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Poultry Cabbage 
POULTRY CABBAGE | 
3 Tons in a Space 40x60 Feet 
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Poultry Cabbage is a wonderful green feed for poultry and has been 
known to yield 3 tons in a space. 40x60 feet. 
One-half pound of seed will 
grow enough greens to feed about 1,000 hens for 4 months; 3 pounds to an 
acre for 6,000 hens for 4 months. 
be sown any time from early spring until the middle of July. 
In the Northern States the seed can 
In some parts 
of the South the seed may be sown throughout the entire year, or from 
July to September for main crop. 
about 2 inches between the seed. 
4 inches high, pulling out and feeding alternate plants. 
until plants are about one foot apart. 
Sow in rows 24 inches apart, allowing 
Commence feeding when plants are about 
Continue thinning 
These should make heads of 5 to 7 
pounds in 60 days and may be fed immediately or allowed to stay in ground 
until cold weather. 
These heads may be fed whole as they are very tender 
ahd 100 per cent edible. 
Chopping is not required even for young chick- 
ens. Poultry Cabbage will not discolor the yolks of eggs when fed to laying 
hens. Pkt., 10 

Cc; 0z., 35c; % Ib., $1.10; 1b., $3.50, postpaid. 
CELERY 
(Disease-Treated Seed) : 


i? “es 
Golden Self-Blanching 
GIANT PASCAL. Best of all for 
late fall and winter use, but too brit- ~ 
tle to stand shipping any distance. 
A tall sort with large, thick and solid 
green stalks, which blanch to golden 
yellow; crisp, of fine nutty flavor, 
and an excellent keeper. Pkt. 0c; 
¥% oz., 45c; oz., 80c; % Ib., $2.50; 
Ib., $8.25, postpaid. 
GOLDEN PLUME. A semi-dwarf 
early variety, producing thick and 
heavy stalks with a well-blanched 
solid heart; crisp and of the highest 
table quality. More vigorous than 
Golden Self-Blanching and quite re- 
sistant to blight and rot. Pkt., 10c; 
Y% oz., 50c; oz., 90c; % lb., $3.00; 
Ib., $10.00; 2 lIbs., $19.00; 5 lbs., 
$42.50, postpaid, 
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING.: A 
very desirable shipping sort; plants 



are of medium size, compact and 
stocky, and grow about 20 to 24 
inches tall; leaf stalks are thick and 
solid; blanches readily and is crisp, 
tender and of a sweet nutty flavor. 
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 50c¢; 0z., 90c3 % 
lb., $3.00; Ib., $10.00; 2 Ibs., $19.00; 
5 lbs., $42.50, postpaid. 
. UTAH, or GOLDEN’ CRISP. An ex- 
cellent late green variety for fall use 
or winter storing. Matures a week 
to ten days earlier than Giant Pas- 
cal. Sturdy, compact, solid, of fine 
quality and of rich nutty flavor. 
“*Pkt., (0c5 14 oz., 45¢3 07... 7oe; 14 

Celeriac 
Ib., $2.40; Ib., $8.00; 2 Ibs., $15.00; 
5 Ibs., $32.50, postpaid. 
| Turnip Rooted Celery (Celeriac) 
GIANT PRAGUE. 
A popular vegetable in Europe. 
Instead of produc- 
ing long leaf stalks like ordinary celery, it has a globe shaped, turnip- 
like root with true celery flavor, and is greatly liked by nearly all who 
have tried it. 
turnips or oyster plant. 
diameter. 
Excellent for salads and flavoring, or cooked like parsnips, 
Roots are fit to use when about.2 inches in 
Will keep all winter like beets and carrots if packed in moist 
earth or sand. Pkt., 10c; 1% oz., 40c; oz., 65c; %4 lb., $2.00; lb., $6.00, 
postpaid. 

Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 
weather conditions than any other variety and it may be grown in hot, dry — 
A most delicious vegetable which 
combines the rich celery flavor with 
that of the cabbage. Can be cooked 
or eaten raw like celery. Makes as 
good salad as the finest head lettuce. 
The mid-ribs can be cooked like as- 
paragus, and for cole slaw no other 
cabbage compares with it. It is ex- 
tremely productive, easily grown and 
unexcelled for fall to early winter use 
from seed sown directly in the garden 
in mid-summer. ~ 
CHIHLI (!mproved Peking). 
; This is the earliest, the surest 
header, and withstands heat better 
than other strains of Chinese Cab- 
bage. Heads are 18 to 20 inches in 
length and -3% to 4 inches thick; 
solid, white, very crisp and tender, 
and of best quality. Pkt. 10c; oz., 
30c; %4 lb., 90c; lb., $2.70, postpaid. 


_CHINESE CABBAGE 
A good source of Vitamins 
A and C, 
some Calcium and lron 




























Chinese Celery Cabbage Chihli 

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Cauliflower — 
(Disease-Treated Seed) 
One Ounce for 3,000 Plants ._ 
One of the Best Sources of 
Vitamins Bi&C | Zz 
EARLY SNOWBALL. Our 
strain of Early Snowball.is ex- 
tra select and is the earliest” 
Cauliflower grown. A very re- 
liable heading variety with — 
rich, snow-white, close, com- — 
pact head of the very best 
quality, and usually weigh 
about 2 lbs. each. Pkt., 200; 
% oz., 60c; 4 oz.,; $1.00; 1 0z., 
$1.75; oz., $3.00; 14 lb., $9.00, 
postpaid. be 

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Early Snowball Cauliflower 
DRY WEATHER, or DANISH GIANT. Our strain of this variety is espe- 
cially selected to produce self-protecting leaves which protect the heads from 
the sun and makes tying unnecessary. Our strain will stand more adverse — 
districts where others fail. Large ereamy-white heads, weigh 2 to 3 lbs. each — 
and about 10 days later than Early Snowball. Pkt., 25c; 4% 0z., 75¢; 44 02., — 
$1.25; % oz., $2.00; oz., $3.50; 4 lb., $10.50, postpaid. ie 
CHICORY =] _ 
Asparagus Chicory WITLOOF, or FRENCH 
to 
A healthful and. tasty Asparagus-flavored ENDIVE BS set tis 
vegetable. The sprouts of this plant when cut ; 
fresh and boiled in salt water are served either 
hot or cold. It can also be blanched and 
eaten raw the same as celery. The tender 



One ounce ‘to 200 
feet of row. 

sprouts are produced in abundance and may 
be cut several times in a season, as new 
10c; 
: 
and have fresh, crisp, home-grown salad 
all winter. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 45¢; oz 
80c; 14 lb., $2.50. postpaid. x 
buy Poa 
Large Rooted 
(Coffee Chicory) 
This variety is grow 
primarily for its root ero 
although the young lea 
are fine for salad. ~ 
large roots, when ro 
and ground, make aoe 
licious drink, and ha 
q been extensively used 
# an adulterant and sub 
tute for coffee. The roo 
are valuable as RABB 
FEED for which 
shootS appear after each cutting. Pkt., 
% oz., 50c; oz., 90c, postpaid. 
CRESS | 
HIGH IN IRON 
EXTRA CURLED (Pepper 
Grass). Grows rapidly, being 
ready for use in 30 to 40 days. 
after seed is planted. Fine for 
salads, garnishing and as a green 
Has an agreeable 
PktS 0cs' “0275 
= 


in sandwiches. 
pungent taste. 
45c; %4 lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
UPLAND. 60 days. Same 
flavor as Water Cress. Grows on 
high, dry land. An easily grown 
hardy perennial that remains for 
several years without replanting, 
Pkt., 15¢; 0z., 60c, postpaid. 0Z., j 
$2.00, postpaid. — 

Witloof Chicory 
