Vegetable Novelties and Specialties for 1940 
Burpee’s 
Seeds 
Grow 
Baby FordhooJi Bush Lima Bean 
567 Muskmelon 
Imperial No. 45 
90 days. Rarely is resistance to a serious disease combined so 
happily with fine table quality, type, and uniformity as in 
Imperial No. 45. It is fully resistant to powdery mildew. The 
fruit is 5 in. in diameter and 6 in. 
long, weighing about 3 pounds, 
heavily and uniformly netted 
with a hard rind. The flesh is 
bright orange, thick, firm, 
and lusciously sweet. 
Pkt. 10^; oz. 250; 
4 ozs. 650; V 2 lb. $1.00; 
lb. $1.80; 2 lbs. $3.30; 
5 lbs. $7.90 
61 Bush Lima Bean 
Baby Fordhook 
70 days. Plant: truly bush, about 14 in. tall, with shiny, dark green 
leaves, heavily productive, bearing pods close to the stem. Pods: 
2yi in. long and in. wide, thick, slightly curved, containing 3 or 4 
beans, close but not crowded in the pod. Seed: thick, green. 
Baby Fordhook was bred especially for canning and freezing where 
a high quality baby lima with green seed has been sought for many 
years. We are offering it here, however, to home gardeners—a 
Fordhook in a smaller package with a surprisingly heavy crop of 
pods under almost any conditions. Pkt. 150; V 2 lb. 350; lb. 600; 
2 lbs. $1.10; 5 lbs. $2.05; 10 lbs. or more @ 380 per lb. 
374 Cucumber— Burpee’s Sunnybrook 
60 days. Sunnybrook is slender and streamlined in the modern 
manner, 12 in. long and 3 in. in diameter at the middle, symmet¬ 
rically tapering to the ends. The fruits are extremely dark green, 
smooth, with crisp flesh and very few seeds. The vine is large, 
vigorous, and productive. Market growers will find this variety 
suitable for their use and, for a heavy yield of really beautiful slic¬ 
ing cucumbers from your garden, you can’t improve upon Sunny¬ 
brook. Pkt. 150; oz. 350; 4 ozs. $1.00; V 2 lb. $1.65; lb. $3.00; 
2 lbs. $5.60; 5 lbs. $13.50. 
Squash, 
Table Queen 
1019 Squash —Mammoth Table Queen 
85 days. Mammoth Table Queen produces a fruit larger than the original Acorn or 
Table Queen, and about a quarter of a pound heavier. This difference in size is even 
more apparent when growing conditions are unfavorable. Fruit 6 in. long and 4>£ in. 
in diameter, acorn shaped, dull dark green, grooved, with a hard shell. The flesh is 
pale orange, dry, sweet, and unsurpassed for baking. Get acquainted with this finest 
of all baking squash through this finest of all strains. Pkt. 150; oz. 300; 
4 ozs. 900; V 2 lb. $1.40; lb. $2.50; 2 lbs. $4.65; 5 lbs. $11.25. 
Imperial 
No. 45 
Muskmelon 
195 Cabbage— Burpee’s Surehead 
Burpee's 
Surehead 
Cabbage 
93 days. Fifty-two years of usefulness! First intro¬ 
duced by Burpee in 1877 and today one of our best 
sellers, Surehead still lives up to its name. The head is 
11 to 12 in. in diameter and 7 in. deep, weighing 9 
pounds or more when fully grown. Our very finest 
strain of big cabbage. Pkt. 100; oz. 300; 4 ozs. 900; 
1/2 lb. $1.40; lb. $2.50. 
1109 Tomato 
John Baer (Wilt Resistant) 
Developed at Michigan State College 
70 days. The original John Baer is quite sus¬ 
ceptible to F'usarium wilt, a very serious dis¬ 
ease of tomatoes in many parts of the country. 
-This new strain is highly resistant. The fruit 
is globular, bright red, weighing 5K to 6 ounces, 
smooth, and of ideal shape. The color is an 
excellent, uniform bright scarlet. 
Pkt. 150; 1/2 oz. 450; oz. 850; 4 ozs. $2.55; 
1/2 lb. $4.65; lb. $8.50. 
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