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is valuable to market growers as a first early variety. 
form in growth that the entire crop can be lifted at one time. 
small, 
purplish-red with little zoning. 


| THE BEST BEET GROWN 
“SPECIAL DE- 
x 
‘as’ early as Cros- 
BURGESS’ CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN 
(Selected Strain.) An extra 
early variety for home and mar- 
ket use. The skin is very smooth 
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. 
round, 
TROIT is an im- 
proved strain of 
Detroit Dark Red 
Beet which is fully 
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 
the most valuable 
variety of beets 
ever offered. 
spring, 

by severe frost in the fall, 
like asparagus. 



Burgess’ Special Detroit 
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Our select market garden- 
‘ers’ strain of this variety 
It is so uni- 
Tops 
Tiesh deep 
Detroit Dark Red. 
roots flattened, globe-shaped with small tap root. | Early Wonder. . 
EAT BEET GREENS, AS BEET TOPS ARE HIGH IN CALCIUM AND VITAMIN A 
AS WELL AS FAIR AMOUNTS OF VITAMIN € AND IRON 
Sugar Beets and Mange! Wurzels 
Yields ig 25 to 35 tons per acre are com- 
mon, and as high as 75 to 80 tons have been Greatest Cattle and Poultry Food 
Cuts Your Feed Bill in Half 
reported. A healthful and nutritious food 
One ounce of seed to 100 feet of row; 5 or 6 Ibs. per acre | 
























greatly relished by all kinds of livestock. Will 
keep eattle 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. 
many dairymen. 
A favorite with 
Flesh white, sugary and of 
high nutritive value, Yields a tremendous 
erop.. -Pkt., (0e3: 0z:,;° 150s 44) Ibi. 450% Ib: 
$1.35; 2 lbs., $2.50; 5 lbs., $5.50, 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; 0z., 15ce; %4 Ib., 45c3 1b., 
$1.35; 2 Ibs., $2.50; 5 Ibs., $5.50, postpaid. Mammoth Long Red Mangel Wurzel 
GOLDEN TANKARD. A rapidly maturing MAMMOTH LONG RED. The largest and the heaviest 
Mangel, adapted to shallow lands, although cropper of all Mangels. 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, 
giekde pink. Keeping qualities not excelled. PKS 10c: 
20c¢; 4% Ib., 45c¢ 5 1b:, $1.35; 2) Ibs., $2:50% 5 Ibs., 
35, 50, postpaid. 
D t One ounce of seed will produce 
3,000 plants 
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. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
{5c; 14 lb., 45c; lb., $1.35, postpaid. 
_ BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
One ounce of seed will produce 2,500 plants 
One ofethe Best Sources of Vitamin C 
with a Fair Amount of Vitamin A 
A variety of the Cabbage family, possessing the peculiarity. of 
bearing upon its stem or stalk from 50 to 100 small, compact 
round heads. These heads are cut off when well formed and are 
usually marketed in quart berry boxes. The plants are very 
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. These 
miniature Cabbages may be boiled like Cabbage or cooked in 
eream like Cauliflower. They are the most delicious and deli- 
cately flavored of the Cabbage family. 
doing well on every soil. An immense yielder. 
Flesh yellow. Easily harvested ; excellent keep- 
er. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15¢;° 44 Ib>, 45c; lb., $1.35; 
2 Ibs., $2.50; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. 

Georgia Collard 
' LONG ISLAND IMPROVED. A choice variety grown exten- 
sively by market gardeners. Plants are 20 inches tall, and are 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. well filled, nearly the entire length of the stalk, with solid 
Galesburg, Michigan sprouts measuring 14% to 1% inches in diameter. Pkt., 15c; 
Y oz., 45ce; oz., 80c; % Ib., $2.50, postpaid, 
BEETS—Table Varieties 
One ounce of seed to 100 feet of row 
EARLY BLOOD TURNIP 
An exceedingly popular, early, 
deep-red beet of excel- 
lent quality. 
BABY BALL — 
The Perfect Little Canning 
and Table Beet ‘ 
A beautiful beet for early 
summer and fall use. 
Unsurpassed for canning and 
pickling whole. because of its 
small size, 
(nearly round), excellent qual- 
ity, smoothness and beautiful 
deep crimson color. 
SPINACH BEET or Swiss Chard — 
GIANT LUCULLUS. Grown for its large, tender leaves and leaf stalks. 
of 2 to 2% feet; stalks are nearly as thick and broad as Rhubarb and never get tough. 
off the large outside leaves, as wanted, more continue to grow and keep right on growing until 
The whole: leaf can be used for greens, or the leaf stalks can be cook 
Also extensively used as a green feed for poultry. : : 
Beet Seeds Delivered Postpaid at the Following Prices 
Packet 
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Burgess’ Special Detroit: ........-...c++s- 
Crosby ip Havptiairn on. ccec cea er ete mee 
Tarly Blood Turnip.... uM ir ar. one hs 
Spinach Beet, Giant Lucullus........7.... 























uniform shape 
Spinach Beet — 
Leaves grow 
led” 

Oz | 4 Lb.} Lb. | 2 Lbs. 

Early Suennting Calabrese Broccoli 
BROCCOLI 
$ One ounce will produce about 
2,000 piaiits 
ONE OF THE BEST SOURCES OF VITAMIN A | 
FAIR AMOUNTS OF C, Bi, G, CALCIUM AND IRON 
“There are two distinct types of Broccoli. One” sim ite s 
to cauliflower. Mammoth White is the most popula 
this type. The other type is called Sprouting Brocecol 
the stems and flower buds are eaten and it is cook 
and served much as Asparagus. = 
EARLY SPROUTING CALABRESE. A delicious va- 
riety, haying 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. f 
Atier the central head is removed, the plant produces 
numerous branch heads which are fully as desirable as 
the first head produced. A continuous supply may be ~ 
had for a long time from a few plants. Pkt., ee 
45c¢; %4 Ib., $1.45, postpaid. 
MAMMOTH WHITE. Hardier and more easily ‘grown 
than Cauliflower, but cultivated and used in the same 
way. Heads of large .size, creamy-white; delicate ae 
flavor, Pkt., 15e; % 0255.7 007 02., L250 tabi ee ee — 
postpaid. 

Brussels Sprouts 
