New Gem Everbearing Strawberry 
The Best of the Everbearers. Large, Sweet, Fresh Strawberries 
Every Day from June Until October 
The New Gem is the most outstanding intro¬ 
duction since Mastodon and its many fine 
qualities wdll soon make it the leading market 
variety of Everbearers. 
Gem has every other. Everbearer beaten for quality 
and flavor. The fruit is well shaped and uniformly 
large. It is sparkling red in color, rich, and about 
the sweetest berry we have tasted. Unsurpassed for 
keeping qualities and the firmness of the fruit will 
permit its being handled for long-distance shipping, 
even during hot weather. Fruit buyers last season 
took Gem ahead of any other Everbearer. 
The plants are so sturdy that it is not necessary to 
remove the first blooms. Plant this spring and liave 
ripe berries in just a few weeks. 
Growers who have been dissatisfied with Everbear¬ 
ing Strawberries will find this variety to be well named 
as it truly is a “Gem.” Don’t fail to plant them this 
year and cash in while it is still new on the market. 
PRICES: 25 for 90c; 50 for $1.45; 100 for $2.50, 
postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 100 for $2.10; 250 
for $3.50; 500 for $6.35; 1,000 for $12.00. 
Mastodon Everbearing 
Mastodon has been producing its enormous crop of 
big berries during the summer and fall months for the 
past 18 years, proving that the prolific and everbear¬ 
ing habits that have made it so popular are perma¬ 
nently fixed. 
Mastodon is a great money maker, as it will produce 
a paying crop with just ordinary care. It succeeds un¬ 
der practically all climatic and soil conditions, even 
producing large crops in dry climates. Our thrifty 
plants set in the spring will produce a crop of berries 
in 90 days and continue through summer and fall un¬ 
til stopped by freezing weather. 
Eighteen or twenty berries will often fill a quart box. 
They are rich glossy red, of firm and solid texture, and 
delicious in flavor. A small planting will keep the 
home table supplied with berries throughout the sum¬ 
mer and fall. A large planting will reap hundreds of 
dollars for the farmer. 
PRICES: 25 for 90c; 50 for $1.45; 100 for $2.50, 
postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 100 for $2.10; 250 
for $3.50; 500 for $6.35; 1,000 for $12.00. 
Mastodon Everbearing 
NOTICE 
All varieties of Strawberries listed in this 
catalog are perfect flowering and do not re¬ 
quire other varieties for cross-pollination. 
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EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 
from SEED 
Red Alpine. Seed sown early and young plants 
transplanted to the field, will produce a crop in the 
fall of the same year. Plants from the general sow¬ 
ing made in spring and summer yield delicious fruit 
over an inch in length during the succeeding Straw¬ 
berry season. Berries are often produced as late as 
the last of October or early November. Berries are 
not as large as the standard varieties, but are of 
superior quality and have the rich wild Strawberry 
flavor. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c. 
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BLACKBERRIES 
ELDORADO. We recommend this variety ahead of all others. The berries are large 
in size, very sweet, and of delicious flavor and quality. It is one of the hardiest black¬ 
berries in cultivation and has never been known to winterkill. Very productive and never 
fails to ripen a crop. 6 for 50c; 12 for 85c; 25 for $1.40; 50 for $2.25; 100 for $4.00, 
postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 100 for $3.35; 200 for $5.25; 300 for $7.00; 400 for 
$8.50; 500 for $10.00; 1000 for $19.50. 
ICEBERG. This is the white blackberry. It is not merely a curiosity, for in addition 
to being a real novelty it is a berry of extraordinary quality. These shining creamy- 
white berries, when mixed with jet-black ones, make a most attractive dish. The bushes 
are good strong growers and very productive. For best results, this variety should be 
planted near other blackberries. Plants, 20c each; 3 for 50c; 12 for $1.50; 25 for $2.50, 
postpaid. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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