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FACTS AXD FIGURES OR THE 



leading varieties in all the trucking centers. They are large, 

 hard heading kinds, and make to perfection here. For the 

 home market and home garden the Hansen is the most pop- 

 ular and can not be beaten. 



EOMAIN. 



This is a tall, head lettuce, which resembles Chinese cab- 

 bage. It is planted, worked and fertilized the same as 



RoM.AiN Lettuce. 

 other lettuce, btit will give an immense yield to the acre. I 

 have grown it on my own place that only required eleven 

 heads to fill a bushel and a half hamper, and this is on an 

 average of over 1,500 crates to the acre, but I would not 

 recommend truckers planting it very extensively, as it is 

 not known on ail markets and does not always sell well on 

 the markets where it is known. Plant the self-folding va- 

 rieties. 



