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LETTUCE THE LOOSE-HEADED OR EARLY 

 CURLY-LEAVED SORTS 



THESE will not form heads, but make large plants of 

 attractively curled and crinkled leaves. While 

 their quality does not compare with that of the butter- 

 head lettuces, their curly leaves are most acceptable. 



The loose-leaved lettuces will do better under more 

 widely varying conditions of soil and climate than any 

 other class. This is the reason, perhaps, why Prizehead 

 is the most popular lettuce in the country to-day, though 

 of indifferent quality. It will not develop heads. 



Black Seeded Simpson forms handsome plants, a foot in 

 diameter, within fifty days after seeds are sown. In 

 a rich, moist, warm soil, which favors rapid develop- 

 ment, it is far superior in quality to Prizehead. 



Grand Rapids (illustrated) is the standard loose-leaf 

 sort for under-glass growing in all parts of the country. 

 Grown outdoors, it is a few days earlier than Black Seeded 

 Simpson, forms more upright plants, and is more curly. 



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