
Black Walnut 
NOTICE— Because of quarantines, Wal- 
nuts and Butternuts cannot be 
shipped to Arizona or California. Pecans cannot 
be shipped to Arizona, California or Utah. 
“BLACK WALNUTS 
Walnuts are becoming more popular each year with bakers, candy makers 
and ice cream manufacturers. They will grow in nearly all sections of the 
United States and thrive with little or no attention. If planted along 
fence rows they take up very little of your tillable land. The most valuable 
of all trees for timber, bringing the very highest price in market. A good 
shade tree, and the large, oily nuts ate of fine flavor and marketable at a 
fair price. Hardy in zone 4, Trees 3 to 4 feet high, $1.75 each; 3 for 
$3.95, postpaid. 
‘ HARDY PECAN 
The Hardy Pecan is a splendid and beautiful shade tree which will re- 
ward you with bushels of delicious nuts. It is an ideal tree for the lawn, 
does not shed its leaves until late in the fall, and is practically immune to Hardy Pecan 
insects. In Michigan it has withstood temperatures well below zero. Nuts a 
of good size and excellent quality. Hardy in zone 5. Trees 2 to 3 ft. 
high, $1.75 each; 3 for $3.95 postpaid. ~ 
: ' BUTTERNUT or White Walnut 7 
The nuts are large, long, oily and nutritious. A lofty, spreading tree, valued as a shade tree 
_and for its beautiful wood as well as for its nuts. Hardy in zone 3. Trees 2 to 3 feet high, $1.00 — 
each; 3 for $2.25 postpaid. G 

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’ MICHIGAN BANANA or PAW PAW 
The Michigan Banana or Paw Paw is a small handsome tree about 20 feet in 
height, with large purple flowers, which are very beautiful and fragrant, and large ~ 
dark green foliage which makes it a handsome tree for the park or lawn. Produces 
large yellow fruits which have the flavor of the banana and are very delicious. 
These fruits also resemble the banana, being somewhat shorter and thicker. - The 
trees are very hardy and can be grown in all sections of the United States. Should — 
be planted in every lawn and garden. Hardy in zone 4. Trees 2 to 3-foot high, 75e ~ 
each; 3 for $2.00. Postpaid. 
-’ HARDY NORTHERN PERSIMMON a 
Bright, golden orange fruits of ‘rich, spicy and delicious flayor. At their best 
after light frosts. The only variety found hardy in the Northern States. Hardy 
in zone 4. Trees 2 to 3 ft. high, 75c each; 3 for $2.00. Postpaid. he 


Michigan Banana or Paw Paw Fruits 
GROW FIGS Hardy Chinese Date 
in the North 
Our Dwarf Fig is particularly adapted to 
growing in the North, as it does well in either 
tubs or in the open ground. The root is per- 
fectly hardy. In localities where the tops freeze, 
it can be cut to the ground, and. when it begins 
growing agdin it will produce fruit on the new 
wood. We recommend open-ground planting 
wherever the growing season is long enough to 
grow a new top and mature a crop of. fruit. 
Where the season is too short for this we rec- 
- ommend planting in tubs, so plants can be taken 
inside following the first few fall frosts and 
stored for the winter. Plants will winter safely 
in an ordinary cellar. Our Dwarf Fig -will de- 
velop a crop of fruit farther north than any 
other variety. We recommend‘tub culture north 
of Philadelphia. Plants bear the first year they 
are set out, and abundantly each year there- 
after. The fruit is very sweet and delicious, 
of good size, with flesh that is firm and meaty, 
and of very fine quality for making preserves, 
jams, eanning, drying, or to eat in the fresh 
state. Entirely hardy in Zone 6 and root hardy 
jin Zone 4. Northern field-grown ‘stock, 1% to 
2 ft.. $1.00 each; 3 for $2.70, postpaid. 

Dwarf Fig Fruits, Reduced in Size 

Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
Galesburg, Michigan 




The Chinese Date (Jujube or Zizyphus) is a fruit from the high 
interior of China, which, we are sure, will prove to be one of the 
most valuable for our country. It is adapted to a wide range 
of territory and all kinds of soil. It is quite hardy, the United 
States Department of Agriculture bulletins reporting that it has 
withstood temperatures of 22 degrees below zero without injury. 
The tree is a heavy and constant bearer and commences to 
bear at an early age, four-year-old trees having produced 150 
pounds of fruit. It blooms very late in the spring, avoiding all 
danger from spring frosts, The fruit is one to two inches long, 
and chocolate colored. It is delicious when eaten fresh or cured 
like dates, and is excellent for preserves and jam. Cooked in a 
sugar syrup and allowed to dry it becomes a most tasty and 
palatable confection which we believe will eventually rival the 
date as a commercial product. Because of its productiveness 
and its highly nutritidus and delicious fruit, capable of being 
used in many ways, it is sure to be a valuable addition to the 
orchards and gardens. Hardy in Zone 5. Trees 2 to 3 feet high, 
$1.25 each; 3/for $3.45, postpaid. Z 
‘ Bush Cherry 
The Improved Bush Cherry is the result of over thirty years. of 
hybridizing and plant selection. It fills the need of the small 
home grounds where space is limited. It not only produces fine 
quality fruit, but makes a desirable ornamental -shrub with 
masses of white flowers in early spring, and silvery-green foliage 
turning to red and gold in the fall. The cherries are of fine 
flavor when eaten in their fresh state and also make excellent 
jams and preserves. ; Chinese Date 
. 
The fruit resembles a plum, but the plant grows in the form of a bush, 
4 feet tall at maturity, and produces fruit'on all of its branches from the 
ground up. Bears early and abundantly each year. Frequently produces 
fruit the same year as planted. Very easy to grow, Hardy in Zone 3. 
Owing to quarantines, Bush Cherry plants cannot be Shipped into Arizona, 
Califarnia, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah or Washington. 
PRICES: 2-year-old plants, 50e each; 3 for ${.20; 12 for $4.00, postpaid, 
. Improved Dwarf Juneberry 
A good substitute for the large or swamp Huckleberry or Blueberry which 
it resembles in appearance. The fruits are larger than the Blueberry and 
ripen earlier in the season. Fruits are borne in clusters; are reddish pur- 
ple in color, changing to bluish black when ripe. In flavor it is rich, mild 
and subacid, and the plants are wonderfully productive. It is perfectly 
hardy in all climates, and has an advantage over the Blueberry in that it 
does well on all kinds of soil. In addition to its value as a fruit, it is a~ = 
highly ornamental bush for the yard, especially in early spring, at which 
time it is a mass of pretty white blossoms. Hardy in Zone 4. "Plants 40c Improved Dwart Juneberry 
each; 3 for $1.00; 12 for $3.60, postpaid. 


