EARLY WONDER BEE 
is valuable to market growers as a first early variety. 
form in growth that the entire crop can be lifted at one time. Tops 
small, roots flattened, globe-shaped with small tap root. Flesh, deep- 
purplish-red with little zoning. 
EAT BEET GREENS, AS BEET TOPS ARE HIGH IN CALCIUM AND VITAMIN A 



THE BEST BEET 
BURGESS’ fF A 
SPECIAL DE- 
TROIT is an im- 
proved strain of 
Detroit Dark Red 
Beet which is fully 
as early as Cros- 
by’s Egyptian. 
Extra deep dark 
red throughout; 
more uniform in 
shape and color 
than Detroit Dark 
Red; and of the 
very best quality. 
Unequaled for 
either home gar- 
den or market, 
and without doubt 

CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN 
(Selected Strain.) An extra 
early variety for home and mar- 
and bright red; flesh vermilion, 
very sweet and tender. 
DETROIT DARK RED 
The leading main-crop variety. 
The color is deep blood-red with 
indistinct lighter red zones. The 
roots are globe shaped, smooth 
and uniform, with small tap 
root. Free from woodiness until 
the beets attain their full size. 

like asparagus. 

the most valuable 
variety of beet 
ever offered. 

Burgess’ Special Detroit 
Our select market garden- 
ers’ strain of this variety 
N BEETS—Table Varieties 
One ounce of seed to 100 feet of row 
ket use. /The skin is very smooth’ 
SPINACH BEET or Swiss Chard _ 
GIANT LUCULLUS. Grown for its large, tender leaves and leaf stalks. Leaves grow to a len 
of 2 to 24% feet; stalks are nearly as thick and broad as Rhubarb and never get tough. By pic! 
off the large outside leaves, as wanted, more continue to grow and keep right on growing until ki 
by severe frost in the fall. The whole leaf can be~wised for greens, or the leaf stalks can be 
Also extensively used as a green feed for poultry. E 
















EARLY BLOOD TURNIP 
An exceedingly popular, early, 
round, deep-red beet of excel- 
lent quality. 
BABY BALL 
The Perfect Little Canning 
and Table Beet 
A beautiful beet for early 
spring, summer and fall use. 
Unsurpassed for canning and 
pickling whole because of its 
small size, uniform shape 
(nearly round), excellent qual- 
ity; ‘smoothness and beautiful 
deep crimson color, 

‘Baby Balle 258 tyes a cent 
Burgess’\Special Detroit........ 
Crosby’s Egyptian..>2.....2... 
Detroit Dark Red.........20.. 
Early Blood Turnip... ..5...2. 
It is so uni- 
Early Wonder.... 
AS WELL AS FAIR AMOUNTS OF VITAMIN C AND IRON 
Yields of 25 to 35 tons per acre are com- 
mon, and as high as 75 to 80 tons have been 
reported. 
greatly relished by all kinds of livestock. Will 
keep cattle in perfect’ physical condition and 
increase the flow of milk. As a feed for poul- 
try, during the winter months, they are very 
valuable and always increase egg production. 
The seed should be sown thinly in rows 2 
to 3 feet apart, and when plants are about 
3 inches high thin out to stand 8 to 10 inches 
apart in the row. Harvest before frost and 
store in pits outdoors or in a dry, frost-proof 
cellar. 
GIANT HALF SUGAR. A favorite with 
many dairymen. Flesh white, sugary and of 
high nutritive value. Yields a tremendous 
crop. Pkt, erec 02, beh. 24 1bss SUG: lbs 
$1.60; 2 lbs., $3.00; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. 
KLEIN WANZLEBEN. Practically all the 
leading authorities on Sugar Beets have 
united in recommending this variety as pos- 
sessing the highest sugar-producing qualities, 
as much as 18 tons of sugar having been made 
from 100 tons of roots. Also highly recom- 
mended for stock feeding. An enormous 
yielder. Pkt.,; (0c; oz., 15¢; 14 Ib., 50c3 1b., 
$1.60; 2 lbs., $3.00; 5 Ibs., $7.00, postpaid. 
GOLDEN TANKARD. A rapidly maturing 
Mangel, adapted to shallow lands, although © 
doing well on every soil, An immense yielder. 
Flesh yellow. Easily harvested ; excellent keep- 
er: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 Ib., 50c; Ib., $1.60; 
2 lbs,, $3.00; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. 
Georgia Coilard 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
Galesburg, Michigan 
A healthful and nutritious food. 
cropper of all Mangels. 
veined pink. 
round heads. 
cream like Cauliflower. 
cately flavored of the Cabbage family. ; 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED. A choice variety grown exten- 
Plants are 20 inches tall, and are 
well filled, nearly the entire length of the stalk, with solid 
sprouts measuring 1% to 1% inches in diameter. Pkt., 15c¢3 
% oz., 50c; 0oz., 90c; 14 lb., $3.00, postpaid. 
sively by market gardeners. 
Sugar Beets and Mangel Wurzels 
Greatest Cattie and Poultry Food 
Cuts Your Feed Bill in Half 
One ounce of seed to 100 feet of row; 5 or 6 Ibs., per acre 

Mammoth Long Red Mangel Wurzel 
MAMMOTH LONG RED. The largest and the heaviest 
The roots are frequently 2 feet 
or“more in length, one-half to two-thirds above the sur- 
face and easily harvested. Skin bright red; flesh white, 
Keeping qualities not excelled: Pkt, 10c; 
oz., 20c; 44 Ib., 55¢; lb., $1.75; 2 lbs., $3.30; 5 
$7.75, postpaid. f 
COLLARD 
GEORGIA. A form of loose-headed cabbage that succeeds in 
locations where other cabbages cannot be grown to perfection. 
In the South it continues to grow all winter. 
(5c; %4 lb., 45c; lb:, $1.35, postpaid. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
One ounce of seed will produce 2,500 plants — 

3,000 plants 
One of the Best Sources of Vitamin C 
with a Fair Amount of Vitamin A 
A variety of the Cabbage family, possessing the peculiarityeof 
bearing upon its stem or stalk from 50 to 100 small, cempact 
These heads are cut off when well formed and are 
usually marketed in quart berry boxes. 
hardy, are not injured but improved by hard frosts, and are left 
in the garden or field during the early winter until wanted. -May 
be had in fine condition until about Christmas time in the North, 
and in the South may be had from November to March. 
miniature Cabbages may be boiled like Cabbage or cooked in 
They are the most delicious and deli- 
Spinach Beet, Giant Lucullus. .. 
lbs., 
One ounce of seed will produce 
Pkt., 0c; oz., 
The plants are very 
2 Lbs. 
$5.20 
ah Mapeeae 3.80 
Ba lca 4.00 
read ie 3.80 
4.30 
cools ae 3.60 





















Early Sprouting Calabrese Broccoli 
BROCCOLI 
One ounce Will produce about 
2,000 plants : 
ONE OF THE BEST SOURCES OF VITAMIN A 
and served much as Asparagus. 
numerous branch heads which are fully as desirable 
the first head produced. A continuous supply may 
had for a long time from a few plants. Pkt., 10c; 
45c; 1% lb., $1.45, postpaid. : 
MAMMOTH WHITE. Hardier and more easily gr 
than Cauliflower, but cultivated and used in the s 
way. Heads of large size, creamy+white; delica 
flavor. Pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 75c; oz., $1.25; 14 Ib., $4 
postpaid. y ( 


These 




FAIR AMOUNTS OF C, Bi, G, CALCIUM AND IRON 
There are two distinet types of Broccoli. One similar 
to caulifiower. Mammoth White is the most popular of — 
this type. The other type is called Sprouting Broccoli; ~ 
the stems and flower buds are eaten and it is cooked 
EARLY SPROUTING CALABRESE. A delicious v 
riety, having the combined flavor of Cauliflower and 
Asparagus. Simply sow the seed in the open ground in 
the spring and transplant the plants when large enough, 
The heads or sprouts when ready to use are deep green... — 
After the central head is removed, the plant produces — 
