
Great Lakes 
Lettuce 

847 Burpee’s Early Pimento Pepper 
All-America Bronze Medal Winner 
65 days. Peppers are heart-shaped, pendent, and when mature are 
314 in. long and 2% in. in diameter at the top, smooth, dark green, 
turning bright red when ripe. The flesh is 14 to % in. thick—a 
heavy walled pepper which is mild at all stages, and is especially 
sweet after it has turned red. Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 60¢; oz. $1.00. 
1111 Burpee’s Jubilee Tomato 
All-America Bronze Medal Winner 
72 days. A new orange-yellow tomato which compares favorably 
with the best of the standard red varieties in shape, smoothness, 
quality and solidity. Entirely different from any yellow or orange 
tomato you ever grew. Fruits are bright golden orange, glooular, 
average weight, 6 ozs.; the orange colored interior is modern, thick- 
walled, with few seeds. The flavor is somewhat mild but not flat. 
Makes delicious juice of unusual and attractive color. Very high 
in Vitamins A and C. Three times as much Vitamin A as oranges. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 60¢; 14 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.85. 
“Vour Jubilee tomato has 
made quite a hit through 
this section this summer,” 
writes a _ well- 
known garden 
authority. 
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Burpee’s 
Jubilee Tomato 
Illustyated in color on the 
front cover. 

532 Lettuce, Great Lakes 
All-America Bronze Medal Winner for 1944 
90 days. An outstanding all ‘round crisphead or Iceberg 
type lettuce for all sections and all seasons. Especially 
valuable as a summer lettuce as it stands the heat and 
sun and is remarkably slow to throw seed stalks. 
Heads are small, flattened and oblong to triangular in 
shape. The leaves fold completely over the heads, 
which are solid even before they attain full size. Foliage 
is veined and a distinctive dark green. Average weight 
of heads, 7s lb.; quality and texture are very good. 
Pkt. 25¢; 4 pkts. $1.00. 
(Not more than 4 pkts. to a customer.) 
47 Burpee’s Tender Pod 
Bush Bean 
All-America Bronze Medal Winner 
48 days. Pods grow 4% to 5 in. long, thick, round in 
cross section, smooth, deep dark green, curving slightly, 
with long and distinctively curved tips. They are en- 
tirely stringless, fleshy, brittle and of unsurpassed flavor, 
unequalled for table use and canning. Matures early 
and is most productive over a long season. In appear- 
ance, tenderness and quality it is unsurpassed. Tender 
Pod Bush Bean has quality that will be appreciated by 
every home gardener. Seed crop is short. Pkt. 15¢. 
362 Pop Corn, White Jumbo 
125 days. A white counterpart of South American Mushroom. 
Plants 6% to 7% ft. tall, bearing ears about 3 ft. from the ground. 
Ears grow from 7 to 8% in. long; grains are large and creamy white. 
Good for southern gardens or wherever late maturing varieties 
can be successfully grown. Pkt. 15¢; 14 Ib. 25¢; Ib. 45¢. 
9989 Rhubarb 
Chipman’s Canada Red 
Chipman’s Canada Red is the best of the new rhubarbs so far 
introduced. It is a seedless type which makes it ever bearing. The 
plant is very vigorous and hardy, with long, slender stalks that — 
are a bright red all the way through, the red color even extending 
to the mid-rib of the leaf. 
It is also claimed to be sweeter than other rhubarbs. It makes a 
sauce that is more beautiful and delicious. Grow some of this 
unusual rhubarb in your own garden and enjoy its good merits. 
1 root for $1.50; 3 for $4.00. 
“Jubilee tomato is the biggest 
vegetable sensation of the year. 
It is amazingly fine,” 
so says a noted 
garden writer. 











