Burgess’ Disease-Treated Seeds 
Insure Better Crops 
25 Years of Research and Improvement 
_ Twenty-five years ago this spring we started the produc¬ 
tion of superior strains of seed. From a small beginning 
(about 600 customers the first year) our business has grown 
until we now have over a million customers, including lead¬ 
ing market growers, in every State in the Union and in 102 
of the 158 countries with which the United States carries on 
postal service. This could not have been accomplished had 
we not given planters something more than just ordinary 
seeds and plants. Our strains of seeds are as near pure as 
can be found anywhere, enabling planters to make more 
money by growing larger crops of better quality. 
Last year we added another service, that of treating seeds 
against plant diseases. It proved popular with our customers 
and was a wonderful success. It has been proven that many 
plant diseases can be prevented by chemically treating the 
seeds. There are various treatments for the different va¬ 
rieties of seeds, and while these treatments will not prevent 
plants from contracting diseases that may be in the soil or 
carried 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 treat¬ 
ing the varieties of seeds that are most commonly subject to 
diseases that can be so controlled. There 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 
diseases, when our treated seeds cost no more. 
ASPARAGUS 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE 
Best Hog Food Known 
Giant Mary Washington Asparagus 
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., $7.50. 
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., 85c; 2 lbs., $1.50; 5 lbs., $3.60; 10 lbs., $6.80, postpaid. 
Due to the superior quality of the Improved 
Mary Washington Strain of Giant Wash¬ 
ington we have discontinued the growing of all other varieties of Asparagus. 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 
bearing 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 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 re¬ 
sults it should be renewed every two or 
three years. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; % lb., 
$1.20, postpaid. 
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 be¬ 
comes workable, 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 the flavor is more like that of the pea, which accounts 
for it sometimes being called the Lima Pea. 
The plant is a bush of upright growth, about 2 y 2 feet high, 
with strong, sturdy stalks. Pods 5% inches long and 114 
inches wide, flat and straight. Each holds 3 to 4 mammoth 
size beans. It is wonderfully productive. 
The Frost Proof Bean, or Lima Pea, is used like the Lima 
Bean, and is delicious either cooked fresh or as a winter 
shell bean. Pkt., 10c; y 2 pt., 25c; pt., 45c; qt., 85c; 2 qts., 
$1.60, postpaid. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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