Large Dasheen Tubers like this often grow from 3 to 
5 Ibs. each and sometimes to more than 6 Ibs. 





























Garden Huckieberry 

WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF VITAMIN G, CALCIUM AND IRON 
GIANT CABBAGE-LEAVED or IMPROVED THICK LEAF is an improved type which should 
not be confused with the wild Dandelion. It is one of the earliest spring vegetables, and is 
much prized as a blood purifier and for its other health-giving qualities. Unsurpassed for early 
spring greens, and esteemed for making salad when the leaves are young and tender. The 
leaves are of a dark green color, but can be blanched by sheltering from light with inverted 
h boards or tying up the same as Cos Lettuce. Cultivate same as Lettuce. 
It remains over winter and is ready for cutting the following spring. If the roots are not 
disturbed, they will grow again, affording another supply the next year. Pkt., l5e; 14 02., 
40c; oz., 75c; 4 Ib., $2.50, postpaid. 
pots, covering wit 



A Delicious Vegetable ai id 
Ornamental Foliage Plant 
DASHEE 
Large Tuberous Roots Used Like Potatoes, Blanched Stems Like Asparagus, and the : F 
Leaves Used for Greens. Large Tropical-like Ornamental Foliage Similar to the Popular 
Elephant’s Ear Caladium. 
The Dasheen is popular in various parts of Hurope and Asia, where it is grown principally 
as a root crop, the tubers being used the same as potatoes. The tubers sometimes reach a 
weight of more than 6 pounds each. One hill will produce on good rich soil 6 to 8 pounds or, 
more of tubers, and in rare instances 20 to 26 pounds of Dasheens have been taken from a 
single hill. Crops of 600 to 900 bushels per acre have been produced. 
The U.S8.Department of Agriculture reports 1,400 bushels from less than 5 acres in Florida, 
and on their different experimental grounds have secured yields of 450 bushels to the acre. 
The food value of the Dasheen is higher than that of the potato, and about fifty per cent 
more protein and fifty per cent more starch. The flavor of the Dasheen is decidedly richer 
and more tempting than that of the potato. : 
The Dasheen can be used in almost any way that Irish Potatoes or Sweet Potatoes can be used. They are 
excellent when baked, boiled, fried, creamed, stuffed, meat filled or scalloped, and for Saratoga Dasheen Chips 
and Fritters they are delicious. ; : < 
Dasheen crisps, made from raw Dasheen with a fluted vegetable slicer and fried in deep fat, are declared 
by some epicures to be the most delicious of all Dasheen dishes. The delicate, nutty flavor of the Dasheen is 
accentuated by this method of preparation. 
The young leaves of the Dasheen make excellent greens, used like Spinach. 
The stems, when grown under a box or barrel, so as to be blanched, are equal to Asparagus, and 5 to 8 
crops of these shoots can be harvested. The Department of Agriculture says: “‘The shoots are very tender 
and have a delicate flavor, suggestive of mushrooms. There are probably few plants so well suited for forcing 
purposes as the Dasheen.” First cutting can be made in about 35.days after tubers are set in ground, and 
subsequent ones at ‘intervals of 10 to 14 days. ae 
Land thst is too wet for ordinary crops can be used to advantage in growing Dasheens. They can be grown 
on lands that are subject to short overfiows that would ruin most other crops, thus making much land avail- 
able for food crops that is now considered worthless, They may also be successfully grown in hot, dry 
regions as has been demonstrated by tests in Arizona and Southern California. An abundance of humus in 
the soil.ig essential for successful Dasheen culture. A liberal quantity of well-rotted barnyard manure at 
planting time is very beneficial. : : 
Dasheens require a rather long growing season in order to produce large size tubers, so planting should 
be done as early in the spring as conditions of soil and climate will permit. The United States Department of 
Agriculture recommends planting two weeks or more before the last spring frost is expected. Where the frost- 
less season is short, the tubers can be started a month earlier inside and the plants set out when danger from 
frost is past. For field culture the tubers are planted singly and entire, not more than 2 to 3 inches deep 
in hills 3 feet apart, the distance between rows being 4 feet. In cultivating, the soil should be gradually drawn 
to the plants and the ground kept free from weeds, but require little cultivation after large enough to shade the 
ground. For ornamental purposes, they produce a gorgeous effect when planted with Cannas or used in the shrubbery 
or perennial border. 
While we do not recommend the Dasheen as a root crop in Northern sections where the season is short, we surely 
consider it worthy of a place in every garden. If you live in a locality where the growing season is not long enough 
to mature a satisfactory crop of tubers, the blanched asparagus-like stems and spinach-like leaves alone will many times 
repay you for the small garden space occupied by a few. hilis of Dasheens. If you haven’t the room in your garden 
to give them a trial, you can at least plant a few for ornamental purposes and food. In addition to being one of the 
finest vegetables, you will also find them one of the most showy ornamental foliage plants, the leaves resembling 
closely the Caladium Esculentum, or Elephant’s Har. As our stock of tubers is limited, we recommend that you send 
your order early. : 
Choice seed tubers, 3 for 40c; 6.for 75c; 12 for $1.25; 25 for $2.00; 50 for 8 ioe 
$3.75; 100 for $7.00, delivered to you prepaid. Pamphiet giving cultural direc- = Sees am Desa 
tions and recipes for preparing and cooking the Dasheen free with each order. 
GIANT CABBAGE-LEAVED DANDELION - 
One Ounce Will Sow {00 Feet of Row 2 
DANDELIOGN IS HIGH IN VITAMINS A AND CG 
Grow your own Coffee 
Substitute at an expense of 
less than one cent per 
pound, This variety of Soy 
Bean is of an early type 
and has been found to be 
FLORENCE FENNEL OR 
ea 

GARDEN HUCKLEBERRY 
» Grows from seed the first year. A new fruit that cannot be 
excelled for Pies and Preserves. It is. very prolific, yielding 
an immense crop of fruit. It is an annual and must be planted 
each year from seed. Grows and thrives in all climates and on 
all kinds of soil. The fruits grow larger than the common 
Huckleberry or Blueberry and will remain on the plant two 
months after they are ripe. If cooked with apples, lemons or 
anything sour, they make the very finest jelly. You will be 
delighted and astonished with this easily grown and wonderful 
novelty. Pkt., 10¢; %% 0z., 50c; oz., 90c, postpaid. 
200 TO 300 NUTS IN A HILL 
The Ground Almond, or Chufa, has a fine flavor, resembling the 
Coconut or Almond. The meat is snow-white, covered with a thin 
shell or skin of brown color. It grows close to the surface. Is very 
prolific, a single‘nut yielding from 200 to 300 nuts in a hill and will 
do well in any kind of soil. If nuts are planted in the spring a big 
crop can be expected about potato harvest time. Usually eaten raw 
but have an excellent flavor either raw or roasted. (Unable to ship to 
California.) Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25¢e;\%4 Ib., 50c; Ib., 90c; 3 lbs., 
$2.25; 10 lbs., $6.00, postpaid: 
, Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
. GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 












/ Florence Fennel 

MORE EASILY 
GROWN THAN 
CELERY 
The flavor is some- 
what like celery, but 
sweeter. A _ delicious 
vegetable which should 
be more largely grown. 
It is extensively used 
as a salad in some 
parts of Europe, and 
is particularly palata- 
ble when served boiled, 
with a cream dressing. 
Very distinct from 
Sweet Fennel, easily 
cultivated, and ma- 
tures quickly from 
seed sown in early 
summer, The thick- 
ened bases of the leaf- 
stalks form a_ bulb- 
like growth, which is 
blanched by earthing 
up like celery. Re- 
quires less blanching 
than celery. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 40c; %4-lb., $1.25, 
postpaid. 
tions of the country, and 
has proven to be ideal for 
a coffee substitute. It 
makes a delicious nourish- 
ing drink, to take the place 
of coffee that is injurious to 
some people. It makes a non- 
harmful pure food drink. 
The best coffee substitute 
ever discovered, and many 
pronounce it as good or 
better than the best coffee. 
When properly roasted, it 
has, the rich, deep brown 
eolor of old Java. One of 
the most. easily grown and 
most productive of all 
plants. As easily grown as | 
corn or beans, and does 
well on all soils. Better 
grow some of the coffee 
substitute this year. Soy | 
Bean Coffee Substitute is — 
prepared like real coffee, 
Full directions with every 
packet. Pkt., !0c; Y% Ib, 
28c; tb., 45c, postpaid. — 
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