CASH PRIZES FOR GROWERS 
of Burgess’ Climbing Trip-L-Crop Tomatoes 

~ The Government Asks Planters to Grow More Vegetables 
Man standing on 14 - foot ladder beside 
Trip-L-Crop Tomato Plant. 
of our customers in Lebanon, Pa; 
Burgess’ Climbing Trip-L-Crop Tomato 

Grown by one 
We are fighting a war in which food crops are as mighty 
as the gun, Many growers have joined our fighting forces, 
so there can be no increase in acreage this year. In fact, 
the acreage will probably be less, which makes it impor- 
tant to plant the most productive varieties and to give them 
the best of care. We consider it our duty to call to the at- 
tention of all planters the fact that Burgess’ Climbing 
Trip-L-Crop is by far the most productive Tomato we have 
ever seen. Burgess’ Climbing Trip-L-Crop is not an ex- 
periment. We have been growing and perfecting it for sev- 
eral years, and we did not offer the seed for sale until we 
were sure it was a variety with many superior qualities. 
We not only urge planters to grow Burgess’ Climbing 
Trip-L-Crop Tomato, but would like to have them report 
results, sending a photograph, if possible, to show what this 
grand variety has done for them. 
The following cash prizes will be given for the nine best 
photographs showing one or more plants of Burgess Climb- 
ing Trip-L-Crop Tomato: 
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Ys bal dd bY -teoes & ay i ae Ge 15.00 
SG PALO eeepc ce tees ota dls ene es! shake oc Recs. st O08 
4th Prize ........ SER oie Be eee 5.00 
the Prize aio. tee eon once eee tise. 2 1.00 
6th Prize ..... Se Rc Ghee ester eee eae. 2 1.00 
PINE CIZE =: ok ar Oe er ere eee Glan 3s 1.00 
OTN ePrize wer eee ea Niet ce ee es ee ace Se 1.00 
Oth SPrige 2s, cece, wie cots iolet ake: Lice... 100 
You can grow just as good tomatoes as anyone, and it 
costs you nothing to enter this contest. Small kodak or 
candid camera pictures will do. You can send as many 
photographs as you wish, the only condition being that all 
photographs sent to us become our property to use as we 
see fit. The judges will be officers of the Burgess Seed & 
Plant Company and the decision of the judges will be final. 
In ease of ties, duplicate prizes will be awarded. Con- 
test closes October 25th, 1944. Be sure and grow some of 
these wonderful tomatoes this year and try to win the first 
prize, 
Often Produces 2 to 3 Bushels from One Vine 
Burgess’ Climbing TRIP-L-CROP Tomato is a variety with many superior qualities. 
to a height of 10 to 18 feet (sometimes more than 20 feet) when grown on trellis. 
necessary as it will outyield other. varieties when grown in bush form. 
average 314% inches across and 2% inches deep, with some as deep .as 3% inches and as wide as 5 

FREE SERVICE 
to Our Customers 
Several types of vegetable and 
flower seeds are known to be ben- 
efited by proper treatment of the 
seed against disease before plant- 
ing. Fungus and bacterial~ dis- 
eases such as damping-off, brown 
or black rot, club-root, fusarium 
wilt, yellows, and black leg or 
wilt, can be largely controlled by 
seed treatment. As a new serv- 
ice, without added cost to our 
customers, we commenced the 
treatment seven years ago of 
vegetable and flower varieties 
‘known to respond favorably. This 
has proven of such value to our 
customers, aS expressed in the 
many letters we have received, 
that the service has been contin- 
ued each year since that time. 
Under present conditions, with la- 
bor shortages and high costs of 
chemicals, seed treating has be- 
come somewhat of a problem, but 
we feel that of all times, now is not the 
time to discontinue a service that means 
so much to planters, especially to the 
home gardener. We are therefore giving 
this free service again this year, as 
usual. Make your garden a real Victory 
Garden by planting Burgess’ Dependable 
Seeds. 
across. The fruits are solid, with meaty center surrounded 
small seed cells which are separated by solid divisions, 
makes the tomato unexcelled for both shipping and eating quali- 
ties. It is free from blight and disease and drought resistant. 
Two or three vines will produce enough fruit for an average fam- 
ily. It is not uncommon to pick more than two bushels of ripe 
tomatoes from one vine. Pkt., 15¢; 2 pkts., 25c. 
Winners of Last Year’s 
Photograph Contest 
ist Prize ($25.00), Elizabeth Snyder, 248 E. Walnut St., 
Lancaster, Pa. 
2nd Prize ($15.00), Walter Davis, Poseyville, Indiana. 
3rd Prize ($10.00), Dr. Robert L. Mitchell, V.S.V.F., Mus- 
kogee, Oklahoma. 
4th Prize ($5.00), George BE. McConaughy, 2538 Westmont 
Way, Seattle, Wash. 
5th Prize ($1.00), Gertrude Butler, 2071 Carroll Ave., St. 
Paul, Minn. 
6th Prize ($1.00), George A. Flory, R.F.D, 1, Archbold, 
Ohio. 
Tth Prize ($1.00), Julian A. Courtois, 715 N. Mill, Festus, 
Missouri. 
8th Prize ($1.00), Mrs. Carrie Glasnapp, Box 303, Ber- 
thoud, Colorado. 
9th Price ($1.00), J. Lee Simpson, Kernersville, North 
Carolina, 



Vines grow rapidly 
Trellis, however, is not 
The beautiful, large crimson fruits 

Photo of Burgess’ Climbing Trip-L-Crop Tomato plant more 
than 16 feet tall. Taken nearly 2 months before time for fall 
frosts. Grown by one of our customers in Paragould, Ark. 

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Photograph of Burgess’ Climbing Trip-L-Crop Tomato 
Grown by customer in Winchester, Ky. i 


This customer picked one bushel of ripe tomatoes and 
still had two bushels of green ones on this vine at the 
time this picture was taken. Some tomatoes weighed al- 
most 2!/5 Ibs. each. 
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6 Bushels of Tomatoes from 2 Vines 
Gardeners from all over the United States praise Burgess’ Climbing Trip-L-Crop. Satisfied customers write as follows: 
Pennsylvania, 6 bushels of tomatoes from 2 vines; Mississippi, 9 bu. from 4 vines; Tennessee, 34 bu. from 17 vines 
and still bearing; Georgia, more fruit’from 250 plants than from % acre Marglobe; 
West Virginia, 14 ft. high, 
picked over 2 bu. from each plant; Missouri, almost 3 bu. from plant 19% ft. tall; North Carolina, sold $7.00 worth 
from 35 plants, fruits weighed 3 to 5 lbs. more per bu. than other varieties, 
