 
Large Green Globe Artichoke 
Best Hog Food Known An acre will keep 20 to 30 hogs from October 
to April. 300 lbs. plant an acre. Easily grown, 
and the best hog food known. Tubers, 30c lb.; 3 lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. 
By express, not prepaid, 25 lbs., $2.25; 50 lbs.. $4.00: 100 lbs.. $7.5f 
Six Frost Proof Beans laid beside a 6-inch ruler to 
show the size of the dry beans. 
' The Frost Proof Bean, or Lima Pea, is used like the Lima Bean, 
;■ Pkt., lOc; Vs pt.. 25c; pt., 45c; qt., 85c; 2 qts., $1.60, postpaid. 
' BURGESS SEED & PLANT 
This bean is highly esteemed in Europe, and is known there 
as the Broad Bean. It differs from American types of beans 
in that it should be planted early. We plant them here in 
Michigan as soon in the spring as the ground becomes work¬ 
able, sometimes in March. Plants are hardy and not sensitive 
to cold. 
The beans are as large as the largest Lima Bean, and nearly 
the same shape. Botanically, it belongs to the bean family, 
but tbe flavor is more like that of the pea, wdiich accounts for 
it sometimes being called the Lima Pea. 
The plant is a bush of upright growth, about 2^/2 feet bigh, 
with strong, sturdy stalks. Pods 5^/4 inches long and l’/4 inches 
wide, flat and straight. Each holds 3 to 4 mammoth size beans. 
It is wonderfully iiroductive. 
and is delicious either cooked fresh or as a winter shell bean. 
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