DASHEEN 
A Delicious Vegetable and 
Ornamental Foliage Plant 
Large Tuberous Roots Used Like Potatoes, 
Blanched Stems Like Asparagus, and the Leaves 
Used for Greens, Large Tropical-like Ornamental 
Foliage Similar to the Popular Elephant’s Ear 
Caladium. 
The Dasheen is an extraordinary vegetable. Its 
tubers, with a protein value 50% greater than potatoes, are 
prepared in all the ways white or sweet potatoes are—boiled, 
baked, mashed, fried, scalloped and even as chips. The young 
leaves prepared like Spinach provide tasty greens. The stems, 
blanched by being grown under a box or barrel, are as good 
as Asparagus. 
Recipes for cooking and cultural directions are included 
with every shipment of seed-tubers. 
Dasheens are grown commercially in the South on ground 
‘so wet or subject to brief overflows that it is worthless for 
other crops. Put your worthless land to work. The U.S.D.A. 
reports 1,400 bushels from less than 5 acres in Florida. 
While Dasheens are grown commercially in the South, home- 
gardeners everywhere can raise them in any good garden soil. 
Even in the coldest sections, the asparagus-like stems, and the 
‘leaves used as greens make it worthwhile. Dasheen’s large, or- 
namental leaves, similar to the popular Hlephant’s-ear Cala- 
dium, make it possible to plant in the flower garden or in a 
bed with Cannas. i 
Order a few Dasheen tubers for trial this year and you will 
want more next year. 
GARDEN 
- HUCKLEBERRY 
Grows from seed the } 
first year. A fruit that 
cannot be excelled for 
Pies and Preserves. It | 
is very prolific, yielding | 
'an immense crop of 
fruit. It is an annual | 
and must be planted | 
each year from seed. | 
Grows and thrives in 
all climates and on all 
kinds of soil. The fruits | 
grow larger than the common | 
Huckleberry. or Blueberry and 
Dasheen tubers sometimes weigh as much as 6 pounds. 
PRICES: Choice Seed Tubers. (5 for 50c) (10 for 80c) 
(25 for $1.85). Leaflet giving cultural directions and 
recipes for preparing and cooking the Dasheen ‘sent 
FREE with tubers. “f 
$ TWO MONEY-MAKING CROPS $$ 
They Require Little Space 
GOLDEN SEAL 
Golden Seal is a money maker, easy to 
raise and requires little space. Grow it in 
your back yard, mulching it every fall with 
GINSENG 
Ginseng is a 
highly profitable 
crop, growing in 
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4 BEB Rrishtlis-after they até “tine eo d oe leaves so that the soil is improved and the 
‘ If cooked with apples, lemons # Grained soil and crops increased. At the current prices being 
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> ae oe Sareea ae i requiring very paid for the dry roots, the average harvest 
ee sad astonisvied | Jlittle.care, It of 18 pounds off a square rod (only 16% feet 
- (with this easily grown and j takes 6 years square) should bring at least $45.00. And 
- | wonderful novelty. (Pkt. {5¢c) | for roots of sal- Golden Seal makes salable roots in 4 years 
ae (Jumbo pkt. 35¢) (14 oz. 55c) able size to ma- from seed. 
_—* fF (oz. $1.00) prepaid. ture from seed; : : 
sagt Wo webae or Oat The ideal spot for growing Golden Seal 
(and Ginseng) is in woods, where little or no 
cultivation is required. About 34 shade un- 
der frameworks supporting lath frames, 
brush or camouflage material to furnish the 
necessary shade. 
We send directions for growing, harvesting and drying both 
Golden Seal and Ginseng with every shipment of seeds or 
plants of either. For those seriously considering raising Golden 
Seal or other medicinal plants for profit, we recommend the 
book described elsewhere on this page. 3 
Golden Seal seed and plants are usually set out in the fall. 
But because the supply is limited, you should place your orders 
eS plants. A one-acre planting, of which only one- 
- gixth is harvested each year, should yield at 
least 300 pounds of dry roots annually. At the 
_ time this catalog was being prepared, dealers 
were offering $6.00 to $13.00 a pound for dried 
_ Ginseng roots, the price depending upon the 
quality. At the minimum yield and price, one 
acre of Ginseng would earn $1800.00 annually. _ 
_ Ginseng grows best in fairly open hardwood shade. The backyard gar- 
_dener can raise. it.in artificial shade under lath screens or brush sup- 
ported by a scaffold 6 to 8 feet high. From 1000 to 1200 seeds are usually 
_ required to produce enough plants to set out on a square rod of ground. 
x (160 square rods equal an acre.) Plant one-sixth of your area each fall 
Golden Seal 
Ginseng 
for 6 years in order to assure an annual crop—and an annual income. 
We send directions for growing, digging and drying Ginseng and the names and 
addresses of buyers of the roots with every shipment of Ginseng seed or plants. 
- Orders for Ginseng seeds are always filled at planting time in the fall and most orders 
for the plants are filled then, although we can usually supply small quantities of the 
| plants in spring by special request. 
, PRICES: SEED (Pkt. 25c) (5 Pkts. for $1.00) ($6.00 per 1,000 seeds). 
old (12 for $1.25) (25 for $2.00) (50 for $3.65) (100 for $6.95) prepaid. 
PLANTS— 
367-Page Medicinal Plant Book 
“Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants’’ is a book of 367 pages 
with about 100 illustrations. It gives a list of plants having 
medicinal value, and valuable information about their cultiva- 
tion, marketing, etc. It contains 40 illustrations of Ginseng, 
showing this plant in various stages of development, and 20 il- 
lustrations of Golden Seal. Some 40 other roots, plants and 
herbs -having medicinal value are described and illustrated. 
$5,000.00 to $20,000.00 per acre is often realized by the grower 
of Ginseng, so the several chapters in this book that are de- 
voted to Ginseng are alone worth many times the price of the 
book. Price, prepaid, cloth bound ($2.00). 
early in the year. (We shall have a few plants available for 
spring planting, but large orders for plants and all orders for 
seed will be filled next fall.) y 
About 1000 seeds should be ordered to produce enough plants 
(700) to set out a square rod. Order now for delivery of 1951 
crop seed or 2-year-old plants at the proper time for fall plant- 
ing. Send full payment with the order. ’ 
PRICES: SEED (Pkt. 25c) (5 Pkts. for $1.00) ($5.00 per 1,000 seeds). PLANTS 
—2 yr. old (12 for $1.25) (25 for $2.00) (50 for $3.65) (100 for $6.95). Prepaid. 
MRR oe a ee eee ea CT 
HERBS—How to Grow and Use Them 
The most complete and practical book yet published on the 
subject. Tells all about growing all kinds of Herbs both in 
the home garden and commercially. Tells about drying and 
curing Herbs, their usage, etc. 198 pages of valuable in- 
formation. Price, ($2.85), prepaid. 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co., Galesburg, Michigan 43 
