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DIXIE QUEEN 
. 30 days. Our Michigan grown seed of this 
élon, like all other varieties, is better than 
outhern grown seed for planting either in the 
North or the South, for it produces EARLIER 
MELONS of the very best quality. 
Dixie Queen is a very prolific second- early va- 
riety used extensively for shipping, and is rapidly 
gaining 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 40 pounds, Rind is thin, 
but tough. The bright red flesh is érisp, sweet and 
practically free from fiber, and the few seeds are 
small and white. 


Coconut or Climbing Watermelon 
COCONUT or CLIMBING 
ICE BOX SIZE 
Mein about the size of large coconuts and 
a long 
unlike other sorts which ripen their 
The vine may be 
may be 
Bright red flesh; 
erisp and sweet. An ideal melon for the small 
of highest quality. 
period, 
fruits mostly at one time. 
allowed to trail on the ground or 
trained and tied to trellis. 
Fruit ripens for 
garden. 
MUSTARD 

tonic properties. 
flavor is strong. 
successive sowings every two weeks. 
GIANT CURLED. Leaves large, yellowish-green, much crumpled on the edges. 
table in about 35 days. (Pkt. (0c) (oz. [5e) 
extensively grown of any variety. Ready for 
(14 Ib. 40c) (Ib. $1.10) (5 Ibs. $4.75) postpaid. 
Mustard Spinach orTendergreen 
One.ounce of seed to 75 feet of row 
duce an abundant supply of delicious greens 
throughout the entire summer, 
spring and fall. 
both hot and cold weather, so early and late 
plantings are possible. 
and prepared for the table the same as Spin- 
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 
leaves, which are twice the size of Swiss 
Chard, are mostly used when young. Re- ach, 
peated plantings every two weeks will pro- 
MUSTARD IS ONE OF THE BEST SOURCES OF IRON AND 
VITAMIN C, WITH FAIR AMOUNTS OF A, B,; AND CALCIUM 
One Ounce of Seed 
to 75 Feet of Row 
-The large leaves make a most palatable and piquant type of greens and possess healthful 
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 
$1.25) 
JUMBO > 
The 100-Ib. 
State Fair Melon 
90 days. Introduced by us in 1941, 
your State or County Fair. 
ean be produced wherever 
successfully grown. 
been grown. 
ship long distances. The deep red flesh 
sweet and of the finest quality. 
brown. 
GOLDEN HONEY 
A Delicious Yellow-Fleshed Watermelon 
85 days. 
as honey, and fairly melts in your mouth. 
Fruits oblong, dark green with darker 
pounds. — 
CITRON ( 
90 days. Flesh white and solid. 
serves and candied fruit. 
TRIAL-GROUNDS MIXTURE 
Just right for those who want some of all the different Watermelons. 
A fine mixture of the varieties listed in this catalog and a few others 
which we haven’t yet placed on the market. 
from our trial grounds, 
NOTICE 
For Prices of Watermelon Seed 
Described on This Page, 
See Page 16 

88 days. The improved ‘“Cut-Red’’ or 
white heart and is one of the most popular of 
and tough, so is unsurpassed as a market sort. 
inches through, averaging on good soil 40 pounds each, 
Flesh dark red, firm and of excellent quality. 
The most 
as well as 
It is extremely resistant to 

The leaves are cooked 
“Grow some 
of these giant Watermelons and win some prizes at 
More prizes for large 
melons have no doubt been won with Jumbo than 
with all other varieties of Watermelons combined. 
With rich soil and good care, mammoth size melons 
ordinary melons can be 
The dark green oval fruits will 
average 50 Ibs., but melons weighing 100 Ibs. 
The rind is hard and tough and’ will @ 
i$ “frm, 7 ee 
Seeds large, 
Flesh of rich golden color, firm, crisp and glistening, sweet 
No hard core or stringiness. 
green stripes and average 20 
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strain of this outstanding shipping 
The handsome, dark green rind is thir 
The melons are usually 20 to 24 inches in lengt! 
A good yielder and a great money maker 
“Cut-Red” Tom Watson 
TOM WATSON (CUT-RED STRAIN) 
‘Red-Heart”’ 
all Watermelorts. 
and 
3 Be Mane 
10 to 12 
all markets. 


{0c) (oz. 18c) (%4 Ib. 45e) (lb. 
(5 Ibs. $5.50) postpaid, 

Mustard Spinach 
BURGESS SEED & PLANT CO. | 
GALESBURG, MICHIGAN 




