MICHIGAN GROWN TOMATO SEED IS THE BEST 
We Don'f Buy Our Seed from Other Growers and "Just Hope" It Will Be Good. We Grow Our Own Tomoto Seed and Know It Is Good 
BONNY BEST 
SELECT 
MARKET STRAIN 
Our select Market Strain of Bonny Best is the finest 
on the market, being eariier, larger and more produc¬ 
tive than Standard Strains. The smooth, scarlet fruit 
is practically free from cracks and of fine fiavor. 
Fruits average 5 ounces and are about a week later 
than our Special Earliana. 
Rutger's Wilt Resistant 
A main crop Tomato developed at the New Jersey 
Agricultural Experiment Station. Produces a large 
plant with an abundance of foliage to protect the fruit 
from sunscald. The fruits are medium to large, simi¬ 
lar in shape to Marglobe, but more flattened at the 
stem end; bright red, smooth, with thick walls and 
small seed cells. Ability to ripen from the inside out, 
leaving the interior free from fiber, and its low acidity, 
makes Kutger’s an outstanding variety for canning. 
WILT-RESISTANT STONE 
If you are bothered with wilt in your locality, you 
will be interested in this wilt-resistant strain of the 
old reliable Stone. Large, bright red, very firm, soMd, 
perfectly smooth, main crop tomato. Very fine flavor; 
excellent for canning. 
■^AT^UI CCC One of the best large-fruited 
main-crop Tomatoes for 
home use, nearby markets and canning. Vines vigor¬ 
ous, extremely productive and continue to bear until 
frost. Fruits of rich scarlet-red color, half flat, ovoid, 
smooth, very meaty and solid, free from cracks or 
other irregularities, and noted for their excellent long- 
keeping qualities. 
AOLDFN OUFFN Leading yellow To- 
vuccn mato. Less acid than 
red varieties. 
White Beauty Tomato 
The White Beauty Tomato is ivory-white in color 
and the flesh is almost paper white. It is of large 
size and of excellent quality for slicing, canning and 
juice. It contains absolutely no acid, so can be 
eaten by thousands of people who have heretofore 
avoided Tomatoes on account of the acidity. Pkt., 
lOc; 3 pkts., 25c; % oz., 60c; oz., $1.00, postpaid. 
Pride of the Market 
Very early, only a day or two later than Earliana, but 
considerably larger and of much superior quality. An 
extra-solid, beautiful scarlet tomato. E.specially recom¬ 
mended for the Northern States and for growing on 
heavy soils. As a market and shipping variety it has 
no superior. 
Michigan State Forcing 
Developed at Michigan State College. In addition to 
being an ideal main-crop garden variety, it is an ideal 
variety for greenhouse and soilless agriculture. Its 
seif-fertilizing cliaracteristics insures a heavy setting 
of perfect globular-.shaped fruits averaging 4% ounces 
each. The bright red fruit is firm, meaty and practi¬ 
cally free from blemishes. Tlie thick outer wall of the 
fruit makes this variety unsurpassed for long-distance 
shipping, and it has wonderful keeping qualities. It 
may be allowed to ripen on the vines without loss to 
the grower. The grower who wants the best will make 
no mistake in planting Michigan State Forcing. 
Scarlet Topper (Pritchard) 
The last variety introduced by the late Dr. Pritcli- 
ard, originator of Break O’Day and Marglobe, and 
considered his best. I’lants are sturdy, compact and 
leafy due to close-jointed stems, and are wilt resist¬ 
ant. Fruits are globe shaped, absolutely smooth, bril¬ 
liant red, and of uniform size and quality. Flesh is 
tliick and seed cavities small, making for heavy, solid 
fruits. Seldom cracks, and yields of 15 tons and over 
per acre are common. Often produces 10 or more 
fruits in one cluster, all of the .same size and ripen¬ 
ing together. 
A profitable market and canning variety, due to 
earliness, uniformity, and quality, and an ideal home 
variety because of its selj’-pruning habit of growtli, re¬ 
quiring less space per plant. Ripens only a few days 
after the first early varieties. 
JOHN BAER 
Popular early variety. Usu¬ 
ally ripens in about 90 days 
on our Michigan farms. Fruits nearly round, uniform 
in shape, smooth, and without core. An excellent 
shipper and one of the most productive. 
Small Preserving Tomatoes 
The following miniature Tomatoes are named for their resem¬ 
blance to the various fruits and are very ornamental, as well as 
delicious in salads, preserves and pickles: Red Cherry, Red Pear, 
Red Plum, Yellow Cherry, Yellow Pear, Yellow Plum. Pkt., lOc; 
Ys oz., 25c; oz., 45c; 6 pkts., one of each, for 30c. 
SMALL FRUITED IN MIXTURE. A mixture of the above six 
small fruited varieties. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c; oz., 45c, postpaid. 
^UEDDV Also called Winter Cherry and 
V^nCKI\ I Husk Tomato. While it is not a 
true tomato, it belongs to the same family and is grown in the same 
manner as tomatoes. The small yellow fruits are borne in husks. 
They are delicious either raw or cooked, and when dried in sugar, 
are as good as raisins for cakes and puddings. For preserves and 
pies they are excellent. Easily grown on almost any soil, and are 
prolific bearers. Fruits will keep nearly all winter if stored in a 
cool place. Pkt., lOc; Vi oz., 30c; oz., 50c, postpaid. 
Seed Delivered Postpaid at the Following Prices 
Pkt. 
Vz Oz. 
Oz, 
1/4 Lb. 
Lb. 
2 Lbs. 
5 Lbs. 
Bonny Best, Select Market Strain. 
Golden Queen. 
John Baer. 
Matchless. 
Michigan State Forcing. 
Pride of the Market. 
Rutger’s Wilt-Resistant. 
Scarlet Topper or Pritchard. 
Wilt-Resistant Stone. 
$0.05 
.10 
.05 
.08 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.10 
.08 
$0.25 
.20 
.35 
.30 
.20 
.20 
$0.25 
.40 
.25 
.30 
.55 
.50 
.30 
.35 
.25 
$0.75 
1.25 
.75 
.90 
1.75 
1.50 
.90 
1.00 
.75 
$2.50 
4.00 
2.50 
3.00 
6.00 
5.00 
3.00 
3.50 
2.50 
$4.50 
7.20 
4.50 
5.40 
10.80 
9.00 
5.40 
6.30 
4.50 
$10.00 
16.00 
10.00 
12.00 
24.00 
20.00 
12.00 
14.00 
10.00 
The best Tomatoes come only from the best seed and the maximum profit comes only from 
the best Tomatoes. Seed of poor quality produces plants of similar value, A small differ¬ 
ence in the seed may cost you many dollars in profits. Burgess’ Tomato Seed is your best 
assurance of a bountiful crop of highest quality fruits. 
Large Green Globe Artichoke 
Green Globe Artichoke 
An ounce of seed will produce about 500 plants. 
A delicious vegetable which is cultivated for 
its large flower-heads, which are cooked like 
Asparagus. It is considered a delicacy and de¬ 
mands 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 results it should be renewed every two 
or three years. Pkt., lOc; oz., 35c; Y^ lb., 
$1.20, postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS 
An ounce of seed will produce about 250 plants; 2 lbs. will produce enough 
roots to set an acre. 
MARY WASHINGTON (Giant Rust-Proof). This is the finest strain of 
Asparagus for either the home garden or commercial planting. A rapid 
growing sort, yielding stalks two inches in diameter, and even when twelve 
inches long are perfectly tender. Practically immune to “rust” and other 
A.sparagus diseases. Pkt., 8c; oz., 14c; Y* lb-, 30c; lb., 85c; 2 lbs., $1.50; 
5 lbs., $3.60; 10 lbs., $6.80, postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS PLANTS 
We supply choice one-year-old 
plants, which is the age we rec¬ 
ommend, 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 MARY WASHINGTON PLANTS—12 for 35c; 25 for 50c; 50 for 
80c; 100 for $1.50; 250 for $3.50, by parcel post, postpaid. By express, 
not prepaid, 250 for $2.50; 500 for $4.00; 1,000 for $7.00; 5,000 for $30.00. 
A FINE TABLE VEGETABLE 
and the Best Hog Food Known 
FOR THE TABLE—Soak a fair 
Sized JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE 
bulb in cold water, then slice it as 
you would cucumber, flavor with 
salt and pepper and pour vinegar 
over it, and you will have about as 
tempting and delicious a dish as 
you could wish for. Fine for salads, 
and very appetizing when baked like 
potatoes or creamed like asparagus. 
Valuable food for diabetics and 
tliose not permitted to eat starchy 
foods. 
FOR HOG FEED—An acre of 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES will 
keep 20 to 30 hogs from October to 
April. Tubers stand freezing and 
can be left in the ground all winter. 
Hogs root them out of the ground 
and save work of harvesting. The 
tops make good silage. Easily 
grown. Plant 3 feet apart each way. 
Cut tubers like potatoes. 300 lbs. 
plant an acre. 
Giant Mary Washington Asparagus 
PRICES OF JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE TUBERS—Lb., 30c; 3 
lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 25 
lbs., $2.25; 50 lbs., $4.00; 100 lbs., $7.50; 300 lbs., $21.00. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 
