: 
: Burgess’ 
_ Disease Treated 
Hungarian 
Yellow, above, 
and 
Italian Sweet, 
below. 
€ 
Prepaid PEPPER PRICES 
PEPPER SEED 
Peppers are easily grown when our disease-treated seed is used. 
seed will produce 1,500 plants. 
picking. 
HUNGARIAN YELLOW 
The Early Hot One 
65 days. The earliest Hot Pepper. 
Fruits 1% inches across at shoulder 
and taper to 6 inches in length. Ex- 
tremely hot and of bright waxy yel- 
low color, changing to bright cherry 
red at full maturity. Fine for pick- 
ling and canning. Its beautiful color 
almost makes it an ornamental in 
garden, 
LONG RED CAYENNE 
70 days. The leading hot pepper. 
5 inches long and about % inch thick. 
Very early. Flesh 1s thick and pun- 
gent. Smooth, tapered, waxy light 
yellow, turning bright red. 
"Good for Stuffing” 
70 days. <A large, early, sweet 
pepper for home and market gardens. 
Walls are of medium thickness and 
are desirable for stuffing. 
EARLY GIANT 
62 days. Plants are vigorous grow- 
ing dwarfs 1% to 2’ high and actually 
loaded down with three-lobed fruits 
measuring 41%4” long and 3%” across. 
The flesh is thick, sweet, mild and 
pleasant flavored. Very productive. 
RED CHILI 
"One of the Hottest" 
82 days. One of the hottest pep- 
pers for making pickles and Tabasco 
Sauce. Fruits 2 inches long and %4 
inch thick’ and cone-shaped. They 
are light green, changing to deep red. 
ITALIAN SWEET 
Long, Red, Mild and Sweet 
60 days. A new sweet pepper that 
is redder than it is mild. Wonderful 
to decorate salads. 5” to 6” long, 
2144” wide, tapering to biunt point. 
Deep green at early stages, turning 
bright red. Dwarf, upright plants. 
Delicious eaten raw or cooked. 
Packet 
1 oz. of 
Days indicated are from plant setting to 
“KING OF THE NORTH” 
Big Fruit, Abundant Yield 
65 days. This is the earliest of the 
mammoth-size Peppers. The fruits, 
which, when ripe, are of a brilliant 
red color, average about 514” long 
and 314” across. The flesh is firm, 
very sweet and mild. The plants are 
of a branching growth and literally 
covered with the large fruit, which 
are borne from the bottom right up 
to the top of the plant. Most valu- 
able Pepper for stuffing. 
CHINESE GIANT 
Large and Blocky 
80 days. A large, blocky pepper. 
Fruits 414% inches long and 4% inches 
across, tairly thick flesh, of fine 
flavor and very mild. Plants well 
branched and thickly set with fruits. 
GOLDEN WONDER 
A Yellow Michigan Wonder 
65 days. An early, large, thick- 
meated yellow pepper like Michigan 
Wonder, except earlier and golden 
yellow. 
PIMIENTO 
Heart-Shaped One 
73 days. Grown for canning and 
home gardens. Fruits medium sized, 
heart-shaped, sweet and of excellent 
flavor. 3 in. long and 2 in. through 
the shoulder. Start early in far 
North. 
CALIFORNIA WONDER 
An Old Standby 
75 days. A Pepper of exceptional 
merit. Its thick walls are firm and 
the flesh is deliciously sweet and 
spicy, with no bite to it. The fruits 
will average about 4 inches in diam- 
eter and 4% inches in length. The 
skin is smooth and glossy, deep 
green, turning to crimson. 
California Wonder........- 
inese Giant -15 
Golden Wonder 
Early Giant. 
Hungarian Yellow 
Italian Sweet 
King of the North 
Long Red Cayenne 
Michigan Wonder 
Pacemaker 
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No Seed This Year 
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3.25 
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MICHIGAN WONDER 
Burgess’ "Thick-Meated"” Pepper 
68 days. This is the famous Burgess 
“Thick-Meated” Pepper that has become No. 
1 with our customers. Fruits are dark green, 
changing to crimson at maturity. They are 
414 inches long and 334 inches across with 
extremely thick flesh. Michigan Wonder is 
the most uniform and the finest pepper we 
know of for the market and home gardener. 
Will weigh more for its size than any other 
pepper. 
PACEMAKER the Earliest One" 
55 days. This fine variety is the earliest 
Pepper grown. Fruits are ready to pick in 
55 days after setting out plants. It is ex- 
tremely prolific and continues to bear until 
killed by frost. Fruits 3”x 2”, dark green, 
changing to bright red..- Mild and sweet. 
Not available for 1956. 
BIG TOM 
Improved Large Field 
prepaid, 
OR CONNECTICUT 
115 days. Leading corn field 
Pumpkin. Smooth, hard, red- 
dish-orange — skin, with rich 
ovange-yellow flesh. Wonderfully 
prolific. (Pkt. 0c) (02, 25c) 
(4 tb. 60c) (1b. $1.60) (Price 
per lb. for 3 Ibs. or more $1.40), 
Excellent Source of Vitamins B, and A 
Cne Ounce for 20 Hills; 3 to 4 Pounds Per Acre 
SMALL SUGAR 
100 days. 
pumpkin, 
kin, but 
better quality. 
The most popular pie 
Looks like a Field Pump- 
is smaller and of much 
Flesh sweet and 
tender ; excellent keeper. (Pkt. 10c) 
Ib. 60c) 
for. 3 
(hb. 
Ibs. or 
(oz. 25¢) (% 
(Price per Ib. 
$1.40), prepaid. 
$1.60) 
more 
GIANT SWEET POTATO 
110 days. When cooked, re- 
sembles a sweet potato in flavor, 
but more delicious. Pear-shaped 
Small 
Sugar 
lbs. or more $1.90), prepaid. 
WINTER LUXURY 
é and slightly ribbed. Creamy 
ee ‘ white, striped with green. Flesh : : 
: is fine grained and very dry. sss $ : e Bra 
(Pit. 15¢) (oz. 30c) (14 Ib. 75ce) : es e i 
CHEYENNE BUSH db. $2.10) (Price per. Ib. for 3 JUMBO PUMPKIN 
75 days. Cheyenne Bush is a real 
space saver, as it forms compact bushes 110 days. This pumpkin is really a giant. When 
2’ hig y 2’ across ae 8 100 days. Best pie Pumpkin. well grown will average 75 lbs. with specimens weigh- 
Bike ee nied ‘fi é qualit ba : ee Winter keeping qualities un- ing over 100 Ibs Always a prize winner at exhibi- 
will produce 2 to 3 fine quality pumpkins, equalled. Slightly oval and me- riche een isk ar lid keener and valuable for fecd 
each one just right for a pie. It is ex- dium size. Evenly and finely tions. is a splendid keeper and valuable for feed- 
tremely early and can be grown in cli- netted and is yellowish russet. ing purposes as well as first quality for pies. Our 
mates having a short season, It was color. Flesh deep and golden; strain is earlier and extra select. (Pkt. (5c) (oz. 
introduced by the Cheyenne, Wyoming ere, and nae “Hoge ies Set 35c) (1% lb. 85ce) (Ib. $2.40) (Price per lb. for 3 
aes é ee art producer, a oz, 30 ; repai 
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OZ. 4 : a . per Ib. tor 3 Ibs. or more $1.90), 
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