

‘Burpee’s Beautiful ASTERS 
Asters are easy to grow. They prefer rich, well-drained soil and a warm, sunny location. For earliest blooms, 
sow seed indoors in boxes or seed-pans four to six weeks before your usual outdoor planting time. Set plants in 
om the garden when weather gets warm. A continuous display of flowers from early summer until frost can be 
a had by planting extra early, early and midseason blooming varieties. Asters are wonderful for cutting. 
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*: Varieties marked with an asterisk (+) are the Wilt-Resistant Strain. 
They are highly immune to “Wilt disease” or “Stem-rot.” 
Burpee’s Extra Early Asters 
. These very early flowering varieties begin to bloom in about 
14 weeks after seed is sown—long before most other asters 
begin to bud. Extreme earliness and good cutting stems make 
them a most welcome type of aster for the home gardener 
and the florist. All created by Burpee on Floradale Farms. 
1607 Heavenly Blue New for 1949 Large, feathery 
4 Crego-like flowers, 4in. and more across, of an exquisite azure- 
' blue color, the smaller petals curling over the center. Plants 
grow 2 ft. tall, bloom early with stems up to 16 in. long. 
oo Pkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; oz. 75¢ 
1605 Eariy Bird First flowers appear very early and the 
plants will continue to produce their colorful carmine-rose 
| flowers for several weeks. Blooms are double, 3% in. across, 
~ with the petals evenly placed to form a most symmetrical 
' . flower. Plants grow 15 in. and more high and branch freely. 
Pkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; oz. 75¢ 
‘ 1603 Navy Blue Giant flowered aster; rather close in form 
to that of the Giant Crego type. The flowers are large, about 
4 in. in diameter, with long ribbon-like, beautifully curled, 
twisted and interlaced petals of a rich, luminous, deep velvety 
purple-blue color. Plants grow about 20 in. tall. Attractive. 
Pkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; 1% oz. 75¢ 
3087 Violet Glory Deep purple-violet flowers, 3 to 3% in. 
across with the center incurving petals displaying a silvery 
sheen. Plants are of open, spreading habit, 1% ft. tall. : 
Pkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; 4% oz. 75¢ 

Four Extra Early Asters 
7160-4 pkts., one each of the above 4 named 75¢ 

separate varieties, value $1.00 for only 
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1607 Extra Early Aster, Heavenly Blue Pkt. 25¢ 

; Asters on Parade Peerless Asters 
1606 Best Giants Mixed Special blend of all the best colors of 
giant flowering asters, including American Beauty, California Giants, 
El Monte, Giant Branching, Improved Giant Crego, Peach Blossom, 
3048 Peerless Pimk* Almost globular, 4 in., shell-pink 
flowers freely borne on strong stems from midseason until 
frost. The long, strong stems and the delicately colored flowers 
make this variety most popular for cutting. 2 to 2% ft. tall. 
Peerless, and others. Pkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; 5 pkts. $1.00 
Pkt. 15¢; %oz.50¢; %4 oz. 85¢ 



1631 Peerless Yellow Soft, pleasing shade of light yel- 
low. Plants branch freely and grow 2 to 2) ft. tall; blooms 
are produced most profusely from midseason until frost. 
Pkt. 15¢; Woz. 50¢; % oz. 85¢ 











7694 BURPEE’S ASTER GARDEN 
Flowers from extra early in the summer 
until frost; wide range of colors. 
10 pkts.—one regular size packet each of: 
American Beauty Red, White and Blue 
Heart of France (deep ruby-red) 
Improved Giant Crego Shell Pink, 
Enchantress (salmon-rose) and Violet 
Early Bird, extra early; carmine-rose 
Giant Branching All Colors Mixed 
Pompon All Colors Mixed 
10 pkts. in all, 6 different and desirable 1 
types, value $1.65 for only $ 
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Super Giant Asters 
THE LARGEST OF ALL 
1600 EI Monte Deep glowing crimson blooms com- 
posed of daintily interlaced, plume-like petals. The huge 
dowers are borne on unusually heavy, non-lateral, base- 
branching stems and are produced quite early, beginning 
in August and continuing until late in the season. The 
largest of all asters, resembling California Giants. 2% ft. 
Pkt. 25¢; 2 pkts. 45¢; 1% oz. 75¢ 


1600 
Super Giant Aster, 
te Pkt. 
El Monte Pkt. 25¢ See next two pages for other Asters... 17 
