DISEASE-TREATED CELERY SEED 
One ounce of seed will produce about 5,000 plants 
GIANT PASCAL. Best of all for late fall and 
winter use, but too brittle to stand shipping any 
distance. A tall sort with large, thick and solid 
green stalks, which blanch to golden yellow; 
crisp, of fine nutty flavor, and an excellent 
keeper. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; % lb., 70c; lb., 
$2.25; 2 lbs., $4.05; 5 lbs., $9.55, postpaid. 
WHITE PLUME. The earliest celery in cul¬ 
tivation. Stalks pure white, crisp and delicious. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; lb., $2.50; 2 
lbs., $4.50; 5 lbs., $10.60, postpaid. 
Golden Plume Celery 
A semi-dwarf early variety, producing thick 
and heavy stalks with a well-blanched solid 
heart; crisp and of the highest table quality. 
More vigorous than Golden Self-Blanching and 
quite resistant to blight and rot. Pkt., 10c; y 2 
oz., 25c; oz., 45c; % lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00; 2 
lbs., $9.00; 5 lbs., $21.25, postpaid. 
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING, Dwarf Strain. 
A very desirable shipping sort; plants are of 
medium size, compact and stocky, and grow 
about 20 to 24 inches tall; leaf stalks are thick 
and solid; blanches readily and is crisp, tender 
and of a sweet nutty flavor. Pkt., 10c; y 2 oz., 
25c; oz., 45c; % lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00; 2 lbs., 
$9.00; 5 lbs., $21.25, postpaid. 
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING, Tall Strain. 
Early and particularly desirable for home and 
market garden. Plants are fairly tall with firm 
thick stalks that blanch readily and are tender 
and crisp; sweet and nutty flavor. Pkt., 10c; 
% oz., 25c; oz., 45c; % lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00; 
2 lbs., $9.00; 5 lbs., $21.25, postpaid. 
WINTER QUEEN. The finest dwarf winter 
celery, and the best keeper of all. Quite similar 
to Dwarf Golden Self-Blanching in height and 
habit, but with leaves and stalks resembling Gi¬ 
ant Pascal in color. Ready for market earlier 
than Pascal. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; y 4 lb., 75c; 
lb., $2.50; 2 lbs., $4.50; 5 lbs., $10.60, postpaid. 
Golden Self-Blanching 
CELERIAC (Turnip Rooted Celery) 
A popular vegetable in Europe. Instead of producing long leaf stalks like ordinary celery, 
it has a turnip-like root with true celery flavor and is greatly liked by nearly all who have 
tried it. Excellent for salads and flavoring, or cooked like parsnips, turnips or oyster plant. 
Roots are fit to use when about 2 inches in diameter. Will keep all winter like beets and 
carrots if packed in moist earth or sand. 
GIANT PRAGUE is by far the best variety 
and is sure to give satisfaction. Roots are 
very large, nearly twice the size of other varie¬ 
ties, nearly globe shaped, and smooth, and 
excel any other sort in both appearance and 
quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; % lb., 70c; lb., 
$2.25, postpaid. 
Celeriac 
Disease Treated Seeds 
Burgess’ Treated Seeds COST NO MORE, 
and by planting them you are reasonably 
assured of a good crop. 
CELERY ASPARAGUS 
or Ivory White Sea Kale 
One Ounce Will Produce About 200 Plants 
Celery Asparagus or Ivory White Sea Kale is a delicious perennial 
vegetable which is cultivated somewhat like Asparagus, and is very 
easily grown. It is ready for use earlier in the spring than Asparagus, 
and combines the flavor of Asparagus with that of Celery. Its blanched 
stalks are cooked like Asparagus and the leaves are used as greens. 
Owing to its extraordinary merit it is worthy of general cultivation. 
Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c; oz., 50c, postpaid. 
Celery Asparagus 
CHICORY 
One ounce to 200 feet of row. 
WITLOOF, or FRENCH ENDIVE. A delicious winter 
vegetable. It makes one of the finest of all salads, is very 
fine served with French dressing and eaten like lettuce, and is also ex¬ 
cellent boiled. Plant seed in May or June in open ground and in the 
fall dig roots, cutting off the leaves and store in soil in a cool place 
until wanted for forcing. About a month be¬ 
fore wanted the roots should be planted in 
boxes of earth, in a cool, dark place in the 
cellar. If not grown in a dark place it 
should be banked up like celery, as it is the 
blanched stalks that are used. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 20c; % lb., 55c; lb., $1.75, postpaid. 
LARGE ROOTED, or COFFEE. This is a 
variety of Chicory which is grown primarily 
for its root crop, although the young leaves 
are fine for salad. The large roots, when 
roasted and ground, make a delicious nour¬ 
ishing drink, and have been extensively used 
as an adulterant and substitute for coffee. 
The roots are also very valuable as rabbit 
feed for which purpose we sell annually a 
large quantity of seed. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 
% lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS CHICORY 
A good healthful and tasty substitute for Aspara¬ 
gus, and can be produced from seed the first year. 
The sprouts of this plant when cut fresh, boiled in 
salt water and served either hot or cold, have a 
slight asparagus flavor and make a most excellent 
substitute for the genuine article. It can also be 
blanched and eaten raw the same as celery. The 
tender sprouts are produced in abundance and may 
be cut several times in a season, as new shoots ap¬ 
pear after each cutting. Asparagus Chicory has for 
years been a favorite vegetable in Italy, and re¬ 
peated trials have proven that it can be just as suc¬ 
cessfully and easily grown in this country. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 30c; % lb., 80c; lb., $2.50, postpaid. 
CHIVES or Schnittlauch 
A hardy perennial onion-like plant. Highly esteemed 
for use as a salad, and for their small leaves which are 
produced very early in the spring and are used for giv¬ 
ing a mild onion flavor to various dishes. Frequent cut¬ 
tings may be made throughout the season, a new growth 
of leaves appearing soon after each cutting. Pkt., 10c; 
y 2 oz., 30c; oz., 50c, postpaid. Plants (small clumps), 
20c each; 4 for 50c; 12 for $1.00, postpaid. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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