
Large Dasheen Tubers like this often grow from 3 to 
5 Ibs. each and sometimes to more than 6 Ibs. 
































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food. 
or Elephant’s Ear. 
order early. 





Garden Huckleberry 

GARDEN HUCKLEBERRY 
novelty, Pkt., 10c; 1% oz., 50c; 0z., 90c, postpaid. 

GROUND ALMONDS 
200 TO 300 NUTS IN A HILL 7 
The Ground Almond, or Chufa, has a fine flavor, resembling the 
Coconut or Almond. The meat is snow-wliite, covered with a thin 
shell or skin of brown color. It grows cloSe to the surface. Is very 
prolific, a single nut yielding from 200 to 300 nuts in a hill and will 
do well in any kind of soil. If nuts are planted in the spring a big 
erop can be, expected about potato harvest time. Usually eaten raw 
but have an excellent flavor either raw or roasted. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 
25c; % lb., 50c; lb.; 90c; 3 Ibs., $2.25; 10 Ibs., $6.00, postpaid. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 

‘ emcetiene when patted: poiled, fried, reas “stuffed, meat filled or Soa, nee for Saratoga Dashee 
wecks or more before the last spring frost is expected. Where the frostless sea- 
son is short, the tubers canbe started a month earlier inside and the plants set 
out when danger from frost is past. For field culture the tubers are planted 
singly and entire, not more than 2 to 8 inches deep in hills 3 feet apart, the dis- 
tance between rows being 4 feet. This will permit horse cultivation. In cultivat- 
ing, the soil should be gradually drawn to the plants and the ground kept free 
from weeds, but require little cultivation after large enough to shade the ground. 
For ornamental purposes, they produce a gorgeous effect when planted with 
Cannas or used in the shrubbery or perennial border. 
While we do not recommend the Dasheen as a root erop in Northern sections 
where the season is short, we surely consider it worthy of a place in every gar- 
lf you live in a locality where the growing season is not long enough to 
mature 
spinach-like leaves alone will many times repay you for the small ‘garden space 
oceupied by a few hills of Dasheens. If you haven’t the room in your garden 
to give them a trial, you can at least plant a few for ornamental purposes and 
In addition to being one of the finest vegetables, you will also find them one of the 
most showy ornamental foliage plants, the leaves resembling closely the Caladium Esculentum, 
Choice seed tubers, 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c; {2 for $1.25: 25 for $2.00; 50 for $3.75; 100 for 
$7.00, delivered to you prepaid. Pamphlet giving cultural directions and recipes for prepar- 
ing and cooking the Dasheen free with each order. 
GIANT CABBAGE-LEAVED DANDELION 

GIANT CABBAGE-LEAVED or IMPROVED THICK LEAF is an improved type which should 
not be confused with the wild Dandelion. It is one of the earliest spring vegetables, and is 
much prized as a blood purifier and for its other health-giving qualities. Unsurpassed for early 
spring greens, and esteemed for making salad when the leaves are young and tender. The 
leaves are of a dark green color, but can be blanched by sheltering from light with inverted 
pots, covering with boards or tying up the same as Cos Lettuce. Cultivate same as Lettuce. 
It remains over winter and is ready for cutting the following spring. If the roots are not 
disturbed, they will grow again, affording another supply the next year. .Pkt., 15¢; 1% 02z.. 
50c; 0z., 90c; 14 Ib., $3.00, postpaid. 
Grows from seed the first year. A new fruit that cannot be 
excelled for Pies and Preserves. It is very prolific, 
an immense crop of fruit. It is an annual and must be planted 
each year from seed. Grows and thrives in all climates and on 
all kinds of soil. The fruits grow larger than the common 
Huckleberry or Blueberry and will remain on the plant two 
months after they are ripe. If cooked with apples, lemons or 
anything sour, they make the very finest jelly. You will be 
delighted and astonished with this easily grown and wonderful 



















He a E ._ A Delicious Vegetabl 
| Ornamental Foliage P 
Large Tuberous Roots Used Like Potatoes, Blanched Stems Like Asparagus, and t 
Leaves Used for Greens. Large Tropical-like Ornamental Foliage Similar to: the ] Popul: 
Elephant’*s Far Caladium. 
The Dasheen is popular in various parts of Europe and Asia, where it is grown prinei 
as a root crop, the tubers being used the same as potatoes. The tubers sometimes re: 
weight of more than 6 pounds each, One hill will produce on good rich soil 6 to 8 pounds ¢ 
more of tubers, and in rare instances 20 to 26 pounds of Dasheens have been taken from a 
single hill. Crops of 600 to 900 bushels per acre have been produced, : 
The U.S.Department of Agriculture reports 1,400 bushels from less than 5 acres in nla 
and on their different eget. grounds have secured eae of 450 bushels to the 
and Fritters they are delicious. : 
Dasheen crisps, made from raw Dasheen with a fluted vegetable slicer and fried in deep fat, are dec 
by some epicures to be the most delicious of all Dasheen dishes. The delicate, nutty flavor of the Dash 
accentuated by this method of preparation, 
As a filling for fowl and other meats the Dasheen can hardly be surpassed. Served au Fragen t 
cooked with grated cheese, it is equal to any similar dish. It makes a delicious salad and may be . 
fried or German fried like potatoes. ; 
The young leaves of the Dasheen make excellent greens, used like Spinach. 
The stems, when grown under a box or barrel, so as to be blanched, are equal to Asparagus, and 5 
crops of these shoots can be harvested. The Department of Agriculture says: ‘The shoots are very - 
and have a delicate flavor, suggestive of mushrooms. There are probably few plants so. well suited for fore 
purposes as the Dasheen.’’ First cutting can be made in about:35 days after tubers are set in en 
subsequent ones at intervals of 10 to 14 days. : 
Land that is too wet for ordinary crops can be used to advantage in growing Dasheens. They can be ¢ 
on lands that are subject to short overflows that would ruin most other crops, thus making much land a 
able for food crops that is now considered worthless. They may also_be successfully grown in hot, 
regions as has been demonstrated by tests in Arizona and Southern California. An abundance of ‘humt 
the soil is essential for successful Dasheen culture. A liberal quantity of well-rotted barnyard manul 
planting time is-very beneficial. 
Dasheens require a rather long growing season in order to produce large size tubers, so planting should 
done as early in the spring as conditions of soil and climate will permit. 
The United States Department of Agriculture recommends planting two 

Domestic 
COFFEE 
ONE CENT | 

a satisfactory crop of tubers, ihe blanched asparagus-like stems and 
As our stock of tubers is limited, we recommend that you send your 
One Ounce Will Sow 100 Feet of Row 

Grow your own coffee ae 
an expense of Jess than — 
one cent per pound. The 
Domestic Coffee Berry 
makes a delicious, nourish-— 
ing drink, to take the place — 
of injurious coffee. It is” . 
pure food drink that give 
health and strength to 
young and old. The best § 
coffee substitute ever dis- 
covered, and thousands pro- — 
nounce it as good or better — 
than the best coffee, It has 
the rich, deep brown color. 
of old Java. One of the~ 
most easily grown and most 
productive of all plants. It- 
is an early variety of soy 
beans, can be successfully — 
grown in any climate, and 
ripens even in the extr 2 
North. As easily grown 
corn or beans, and do 
well on all soils. y 
sands suffer untold i 
from store coffee.. 
FLORENCE FENNEL OR 
FINOCCHIO 
MORE EASILY 
GROWN THAN 
CELERY 
The flavor is some- 
what like celery, but 
sweeter. <A _ delicious 
vegetable which should 
be more largely grown. 
It is extensively used 
as a salad in ~some 
parts of Europe, and 
! is particularly palata- 
ble when served boiled, 
with a cream dressing. 
Very distinct from 
Sweet -Fennel, easily 
cultivated, and ma- 
tures quickly from 
seed sown in early 
summer. The thick- . 
ened bases of the leaf- 
stalks form a_ bulb- 
like growth, which is 
blanched by earthing 
up like celery. Re- 
quires less blanching 
oe celery. Pkt., 100; 
, 40c; 14 Ib., $1.25, 
Florence Fennel pee 





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Coffee Berry this yeat 
save your health and mone 
Prepared like any other ¢ 
fee. Full directions w 
every packet. Pkt., 10¢ 
lb., 30c; lb., 50c } 

