One Ounce of Seed to 100 
Feet of Row 
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BEET SEED 
The Best Beet Grown 
DETROIT DARK RED 
(Special Strain) 
58 days. This is an improved strain 
of Detroit Dark Red Beet which is a 
few days earlier, extra deep dark red 
throughout and more uniform in 
shape and color than our standard 
strain. It is of the very best quality 
CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN 
58 days. An extra early variety for home 
and market use. The skin is very smooth . 
and bright red; flesh vermilion, very sweet 
and tender. 
DETROIT DARK RED 
(STANDARD STRAIN) 
60 days. The leading main-crop variety. 
The color is deep blood-red with indistinct 
lighter red zones. The roots are globe- 
shaped, smooth and uniform, with small tap 
root. Free from woodiness until the beets 
attain their full size. 
BABY BALL 
The Perfect Little Canning 
and Table Beet 
and unequaled for either home gar- 
den or market, and without doubt the 
most valuable variety of beet offered. its 
62 days. 
small size, 
round), 
Baby Ball. 5 
Crosby's Egyptian 
Detroit Dark Red (Special Strain).... 
Detroit Dark Red (Standard Strain). . 
Early Wonder...» 
Spinach Beet, Giant Lucullus 
SUGARBEET or MANGEL 
Mammoth Long Red Mangei Wurzel 
One ounce of seed to 100 feet of row; 
5 or 6 Ibs pe> acre 
Yields of 25 to 35 tons per acre are common, and as 
high as 75 to 80 tons have been reported. A healthful 
and nutritious food greatly relished by all kinds of live- 
stock. Will keep cattle in perfect physical condition 
and increase the flow of milk.- As a feed for poultry, 
during the winter months, they are very valuable and 
always increase egg production. 
The seed should be sown thinly in rows 2 to 3 feet 
apart, and when plants are about 3 inches high thin 
out to stand 8 to 10 inches apart in the row. Harvest 
before frost and store in pits euige or in a dry, frost- 
proof cellar. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED 
The largest and the heaviest cropper of all Mangels. 
The roots are frequently 2 feet or more in length, one- 
half to two-thirds above the surface and easily har- 
vested. Skin bright red; flesh white, veined pink. An 
excellent keeper. 
GIANT HALF SUGAR 
An early variety of Mangel and a favorite with many 
dairymen. Flesh white, sugary and of high nutritive 
value. Yields a tremendous crop. 
GOLDEN TANKARD 
A rapidly maturing Mangel, adapted to shallow lands, 
although doing well on every soil. An immense yielder. 
Flesh yellow. Easily harvested; excellent keeper. 
KLEIN WANZLEBEN 
The leading variety of sugar beet. 
content and an enormous yielder. 
ommended for stock feeding. 
ANY OF THE ABOVE VARIETIES OF MANGELS AND 
SUGAR BEET: (Pkt. [0c) (oz. 20c) (4 tb..50c) (Ib. 
$1.45) (5 Ibs. $5.75) prepaid. 
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Is high in sugar 
It is also highly rec- 
8 Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
57 days. 
lifted at one time. 
BRUSSELS 
SPROUTS 
1 Oz. of Seed 
Makes 
2500 
Piants 
A variety of the Cabbage family, possessing the 
peculiarity of bearing upon its stem or-stalk from 50 
to 100 small, compact round heads. Plants are very 
hardy, are not injured but improved by hard frosts, 
and are left in the garden or field during the early 
winter until wanted. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED. A choice variety 
grown extensively by market gardeners. Plants are 
20” tall, and are well filled, nearly the entire length 
of the stalk, with solid sprouts measuring 14% to 1% 
inches in diameter. (Pkt. 5c) (oz. 60c) (% lb. 
$1.75) (lb. $5.00) prepaid. 
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POULTRY CABBAGE 
CHINESE CHOKUREI. A wonderful green feed for 
poultry known to yield 3 tons in 40x60 feet. In the 
North seed can be sown from early spring until the 
middle of July. In the South throughout the year, or 
from July to September for main crop. Sow in rows 
24” apart, allowing 2” between the seed. Commence 
feeding when 4” high, pulling out alternate plants. 
Continue thinning until plants are about 1’ apart. 
These should make heads of 5 to 7 Ibs. in 70 days and 
may be fed immediately or allowed to stay in ground 
until cold weather. These heads may be fed whole 
as they are very tender and 100 per cent edible. 
Chopping is not required even for young chickens, 
Will not discolor the yolks of eggs when fed to laying 
hens. (Pkt. 10c) (oz. 30c) (% Ib. 90c) (lb. $2.70) 
(5 Vos. $12.50). 
A beautiful beet for early 
spring, summer and fall use. 
for canning and pickling whole because of 
uniform 
excellent quality, smoothness and 
beautiful deep crimson color. 
EARLY WONDER BEET 
Our market gardeners’ strain 
of this variety is valuable to market grow- and keep right on growing un 
ers as a first early variety. 
form in growth that the entire crop can be 
Tops small, roots flat- 
tened, globe-shaped with small tap root. 
Flesh deep purplish-red with little zoning. 
Unsurpassed 
GIANT LUCULLUS. 60 da: 
Grown for its large, ten 
leaves and leaf stalks. Leaves 
grow to a length of 2 to 2% 
feet; stalks are nearly as f 
and broad as Rhubarb a 
never get tough. By picking 
the large outside leaves, 
shape (nearly 
killed by severe frost in the fall 
The whole leaf can be used fo 
greens, or the leaf stalks can 
cooked like asparagus. Also e 
tensively used as a green 
for poultry. 
CAULIFLOWER 
It is so uni- 
Early Snowball Cauliflower 
(Disease-Treated Seed) 
One Ounce for 3,000 Plants 
EARLY SNOWBALL. Our strain of Early Snoy 
ball is extra select and the earliest Cauliflower gro 
A very reliable heading variety with rich, snow-w! 
close, compact heads of the best quality, and usual 
weighing about 2 lbs. each. (Pkt. 20c) (%4 oz 
(% oz. $1.35) (oz. $2.35) (% Ib. $7. 00) Be § 
prepaid. 
DRY WEATHER, or DANISH GIANT. One ate n ¢ 
this variety is especially selected to produce self-p 
tecting leaves which protect the heads from the Ss n 
and makes tying unnecessary. Our strain will Ss 
pall. (Pkt. 25c¢) (% oz. 85ce) (% oz. sl. 
$2.50) (% lb. $7.50) (Ib. $22.00) prepaid. 
green in sandwiches. 
taste. (Pkt, 
UPLAND. 
Has an oe 
{0c) (oz. 30c) (%4 lb. 90c) 
without replanting. (Pkt. 5c) (oz. 45¢) a 
$1.25) prepaid. 
WATER CRESS. 50 days. A hardy plan 
will thrive well only when the roots are submerged 
in water. Can be easily grown in springs. lo 
the edges of shallow running streams. ( 
most delicious of all small salad plants. © 
(% 02, 65c) (oz. $1.20) prepaid. 
