Seed Novelties and Highlights for 1941 
Mel-O-Dew Muskmelon 
Mel-O-Dew Muskmelon 
This melon was developed by the originator of Honey 
Rock O* Honey 
Muskmelon 
This new melon, seed, of which we 
offer for the first time, is an improved 
type of Honey Rock, and is distinctly 
superior in several important respects. 
The most valuable characteristic of Rock 
O’Honey is its freedom from blight, caus¬ 
ing the vines to remain green until frost. 
This allows most of the melons to ma¬ 
ture normally, so that they are well 
netted, of good size and of splendid 
quality. Because practically all the 
fruits mature, it is an extremely heavy 
yielding variety. The fruits are slightly 
elongated or oval in shape and all are 
well covered with a medium coarse net¬ 
ting. The flesh is much deeper than 
found in Honey Rock and the fruits are 
heavy and very solid, making it an ideal 
shipping sort. Its season of ripening is 
the same. Rock O’Honey was developed 
by the originator of Honey Rock, who 
considers it so much better that he now 
grows it exclusively. Other large grow¬ 
ers and shippers who have tried Rock 
O’Honey are also thoroughly “sold” on 
it. Everyone who has tried it is very 
enthusiastic over this fine new variety 
and we believe it is destined to be the 
leading variety of this class. Pkt., 15c; 
oz., 50c; Yi lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00, post¬ 
paid. 
Vesper Iris 
Rock, and was introduced by us last year. It made a 
big hit wherever it was offered. It is a cross between 
Hale’s Best and Honey Dew, is early and disease re¬ 
sistant, especially blight re¬ 
sistant in hot weather. The 
melons are remarkably uni¬ 
form in size, shape and ap¬ 
pearance, averaging, under 
normal conditions, 4 to 5 
lbs. in weight, 7 inches long 
and 6 inches across. It is 
nearly as early as Honey 
Rock — only about 5 days 
later—and a great yielder 
with strong, sturdy vines. 
In appearance, Mel-O-Dew 
is strikingly beautiful and 
so distinctive it stands out 
from all other varieties. It 
is smooth but overlaid with 
a faint, firm, silvery net¬ 
ting. The flesh is golden 
orange, extremely deep and 
good clear to the rind. Tire 
flavor is mild, similar to 
Honey Dew, sweet and de¬ 
licious—never strong or 
musky. The melons are 
so solid they keep in 
perfect condition for a 
long time and are un¬ 
surpassed for shipping. 
We can recommend Mel- 
O-Dew for both the 
home gardener and mar¬ 
ket grower. Pkt., 15c; 
oz., 50c; Yi lb., $1.50; 
Sugar Tomato lb., $5.00, postpaid. 
SUGAR TOMATO 
12% to 14% Sugar Content 
The introducer of this tomato claims that it is 
the sweetest of all tomatoes, containing more than 
12% sugar. Nothing like it ever before. Note the 
beauty and symmetry of the long racemes of fruit, 
often two feet in length. Smaller than regular to¬ 
matoes, but their superb sweetness and appearance 
make the Sugar Tomato one of the finest vegetable 
introductions in years. Bears enormously and is 
in a distinct class for dainty dishes, Salads, sauces, 
juice, etc. Be first to have it in your locality. New, 
extremely rare and unusual. Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c. 
CHINESE SALAD BEAN 
Chinese Bean Sprouts Are an 
AII-the-Year-Around Salad 
A delicious bean that is used for bean- 
sprouts and served in chop suey and 
salads in the finest Oriental Cafes. Chi¬ 
nese Bean Sprouts are an all-the-year- 
around salad. Enough for a good sized 
family can be grown in a small dish or 
pan in the kitchen in only 5 days. You 
can have these fresh sprouts in the win¬ 
ter as well as in the summer. This bean 
also is unexcelled for soups. Pkt., 10c; 
y 2 pt., 25c; pt., 45c; qt., 80c; 2 qts., 
$1.50, postpaid. By express, not pre¬ 
paid, 5 lbs., $1.30; 10 lbs., $2.50. 
CHESTNUT BEAN 
This wonderful chestnut-flavored bean 
is one of the most delicious grown. 
Grows in the form of a tall bush, and 
completely covered with pods. Eor soup 
and turkey stuffing it cannot be sur¬ 
passed. Popular in Spain, where it is 
known as the “Garbanzo.” Pkt., 10c; 
Yz pt., 35c; pt., 60c; qt., $1.00; 2 qts., 
$1.80, postpaid. By express, not prepaid, 
5 lbs., $1.75; 10 lbs., $3.40. 
6,450 BLOOMS 
©n 2 Vesper Iris Plants 
The beautiful filigree of graceful branches of the Vesper Iris is 
studded with from one to two hundred jewel-like flowers, truly a 
mammoth bouquet. The delicately colored blossoms, which at a 
little distance resemble somewhat a multitude of gorgeous butter¬ 
flies at rest, with motionless outstretched wings, vary in color, 
including such hues as cool translucent lavender, with markings 
of mahogany, copper, lemon, orange, brown or tyrian. 
The Vesper Iris, which often attains over four feet in height, 
has a graceful ethereal beauty really impossible to describe. It 
is perfectly hardy and will endure both severe cold and intense 
heat with impunity. This little known but most desirable iris will 
enhance the beauty of your garden with its delicate blossoms in 
the latter part of July and during August, sometimes continuing to 
flower even until September, filling the gap between the late Tall 
Bearded varieties and the Fall Bloomers. 
Mrs. T. W. Barnes (Oklahoma) reports 6,450 blooms on 2 Ves¬ 
per Iris plants one year after, planting—60 to 225 blooms per day 
from July 17 to August 29. 
Don’t fail to include some Vesper Iris plants in your next or¬ 
der. You will be delighted with them. Blooming size plants, 25c 
each; 3 for 50c; 12 for $1.85, postpaid. 
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Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 
VELVET BEANS 
FOR THE NORTH 
Velvet Beans make an enormous growth, and as a soil-improver they are considered superior to cowpeas. 
In addition to adding a wealth of nitrogen to the soil, they are very valuable as a green-manure crop. The 
wonderful growth of vines assures an abundance of pasture which outyields either cowpeas or soy beans. 
As a cow feed, it is claimed that two pounds of Velvet Beans in the pod will be found equal for milk pro¬ 
duction to one pound of cotton-seed meal. 
Velvet Bean seed should not be planted until the ground has become warm. Plant 15 to 30 lbs. of seed 
per acre, in rows 5 feet apart and 2% to 3 feet apart in the row. 
Velvet Beans can also be grown with corn. The corn should be planted in 5-foot rows and 
the row. The beans are planted between the hills, and when given the 
last cultivation kre also planted between the rows. Frequently stock is 
turned into the field and no attempt made to harvest the corn, and. 
sometimes the ears are pulled from the stalks before the animals are 
turned in to graze. 
For best results Velvet Bean seed should be inoculated. We, there¬ 
fore, send with each order for Velvet Bean seed sufficient bacteria for a 
thorough inoculation of the seed. 
BURGESS’ EARLY VELVET BEAN SEED — Trial packet, together 
with inoculation, 15c; pint, 30c; qt., 50c; 2 qts., 90c, postpaid. By ex¬ 
press, not prepaid, 5 lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., $1.25; 25 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., 
$7.00. Remember, we supply fresh Inoculation Bacteria with each order 
for seed. 
3 feet apart in 
Burgess' Early 
Velvet Bean 
the Great 
Soil-Builder 
