NEW WILT RESISTANT CREGO ASTER 
Now Everyone Can Grow Asters 
The new Wilt Resistant strain of Crego is the 
best of all the feathery or fluffy types of Asters. 
The large double flowers are on long stems and un¬ 
surpassed for cutting. 
During the past few years it has become rather discouraging 
to attempt growing Asters due to the so-called wilt disease. 
This disease is caused by a specific parasitic fungus, which may 
attack the plant at any stage in its growth from the seedling 
to the seed-producing age. The spores of the fungus may be 
carried on Aster seed and on inert matter with the seed, on the 
implements used in preparing the soil, and in the soil itself. 
When once introduced into the soil, it persists indefinitely and 
makes the land “aster sick,” that is, whenever an ordinary 
strain of Asters is planted into that particular soil at any time 
thereafter, the wilt fungus living in it will attack the plants 
and they will die off at some stage of their growth. 
A wilt resistant strain of Asters, however, is one which, 
although planted on the very sickest soil available, will with¬ 
stand the attacks of the fungus and develop into strong, 
healthy plants. Just as some people or animals withstand the 
attacks of certain diseases, while others become sick at the first 
sign of an epidemic, so the resistant strains of Asters will with¬ 
stand the attack of the wilt fungus, while the non-resistant 
strains will succumb. 
Experiments with this new Wilt Resistant strain show not 
only stronger plants, but better forms with larger flowers of 
better substance than the old or ordinary strains of Asters. We 
offer the following colors: 
Cattleya, fascinating shade of orchid Shell Pink 
Crimson Peach Blossom 
Dark Violet White 
Deep Rose Mixed 
Your choice of above at 15c per packet; 7 packets, 70c; 
% oz., 30c; !/4 oz., 50c; y 2 oz., 85c. 
Wilt Resistant Crego Aster 
Queen of the Market 
Queen of the Market 
(Wilt-Resistant) 
Our early strain of Queen of the 
Market Asters is a most valuable 
type for bedding as well as cutting, 
as they are entirely wilt-resistant, 
the first to come into bloom, and con¬ 
tinue blooming until checked by fall 
frosts. Several other strains of Aster 
are being offered as something earlier 
than Queen of the Market, but we 
find none of them as early as our 
strain of Queen of the Market, and none 
of them as valuable either for florists or 
the home flower garden. Plants are 15 to 
18 inches in height and branch freely near 
the ground, giving long stems to the flow¬ 
ers. White, Pink, Crimson, Light Blue, 
Dark Blue, Scarlet. Separate colors or 
mixed. 10c per packet; 6 pkts., 40c; y 8 
oz., 30c; % oz., 50c; y 2 oz., 80c. 
Heart of France (Wilt-Resistant) 
A wonderful pure red Aster. Nearly all others 
have shades of blue or too much yellow in the 
color pigments. Heart of Prance opens red as the 
purest ruby, deepens with age and retains its re¬ 
markable beauty to the very end. The petals ap¬ 
pear strikingly changeable, showing now a glow 
and sheen .quite unique, now a soft warm velvety 
texture. In any light, natural or artificial, Heart 
of France is startlingly beautiful and will com¬ 
mand instant admiration. The flowers are large 
and full with never a trace of hollow center. Pkt., 
15c; y 8 oz., 40c; % oz., 70c. 
Giant Ostrich Feather. Magnificent feathery, 
full fluffy flowers of large size, on long stems. 
Pine mixture of colors. Pkt., 8 c; % oz., 25c. 
Chrysanthemum-Flowered Comet. Large, dou¬ 
ble flowers with long, curled, twisted petals, re¬ 
sembling fine Japanese Chrysanthemums. Pine 
mixture of colors. Pkt., 8 c; y 8 oz., 25c. 
Wilt Resistant 
One packet each of 
Wilt-Resistant Crego, 
Aster Collection 
Wilt-Resistant Queen 
of the Market, Wilt- 
Resistant Heart of France, Wilt-Resistant Late 
Branching, and Wilt-Resistant Golden Sheaf, 
all 5 for 40c. 
King Asters 
In form the flower is en¬ 
tirely distinct from any 
other aster. The blossoms 
are round, full, and very 
large; long, narrow, quilled 
petals, those in the center 
being curled and incurved, 
completely covering the 
crown. A fine mixture of 
colors, including Crimson, 
Pink, Lavender, Violet, 
White, etc. Pkt., 10c; 
y 8 oz., 25c. 
Wilt-Resistant Late Branching 
Wilt-Resistant Late Branching 
A grand strain of American Asters. Plants 
form strong, branching bushes, 2 to 2 y 2 feet in 
height, bearing on long, strong stems, flowers 
which are very double and, under ordinary cul¬ 
tivation, average 5 inches across. Seed in mixed 
colors only. A fine mixture, including Crimson, 
Scarlet, Bright Rose, Flesh Pink, Sky Blue, 
Purple, White, etc. Pkt., 10c; y 8 oz., 30c; % 
oz., 50c; y 2 oz., 80c. 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO., Galesburg, Michigan 
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