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EARLY MICHIGAN 
The Earliest Slicing Cucumber 
54 days. Early Fortune type, the dark green fruits being slim 
with well-rounded ends, and averaging 7 inches long. Good for 
pickles, as well as slicing, as a great many fruits set at one time. 
Its ability to continue bearing over a long period makes this va- 
riety ideal for the home garden, as well as for the early market. 
58 days. White at all stages of growth and, when about 3 in. 
long, make very attractive pickles. The quality is also all that 
could be desired. If allowed to mature, the fruits are about 7 in. 
long by 2%4 in. thick. Exceptionally mild and excellent for slic- 
ing. Bear in great abundance, beginning early and continuing 
until fall. Especially recommended for the home garden. 
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One Ounce of Seed for 100 Hills—2 to 3 Ibs. to the Acre. We grow our own 
seed and all of it's treated for disease for you—an added Burgess service. 
A & C or COLORADO 
Bears Over Long Season 
68 ‘days. This extremely dark green cu- 
cumber holds its color well and is practi- 
eally free from white stripes. Fruit is 
21%4x9 inches in size and tapered at both 
ends. It bears over a long season and is 
fine for shipping and the home garden. 
MARKETER 
The Leading Shipper 
65 days. This very uniform and prolific 
bearer has earned its way as ‘‘the leading 
shipper.’’ Fruits are dark green, 24%4x7% 
inches in size and slightly tapered at each 
end. It has practically no white striping or 
tipping. 
HIGHMOOR 
Blight Resistant 
64 days. Highmoor not only resists 
blight, but is one of the most productive of 
the slicing varieties. Dark green fruits are 
2%4x9 inches in size with uniform, rounded 
ends. Very attractive. Ideal for shipping 
as well as for the home garden. If blight 
is your problem, be sure to give this variety 
a trial. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING 
(Wilt Resistant) 
60 days. A good variety to save garden 
space as the vigorous and healthy vines 
throw out strong tendrils, enabling them to 
climb trellis, wire netting or any other 
suitable support. The most wilt resistant 
of all. Fruits long and thick, crisp, tender 
and of good quality. If kept picked, the 
vines will bear freely all season. 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN 
Best for “Chunk Pickles" 
67 days. Fruits 12 to 13 inches in length. 
Fine for slicing and whole pickles, but its 
solid, crisp flesh makes it most popular for 
chunk pickles. More widely used for this 
purpose than any other variety. 
CUCUMBER BARGAIN 
1 Early Michigan, 1 Colorado, 1 National 
STRAIGHT-8 
For Dependable Yields 
64 days. Fruits 
rich deep green; 
straight, cylin- 
drical; about 8 
inches long and 
1% inches thick. 
Superb home 
garden variety 
for slicing and 
salad use; good 
for home pick- 
ling; ideal. for 
“Bread and but- 
ter” pickles. 
Fruits. stream- 
lined for pack- 
ing and ship- 
ping. Straight-8 
has natural ca- 
pacity for ex- 
tremely high yields under fa- 
vorable conditions; plants 
bear relatively high propor- 
tions of fruit-producing female 
flowers and correspondingly 
low proportions of non-pro- 
ductive male flowers. 
CHINA LONG 
2 Feet Long 
72 days. This remarkable cucumber 
from the Orient is of finer quality than 
any other variety. Fruits 20 inches to 
2 feet in length and only 2. inches 
through. Skin deep green, nearly smooth, 
the spines being few and small. Flesh 
white, extremely crisp ; the nearest seed- 
less of any variety. Vines vigorous and have shown 
great ability to produce under adverse conditions as 
Straight-8 
Pickle, 1 White Wonder. 
it is mosaic resistant. 
All 4 pkts. only 45¢ ; iidanabba 
| | LEMON GUKE 
Sweetest—Finest Fiavor 
64 days. A real Cucum- 
ber, similar in size, shape 
and color to a lemon. 
Sweeter than -others and 
by many it is considered to 
be the finest flavored va- 
riety. Highly esteemed for 
pickling, either green or 
ripe, and for slicing just 
as the fruits are turning 
yellow. Rust and drought 
ae resistant. Produces a big 
er crop almost regardless of 
ee weather and soil condi- 
tions. 
Cucumber Seed Delivered at the Following Prices 
Packet Oz. 4 Lb. 
$0.10 $0.30 $0.85 
25 
(Jumbo 
Pkt. 60¢) 
35 
A & C, or Colorado 
China Long 
Early Michigan 
! Highmoor (Blight Resistant) 
{ Improved Long Green 
Japanese Climbing 
4 Marketer 
Serpent or Snake 
Straight-8 
White Wonder 
Burgess’ Pickle Blend 
eee Pickling 
+ ae verbearing 
eoaeyacoa Heinz Special. 
Melles | National Pickling 
Lemon 
4 (West India Gherkin 
All-Purpose Mixture 
BURGESS’ PICKLE BLEND 
Best pickling varieties in correct proportion to produce 
maximum yields of uniform, symmetrically shaped, 
dark colored pickles. Each variety is a pure strain 
grown separately, after which the seed is mixed to se- 
eure proper cross-pollination, resulting in first genera- 
tion hybrid pickles. Their vigor, productiveness and 
uniform quality follows by the same principle used in 
hybrid seed corn and other hybrids. 
EVERBEARING 
The Earliest Pickler 
52 days. Extremely prolific. If fruits are kept picked, 
it will continue to bear until frost. Fruits dark green ; 
average 4 to 5 inches in length. Excellent for small 
oe 
ALL-PURPOSE /’‘Bargain’’ MIXTURE 
Just right for those who want some of all the different cucum- 
bers. A fine mixture of the many varieties we catalog—early, 
late, slicers, pickles, large and small, etc. 
West India Gherkin 
West India Gherkin 
pickles. : 60 gaya Small, oval-shaped, prickly 
4] - i. ruit ; used exclusively f ing; 
National Pickling yon relic. ae 
55 days. Rich dark green, straight, rather blunt at 
each end. Can be used when quite small or when larger 
for dills. 
Grow Your Own DILL 
Heinz Special Used in making “‘Dill Pickles.” 
56 days. An improved type of pickling cucumber. 
Highly priced for fancy pickles. Shorter and earlier 
than Chicago Pickling, and more uniform in size, shape 
and color. ; 
Chunk Pickles For making chunk pickles, 
we recommend Improved Long Green. 
Serpent or Snake Cucumber 
The long, slim 
They are usually 2 
to 3 feet in length, sometimes attaining a length of 5 feet. See the 
above photograph, showing six of the cucumbers and a one-foot rule, 
to show the comparative size. 
(Pkt. 10c) (oz. 25c) (44 Ib. 60c) 
(lb. $1.50) postpaid. 
This curious Cucumber resembles a green snake. 
fruits coil into most realistic serpent-like shapes. 
Chicago Pickling 
58 days. The standard pickling 
variety. Very prolific. 
18 Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
