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EARLY MICHIGAN 
The Earliest Slicing Cucumber 
! This famous Burgess introduction is our most popular 
Slicer, and ready for slicing in only 54 days. It is an Early For- 
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tune type, the dark green fruits being slim with well-rounded 
ends, and averaging 7” long. Good for pickles as well as slicing, 
as a great many fruits set at one time. Its ability to eontinue 
bearing over a long period makes this variety ideal for the home 
garden, as well as for the early market. 
LEMON CUKE 
Sweetest—Finest Flavor 
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 
B08 resistant. Produces a big 
beac crop almost regardless of 
Weather and soil condi- 
@ tions, 
FOREMOST HYBRID 
Finest of All the New Ones 
This very early Cucumber grows with such amazing 
hybrid vigor that it withstands adverse conditions of almost every 
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kind. It is the darkest green of them all, and its uniform 8” 
fruits are slender, cylindrical and blocky. Very few spines, very 
Small seed cavity—PLUS crisp, clear white flesh. All in all you 
just can’t beat this one. It’s the best for market and shipping, too. 
(Pkt. 30 seeds, 30¢) (Jumbo Pkt. 90 seeds, 75c) (14 oz. $1.50) 
(4% 0%. $2.75) (Oz. $5.00) (4 Ib. $15.00) (Lb. $45.00) prepaid. 
“Early Surecrop" HYBRID 
The Early and Late Cucumber 
60 days. Here at last is an all-purpose Cuke that comes into 
bearing early, stays on in perfect condition very late, and is good 
for pickling and slicing. It is the only one ever to get an All- 
America Award. Its 8”, deep green, blunt-ended fruits have a 
very small seed cavity. It is smooth, crisp and deliciously fresh 
for longer than others. Resistant to mosaic and downy mildew, 
too, and because of its long-season bearing, it is a tremendous 
producer. (Pkt. of 30 seeds 30c) (Jumbo Pkt., 90 seeds 75c) 
% oz. $1.50) prepaid. 
HIGHMOOR 
Blight Resistant—Very Productive 
Highmoor not only resists blight, but is one of the 
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most productive of the slicing varieties. Dark green fruits are 
2% by 9” 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. 
22 Burgess Seed & Plant Co. 
One Ounce of Seed for 100 Hills—-2 to 3 Ibs. to the Acre. We grow our 0 
seed and all of it is treated for disease for you—an added Burgess service 
A & © or COLORADO 
Bears Over Long Season 
68. days. This extremely dark green cu- 
cumber holds its color well and is practi- 
cally free from white stripes. Fruit is 
24%x9 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, 214x7% 
inches in size and slightly tapered at each 
end. It has practically no white striping or 
tipping. 
BARGAIN CUCUMBER | 
COLLECTION 
Early Michigan Highmoor 
Everbearing A0c 
1 Pkt. each of 3 above 
Prepaid 
only 
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. 
EVERBEARING 
The Earliest Pickler 
52 days. Extremely prolific. 
Excellent for small pickles. 
NATIONAL PICKLING 
For Sweets or Dills 
55 days. 
blunt at each end. 
small or when larger for dills. 
HEINZ SPECIAL 
56 days. 
cumber. Highly prized for fancy 
more uniform in size, shape and color. 
CHICAGO PICKLING 
58 days. 
slicer. Fruits are medium green 
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FIVE BEST PICKLING CUCUMBER: 
If fruits are 
kept picked, it will continue to bear until frost. 
Fruits dark green; average 4 to 5” in length. 
Rich dark green, straight, rather 
Can be used when quite 
An improved type of pickling cu- 
pickles. 
Shorter and earlier than Chicago Pickling, and 
This one is both a pickler and 
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slightly toward ends. Uniform and very prolific. 
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STRAIGHT-8 _ 
For Dependable Yields : 
64 days. Fruits 
rich deep green 
straight, 
drical; “Ores 
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” pickle So 
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 
great ability to produce under adverse condi 
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WEST INDIA GHERKIN ~ 
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60 days. This is the true -West Indies ¥ 
Gherkin, a species distinct from the true cu- 
cumber, and one of the finest picklers. It 
small, oval-shaped and has prickly fruit. 
very prolific bearer, ” 
Grow Your Own DILL — 
Used in making ‘Dill Pickles,” it can — 
easily be grown in the garden. (Pkt. {5c) “ft 
(Oz. 30c) (% Ib. 65c) (Lb. $1.90) prepaid. 
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