
BLACK WALNUTS 
Walnuts are becoming more popular each year with bakers, 
candy makers and ice cream manufacturers. They will grow 
in nearly all sections of the United States and thrive with 
little or no attention. If planted along fence rows they take 
up very little of your tillable land. The most valuable of all 
trees for timber, bringing the very highest price in market. 
A: good shade tree, and the large, oily nuts are of fine flavor 
and marketable at a fair price. Hardy in zone 4, 
THOMAS. The nut is very large, thin shell, has a very fine 
flavor and cracks out almost 90% whole halves and quarters. 
Grows much faster than the seedling trees and usually begins 
io bear a few nuts the second year after transplanting. 2 to 
3-ft. trees, $3.50 each; 3 for $10.00. Postpaid. 
NATIVE BLACK WALNUT. A tree of large size and majestic 
form growing to a height of 100 feet or more. While the 
erowth of the tree is substantially the same as the Thomas 
variety the nuts are smaller and have thicker shells. 2 to 3 ft. 
trees, 50c each; 3 for $1.20, postpaid. 



English Walnut 
Thomas Black Walnut ae MICHIGAN GROWN ENGLISH WALNUTS 
NOTICE Because of quarantines, 
nuts and Butternuts cannot be Our English Walnut trees will stand more cold than peaches, and will produce good Consult the Map 
shipped to Arizona or California, Pecans cannot crops of nuts which are equal to the California product. There is very little labor con- on page 65 to de- 
be shipped to Arizona, California or Utah. Chest- nected with the harvesting of English Walnuts—simply gather the nuts from the ground on pee 
nuts cannot be sent to Calif., Idaho, Oregon or when they fall,” Novshueking—cimply Bich iueal. up and sue Ghent nea ceiee eee 
Washington. are ready for use. We can recommend our hardy trees for planting in hardy in your lo- 
———— = = Michigan, New York and other Northern and Eastern States as well as eality. 
‘ in the South and West. The English Walnut is a fine shade tree. Hardy 
in zone 5, Trees 2 year 1 to 2 feet, $2.00 each; 3 for $5.50. Postpaid. | 
CHINESE SWEET CHESTNUT 
This is one of the finest trees you can plant, both for nuts and as an ornamental lawn specimen. 
They are blight resistant and produce enormous crops. The nuts are larger than those of the Ameri- 
can Chestnut and are equally sweet and good. Often bear when trees are only 3 to 4 feet tall. They 
are not particular as to soil requirements, but respond freely if fed and well cared for. Plant two 
trees for pollination. Hardy in Zone 4. Trees, 2 years old 1% to 2 feet, $2.00 each; 3 for $5.50, 
“pee PECANS 
The Pecan is a splendid and beautiful shade tree which will reward you with bushels of delicious 
nuts. It is an ideal tree for the lawn, does not shed its leaves until late in the fall, and is practically 
immune to insects. In Michigan it has withstood temperatures well below zero. Nuts of good size 
and excellent quality. Hardy in zone 5, 2-year-old trees 2 to 3 ft. high, $1.25 each; 3 for $3.45. 
Postpaid, BUTTERNUT or White Walnut 
The nuts are large, long, oily and nutritious. A lofty, spreading tree, valued as a shade tree and 
for its beautiful wood as well as for its nuts. Hardy in zone 3. Trees 2 to 3 ft. high, 60¢ each; 
3 for $1.50. Postpaid. 





Michigan Banana or Paw Paw -Fruits 
GROW FIGS 
in the North 
Our Dwarf Tig is particularly adapted to 
growing in the North, as it does well in either 
tubs or in the open ground. The root is per- 
MICHIGAN BANANA (Paw Paw) 
The Michigan Banana or Paw Paw is a small handsome 
tree about 20 feet in height, with large purple flowers, which 
are very beautiful and fragrant, and large dark green foliage 
which makes it a handsome tree for the park or lawn. Pro- 
duces large yellow fruits which have the flavor of the banana 
and are very delicious. These fruits also resemble the ba- 
nana, being somewhat shorter and thicker. The trees are 
very hardy and can be grown in all sections of the United 


fectly hardy. In localities where the tops freeze, States. Should be planted in every lawn and garden. Hardy 
it can be cut to the ground, and when it begins in Zone 4. Trees 2 to 3 feet high, 75e each; 3 for $1.95. ae 
growing again it will produce fruit on the new Postpaid. es 
wood. We recommend open-ground planting & 
wherever the growing season is long enough to E 
grow a new top and mature a crop of fruit. NORTHERN PERSIMMON > 
Where the season is too short for this we rec- F 5 
ommend planting in tubs, so plants can be taken Bright, golden orange fruits of rich, spicy and delicious % 
inside following the first few fall frosts and flavor. At their best after light frosts. The only variety 
stored for the winter. Plants will winter safely found hardy in the Northern States. Hardy in zone 4. Trees 
in an ordinary cellar. Our Dwarf Tig will de- 2 to 3 feet high, 75e each; 3 for $1.95. Postpaid. 
velop a crop of fruit farther north than any 
other variety. We recommend tub culture north 
ne ae eas eat Us ft yal ies CHINESE DATE 
after. The fruit is very sweet and delicious, 


of a Sea, act Bes that is firm and Meakys The Chinese Date (Jujube or Zizyphus) is a fruit from the 
Bice Vor} _? MALTS) for making Ds een } high interior of China, which, we are sure, will prove to be 
jams, canning, drying, or to eat in the fresh one of the most valuable for our country. It is adapted to 
state. Entirely hardy in Zone 6 and root hardy 
in Zone 4. 2-yr. Northern field grown stock, 
$1.00 each; 3 for $2.70, postpaid. 
a wide range of territory and all kinds of soil. It is quite 
hardy, the United States Department of Agriculture bulletins 
reporting that it has withstood temperatures of 22 degrees 
below zero without injury. 
The tree is a heavy and constant bearer and commences 
to bear at an early age, four-year-old trees having produced 
150 pounds of fruit. It blooms very late in the spring, avoid- 
ing all danger from spring frosts. The fruit is one to two 
inches long, and chocolate colored. It is delicious ,.when 
eaten fresh or cured like dates, and is excellent for preserves and jam. 
Cooked in a sugar syrup and allowed to dry it becomes a most tasty and 
palatable confection which we believe will eventually rival the date as a 
commercial product. Because of its productiveness and its highly nutritious 
and delicious fruit, capable of being used in many ways, it is sure to be 
a valuable addition to the orchards and gardens. Only one, tree necessary 
for pollination. Hardy in zone 5. Trees 2 to 8 feet high, $1-50 each; 
& for $4.20. Postpaid. 

Chinese Date 

Dwarf Juneberry 
_ A good substitute for the large or swamp Huckleberry or Blueberry which 
it resembles in appearance. The fruits are larger than the Blueberry and 
ripen earlier in the season. Fruits are borne in clusters; are reddish pur- 
a , i . ple in color, changing to bluish black when ripe. In flavor it is rich, mild 
Dwarf Fig Fruits, Reduced In Size and subacid, and the plants are wonderfully productive. It is perfectly 
hardy in all climates, and has an advantage over the Blueberry in that it 
does well on all kinds of soil. In addition to its value as a fruit, it is a 




72 Burgess Seed & Plant Co. highly ornamental bush -for the yard, especially in early spring, at which 
Galesburg, Michigan time it is a mass of pretty white blossoms. Hardy in Zone 4. Plants 50c 

each; 3 for $1.20; 12 for $4.20, postpaid. Dwarf Juneberry 
