PURE WHITE PICKLES 

West India Gherkin 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN. 
Small, oval-shaped, prickly 
fruit; used exclusively for pick- 
ling; very prolific. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 35c; 4 lb., $1.10; 1b., $3.40; 
WHITE WONDER is pure white with a smooth, clear surface. 
The fruits are uniform in shape and, when about 3 inches 
long, make very attractive pickles when packed in glass con- 
tainers. The quality is also all that could be desired. If 
allowed to mature, the fruits are about 7 inches long by 2% 
2 Ibs., $6.60; 5 lbs., $16.00, post- 
paid. 
Grow Your Own DILL 


Lemon Cucumber 
inches thick, and are excellent for slicing. 
abundance, beginning early and continuing until fall. 
Pkt., 15¢; 0oz., 35¢; 
cially recommended for the home garden. 
% I|b., $1.00, postpaid. 

Bear in great 


Used in making ‘‘Dill Pickles.” 
Pkt.; (5c; oz., 25¢3 % Ib., 80c; 
Ib., $2.50, postpaid. 
Espe- 


CHOICE PICKLING CUCUMBERS 
The Cucumbers listed on this page are the most select varieties for pickling. We take pride in the uniformity 
in shape and size, and the trueness to type of our strains of these varieties. 
grade Michigan seed. 
Burgess’ Pickle Blend 
This special blend is composed of the outstanding 
pickling varieties in correct proportion to produce max- 
imum yields of uniform, symmetrically shaped, dark 
colored pickles. Each variety in this mixture is a pure 
strain grown separately, after which the seed is mixed 
to secure proper cross-pollination, resulting in first gen- 
eration hybrid pickles. Their vigor, productiveness and 
uniform quality follows by the same principle used in 
hybrid seed corn and other hybrids. 
A very similar blend has been used for many years 
by most commercial pickle concerns, who have found it 
most profitable. Tests at Michigan State College Experi- 
ment Station have thoroughly proved the value of such 
a blend. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 14 lb., 80c; Ib., $2.45; 2 
Ibs., $4.70; 5 lbs., $11.25; 10 Ibs., $21.50, postpaid. 
You will be pleased with our high- 
0 _ 56 days. An improved type of 
Heinz Special pickling cucumber. Highly 
prized for fancy pickles. Shorter and earlier than 
Westerfield’s, and more uniform in size, shape and color. 
Pkt., 10c3 oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 65c; lb., $2.10; 2 Ibs., 
$4.00; 5 Ibs., $9.50; 10 Ibs., $18.00, postpaid. 
National Pickling 
55 days. Rich dark green, straight, rather blunt at 
each end. Can be used when quite small. Pkt., 10¢; 
0z., 20c3 14 lb., 65c; Ib., $2.10; 2 lbs., $4.00; 5 Ibs., 
$9.50; 10 lbs., $18.00, postpaid. 
Snow's Fancy Pickling 
56 days. Yields immense crop of very fine, smootl, 
symmetrical, blunt-ended fruits. Pkt., (0c; 0z., 20c; 
% |b., 65c; lb., $2.10; 2 lbs., $4.00; 5 lbs., $9.50; 10 
lbs., $18.00, postpaid. 
Sweetest—Finest Flavor 
LEMON. A real Cucumber, similar in size, 
shape and color to a lemon. Sweeter than 
other cucumbers, and by many it is considered 
to be the finest flavored variety. Highly es- 
teemed for pickling, either green or ripe, and 
for slicing just as the fruits are turning yel- 
low. Rust and drought resistant. Produces a 
big crop almost regardless of weather and 
soil conditions. Pkt., !0c; oz., 35c; % Ib., 
$1.10; Ib., $3.40, postpaid. 
52 days. Extremely pro- 
Everbearing lific. If fruits are kept 
picked, it will continue to bear almost indefinitely. 
Fruits dark green; average 4 to 5 inches in length. 
Excellent for small pickles. Pkt., 10c¢; 0z., 25¢; %4 
Ib., 80c; Ib., $2.45; 2 Ibs., $4.70; 5 Ibs., $14.25; 1 
lbs., $21.50, postpaid. Car 
WESTERFIELD’S CHICAGO PICKLING. 58 
days. The standard pickling variety. Very prolific. 
Pkt., (0c; 0z., 20c; 14 lb., 65c; 1b., $2.10; 2 Ibs., 
$4.00; 5 lbs., $9.50; 10 lbs., $18.00, postpaid. 
All-Purpose Mixture 
Just right for those who want some of all the dif- 
ferent cucumbers. A fine mixture of the many va- 
rieties we catalog—early, late, slicers, pickles, large 
and small, etc. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c, postpaid. 


Dwarf Scotch Kale 
Kale, or Borecole 
One Ounce of Seed to 300 Feet of Row 
This is a species of the cabbage family which is extensively 
grown for greens. It is hardier than cabbage; plants withstand 
several degrees of frost. In the Northern states it will provide 
an abundance of greens throughout the summer and late into 
fall, and all winter and the following spring in the South. 
DWARF SCOTCH. The best variety. Large, finely curled, 
parsley-like leaves which can be used for garnishing as well as for 
greens. Tender and of the very finest flavor. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25¢; 
Y% \b., 80c; 1lb., $2.50, postpaid. 
SIBERIAN. Plants 12 to 15 inches tall with spread of 3 ft. or 
more. Leaves numerous, large, thick, plume-like with margin 
frilled and waved. Deep green with bluish bloom. Pkt., (0c; 
0z., 20¢; %4 lb., 65c; lb., $2.25, postpaid. : 
Kale is very rich in vitamins and minerals, producing vita- 
mins A, © and Bi, and riboflavin, calcium and iron, the first 
two vitamins in top quantities. 



Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 

TAMPALA. 
A Delicious New Vegetable 
from China 
A delicious green vegetable, the leaves of which may be 
eaten raw or cooked like spinach. Much better than spinach 
in flavor and in many other respects. Tampala is entirely dif- 
ferent in flavor to other vegetables. More food value than 
either spinach or chard, and so tender the leaves require only 
five minutes to cook, with only the water that clings to the 
leaves when washed. Branches 4 to 5 inches in length may be 
quickly gathered instead of picking individual leaves. 
Tampala may be planted early and is usually ready for eat- 
ing in six weeks after seed is sown. It does well in hot weather 
and will keep on producing all summer. Pkt., 15ce; 2 pkts., 
25c, postpaid. 
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Tampala 



Salsify 
Oyster Plant 
One ounce to 75 feet of row. 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH 
ISLAND. Salsify or Vege- 
table Oyster is grown like 
Parsnip. For winter use dig 
in the fall. Much improved 
in flavor if left in the 
ground over winter and used 
as an early spring vegetable. 
Pkt., (0c; 1% 0z., 35c; 02z., 
60c; % Ib., $2.00; Ib., 
$6.00; 2 Ibs., $11.40; 5 
lbs., $27.00, postpaid. 
Deduct 10c per Ib. from the 
Postpaid Pound Prices given in 
this ‘catalog if you want seeds — 
sent by express, not prepaid, = 










