Burgess’Watermelon Seed 
Produces Earlier Melons 
Peerless 
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 North¬ 
ern and the Southern planter. 
We sell thousands of pounds of 
Watermelon seed to Southern 
planters who grow early melons to 
ship North. The fact they con¬ 
tinue planting our seed each year, 
and pay more for it than they 
would have to j)ay 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 market grower. 
One ounce of seed for 25 hills; 4 
pounds per acre. 
Peerless, or Ice Cream 
Succeeds on Ail Kinds of Soil 
Peerless is one of the finest early, large, long melons, and will succeed where other melons 
fail. .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 crojiper 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., lOc; lb., 25c; lb., 68c; 2 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., 
$2.90; 10 lbs., $5.45, postpaid. 
Klondike 
Tom Watson 
Pride of Yukon 
Pride of Yukon is the earliest Watermelon 
known, and is wilt-resistant. It is wonderfully 
sweet and of best 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, 
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., lOc; oz., 15c; 
1/4 lb., 40c; 1 Ib., $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 Yukon; excellent quality; small in size, 
but what they lack in size they make up in number. Pkt., 5c; oz., lOc; % 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 speciinens 
often weighing 50 to 60 pounds. A good yielder and a great 
money maker on all markets. Matures in 85 days. Pkt., 
5c; oz., lOc; 1,4 lb., 25c; lb., 68c; 2 lbs., $1.25; 5 lbs., 
$2.90; 10 lbs., $5.45, 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 wonderfid 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., lOc; 14 lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.35; 
5 lbs., $3.20; 10 lbs., $6.00, postpaid. 
Winter Watermelon 
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 Arm, 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., lOc; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c; 
lb., $1.20, postpaid. 
Winter 
KLONDIKE 
The Sweetest of All 
Early Melons 
This is one of the best early watermelons from a 
quality standpoint, ripening the same season as Cole’s 
Early. The melons are oblong, of an even dark green 
color, and usually weigh 20 to 25 lbs. Flesh is deep 
red, exceptionally crisp and tender, as well as most 
delicious in flavor. The seeds are small, black, with brown 
markings. Klondike has for years been the leading early va¬ 
riety in melon growing districts along the Pacific Coast. Our 
strain of this melon is an exceptionally heavy yielder and gives 
excellent satisfaction in the North. You will be pleased with it 
either for the market or home use. Give it a trial this year, 
rkt., 8c; oz., 12c: lb., 30c; lb., 80c; 2 lbs., $1.45; 5 lbs., 
$3.40; 10 lbs., $6.40, postpaid. 
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BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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