
Michigan Grown 
DIXIE QUEEN 
Our Michigan grown seed of this melon, like all 
other varieties, is better than Southern grown seed 
for planting either in the North or the South, for 
it peeences EARLIER MELONS of the very best 
quality. 









_ Dixie Queen is a very prolific mid-season variety 
used extensively for shipping, and is rapidly gain- 
ing popularity for the home garden. Fruits are 
oval-round, light green with dark green stripes, of 
medium size but often growing to a larger size 
and weighing as high as 50 pounds. Rind is thin, 
but tough. The bright red flesh is crisp, sweet and 
practically free from fiber, and the few seeds are 
small and white. Pkt., {5e; oz., 35¢3 14 Ib., $1.10; 
Ib., $3.30; 2 Ibs-,. $6.40; 5 Ibs., $15.25; 10 lbs., 
$29.50, postpaid, ; 










Cocoanut or Climbing Watermelon 
— Climbing Watermelon 
ICE BOX SIZE 
Melons about the size of large cocoanuts and of the 
highest quality.. Fruit ripens for a long period, unlike 
other sorts which ripen their fruits mostly at one time. 
The vine may be allowed to trail on the ground or may 
be trained and tied to trellis. Bright red flesh; crisp and 
sweet. An ideal melon for the small garden. Pkt., (5c; 
oz., 50¢, postpaid. 





Just right for 
those who want 
some of all the 
different Wa- 
termelong. A 
fine mixture of 
the_ varieties 
listed in this 
catalog and a 
few others from 
OU Yoeter Aad 
grounds, which 
we haven’t yet 
placed on the 
market. Large 
package, 1!0c3 
02.5, s0C} 214 
Ib., 902, post- 
paid. 
















Melons 
to Please 



Every- 
body 


Golly Moses! Dat Am Good! 

The 100-Ib. 
State Fair Melon 
Grow some of these giant Watermelons and win some prizes at 
your State or County Fair. More prizes for large melons have no 
doubt been won with Jumbo than with all other varieties of Water- 
melons combined. With rich soil and good care, mammoth size 
melons can be produced wherever ordinary melons can be success- 
fully grown. Melons weighing 100 lbs. have been grown. Matures in 
90 days. The seed we offer is extra select and should produce fine, 
sweet, juicy melons of good quality and enormous size. Pkt., 15c¢; 
0Z., 35¢; 14 Ib., $1.10; lb., $3.30, postpaid. 
GOLDEN HONEY 
A Delicious Yeilow-Fleshed Watermelon 
Flesh of rich golden color, firm, crisp and glistening, sweet as 
honey, and fairly melts in your mouth. No hard core or stringi- 
ness. An early melon; average about 20 lbs. ; very few seeds. Pkt., 
(0c; oz., 30c; 14 lb., 90c; Ib:, $2.70; 2 Ibs., $5.20; 5 lbs., $12.25; 
10 Ibs., $23.50, postpaid. 
CITRON (revs) 
Flesh white and solid. Used exclusively for making preserves and 
candied fruit. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25¢; %4 lb., 75c¢; lb., $2.25, postpaid, 



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“Cut-Red’’ Tom Watson. 
“'CUT-RED’’ TOM WATSON 
The improved ‘‘Cut-Red” or “Red-Heart” strain of 
this outstanding shipping melon has no white heart 
and is one of the most popular of all Watermelons. 
The flesh is superb in quality and of the brightest red 
color clear through. The handsome, dark green rind 
is thin, but hard and tough, so is unsurpassed as a 
market sort. The melons are usually 20 to 24 inches 
in length and 10 to 12 inches through, averaging on 
good soil over 30 pounds each, and single specimens 
often weighing 50 to 60 pounds. A good yielder and 
a great money maker on all markets. Matures in 85 
days: =Pkt., (0cs\oz., 25e% 44 1b. 75¢3 1° lb., $2.25: 
2 Ibs., $4.30; 5 Ibs., $10.00; 10 lbs., $19.00, postpaid. 

MUSTARD. 
favor is strong. 
successive sowings every two weeks. 
GIANT CURLED. Leaves large, yellowish-green, much crumpled on the edges. 
extensively grown of any variety. Ready for table in about 35 days. 
4% Ib., 40c; Ib., $1.20; 2 lbs., $2.20; 5 lbs., $4.75; 10 Ibs., $8.50, postpaid. 
Mustard SpinachorT endergreen 
One ounce of seed to 75 feet of row 
Mustard Spinach, or Tendergreen is ready 
for the table in 3 to 4 weeks after seed is 
planted. It is a very mild Mustard. with a 
distinct Spinach flavor. It is an all season 
plant, resistant to insects and blight. The 
 Jeaves, which are twice ‘the size of Swiss 
Chard, are mostly used when young. Re- 
peated plantings every two. weeks will pro- 
duce an abundant supply of delicious greens 


VITAMIN C, WITH FAIR 


One Ounce of Seed 
to 75 Feet of Row 
The large leaves make a most palatable and piquant type of greens and possess healthful 
tonie properties. Preferred by many to Spinach, but should be cut young, for when old the 
Begin sowing seed as early in the spring as the weather permits and make 
throughout the entire summer, as well as 
spring and fall. 
both hot and cold weather, so early and late 
plantings are possible. The leaves are cooked 
and prepared for the table the same as Spin- 
ach= —PKt., “e¢;.0z., 20¢; 34 1b.,;. 55c$ -1b., 
$1.60; 2 lbs., $3.00; 5 lbs., $6.75; 10 Ibs., 
$12.50, postpaid. i 
MUSTARD IS ONE OF THE BEST SOURCES OF IRON AND 
AMOUNTS OF A, B, AND CALCIUM 
The most 
Pkt., (0ce; oz., 15c3 
It is extremely resistant to 





GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 

Mustard Spinach 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO. 

