PURE WHITE PICKLES. 
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% 
inches thick, and are excellent for slicing. Bear in 
abundance, beginning early and continuing until fall. Espe- 
cially recommended for the home garden. Pkt., 15¢e; oz., 35c; 
y% |b., $1.00, postpaid. - 
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West India Gherkin 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN. 
Small, oval-shaped, prickly 
fruit; used exclusively for pick- 
ling: very prolific. Pkt., 10c; 
z., 30c; 14 Ib., 90c; lb., $2.80; 
2 lbs., $5.40; 5 Ibs., $13.00, post- 
paid, 
Grow Your Own DILL 
Used in making “‘Dill Pickles.’’ 
Pkt., 0c; 2oz:, 20c; 44 Ib.,..60¢5 
b., $2.00, postpaid. : 




CHOICE PICKLING CUCUMBERS 
The Cucumbers listed on this page are the most select varieties for pickling. 
in shape and size, and the trueness to type of our strains of these varieties. 
grade Michigan seed. 
We take pride in the uniformity 
You will be pleased with our high- 
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 peed the value of such 
a blend. 'Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25¢; % Ibs; 75ce; Ib., $2.35; 2 
Ibs., $4.50; 5 ‘Tbs. ., $10. 75; 10 lbs., $20. 50, postpaid. 

2 . 56 days. An improved type of 
Heinz Special pickling cucumber. Highly 
prized for fancy pickles. Shorter and earlier than 
Chicago Pickling, and more uniform in size, shape and 
color. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % Ib., 60c; lb., $2.00; 2 
Ibs., $3.60; 5 lbs., $8.50; 10 lbs., $16.00, postpaid.» 
National Pickling 
55 days. ’Rich dark green, straight, rather blunt at 
each end. Can be used when quite small. Pkt., 10c¢; 
zZ., 20c; %4 lb., 60c; Ilb., $2.00; 2 lbs., $3.60; 5 Ibs., 
$8.50; 10 lbs., $16.00, postpaid. 
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LEMON. A real Cucumber, similar in 
shape and color to a lemon. pe in 
other cucumbers, and by many it is consid 
to be hy finest aayored variety. Highh 
low. Rust and drought ‘resistaes Pedueat 
big crop almost regardless of weather 
soil conditions. Pkt., {5¢; oz., 35e; % Ib 
$1.10; lb., $3.40, postpaid. Jag 
52 days. Extremely pro- 
Everbearing lific. If fruits are ke 
picked, it will continue to bear ‘almost indefinitely 
Fruits dark green; average 4 to 5 inches-in le 
Excellent for small pickles. Pkt., 10c¢; 0z., 25¢; 
Ib., 75ce; lb., $2.35; 2 lbs., $4.50; 5 Ibs., $10.7 
lbs. ; $20. 50, postpaid. wee = ' 
58 days. e stan 
Chicago Pickling - ard pickling variety. — 
Very prolific. Pkt., 10ce; 0z., 20c; %4 lb., 60c; Ib 
$2.00; 2 lbs., $3. 60; 5 Ibs., ‘$8. 503 10 Tbs., $16.0 ) 
postpaid. pass 
All-Purpose Mixture 
56 days. Yields immense crop of very fine, smooth, 
symmetrical, blunt-ended fruits. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
1% lb., 60c; lb., $2.00; 2 Ibs., $3.60; 5 Ibs., $8.50; 10 
Ibs., $16.00, postpaid. 
ENDIVE OR WINTER LETTUCE 


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 
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 
fall, and all winter and the following spring in the South. 
finely curled, 
parsley-like leaves which can be used for garnishing as well as for 
{0c; 0z., 250; 
grown for greens. 
DWARF SCOTCH. The best variety. Large, 
greens. Tender and of the very finest flavor. Pkt., 
% \b., 80c; lb., $2.50, postpaid. 
SIBERIAN. 
more. Leaves numerous, large, thick, plume-like 
frilled and waved. Deep green with bluish bloom. 
Z.,.20C; % lb., 65c; lb., $2.25, postpaid. 
Kale is very rich in vitamins and minerals, 
mins A, 
two vitamins in top quantities. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 
late into 
Plants 12 to 15 inches tall with spread of 3 
with 
producing vita- 
C and Bi, and riboflavin, calcium and iron, the first 

One ounce will sow 150 feet of row 
EXTRA CURLED. One of the most refreshing of all 
autumn and winter salads. May be grown any season of 
the year, but is. more generally used late in the fall. 
Blanched by tying up the leaves in a conical form for 
about 10 days before using. Dr. Finck, an authority on 
foods, recommends it as a food for persons suffering 
from indigestion. Pkt., {0c; 0z., 20c; %4 lb.,,55c; Ib., 
$1).65:5 °2albse, $a. Ose ‘Ibs., $7.25, postpaid. 
SELF-BLANCHING. An improved strain of Extra 
Curled that does not need tying up. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 
% lb., 70c; Ib., $2.00; 2 lbs., $3.80; 5 Ibs., $9.00, post- 
paid. 
BATAVIAN FULL HEART. Foliage broad and flat— 
deep green leaves with thick midrib, that is exceedingly 
palatable when well blanched. Stands dry weather better 
than any other sort. We believe this variety is unsur- 
passed for salad when blanched by an experienced, gar- 
dener, but is. more generally used cooked like Kale or 
Spinach -or as flavoring for soups, stews, ete. Pkt., 10c; 
0Z.,, 2003) 44° 1b.,, 553) Ib, $2653) 2.-1bs., 
$7.25, postpaid. 
EGG PLANT 
One ounce of seed for 1,500 plants 
BLACK BEAUTY. The earliest and best of all Egg Plants. 
size and are ready to use 10 days to 2 weeks ahead of other varieties. 
compact and robust bushes, and are laden with the mammoth fruits. 
, they bear-continuously until frost. 
lustrous, purplish black. 
45¢; oz., 80c; 1 .Ib., 
$7.75, postpaid. 
$2.50; Ib., 
CASH PRIZE 
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margin 
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, Just right for those who want some of all the di 
20c; ferent cucumbers. 
rieties we catalog—early, late, slicers, pickles, large 
and small, etc. Pkt., 





A finé mixture of the many va- 
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$3.10; 5 Ibs., 
The fruits are of most attractive form ; : 
Very productive; entirely free from space or thorns. Pht., oor Vy Oz 








Extra Curled Endive 
Disease-Treated 
Seed 
The fruits grow to an enormo 
The plants grow into” 
Under favorable cond 
the skin is a 
