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LETTUCE. —TDatticb. 1 ounce to 1,000 plants. 2 pounds to the acre. 
Culture of Lettuce.—Sow the seed in hot-beds in February or March, and transpjant into a sheltering 
border with a southern exposure. For successive crops sowing may be made in the open ground as early 
as the spring opens, and continuing until Juiy. Always thin out well, or the plants will not be strong. When 
wanted as a cut salad, sow the seed thickly in rows or ey f. . 
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Bolgiano’s White Loaf Lettuce.—Gilt 
elge stock for careful growers, The best of all. 
Has large, solid heads, suitable for frames or 
out-door. The most experienced truckers pro- 
nounce our White Loaf Lettuce the best they ever 
grew. Lettuce in frames and out-door is a most 
important itém with our large truckers. To suit 
their purpose a lettuce must form a reliable head, 
be crisp, with pleasant flavor. These qualities 
they find in our White Loaf, which is used in 
large quantities for fall and spring sowing, and 
makgs a paying crop—Packets, 5c.and1U0c. Ounce, 
15/2 Ounces, 25c. + Pound, 40c. 1 Pound, $1.50. 
J Bolgiano’s Black Seed Summer Let- 
tuce.—A perfect heading out-door lettuce, ¢s- 
peciaily during our dry, hot summer, because it 
is long standingand always tender and pleasant 
to the taste. It spontaneously heads from the 
start, the heads growing larger as the plant 
matures. It does equally well for forcing under 
glass in hot-beds, cojd frames, greenhouses and 
for outside cultivation—Packets, 5c. and 10c. 
; Ounce, 15c. 2 Ounces, 25c. + Pound, d0c. 
BOLGIANO’S WHITE LOAF LETTUCE. 1 Pound, $1.50. 
Perfected Salamander Lettuce.—One of the best for summer use, forming good size, compact 
/ heads. Color—light green on the outside and white inside. It will remain longer in head and stand a 
greater amount of heat without burning or running to seed than any other variety. In the Southern States it 
is ifvaluable. We recommend it to all—Packets, 5c. and 10c. Ounce, 1dc. 2 Ounces, 20c. ¢ Pound, 40c. 1 
Pofind, $1.50. : 
Early Curled Simpson Lettuce.—Heads 
are a yellowish green, are compact mass of curly 
leayes, very tender—Packets, 5c. and 10c. Ounce, loc. 
+ Pound, 40c. 1 Pound, $1.50. 
Hanson Lettuce, Improved.—Heads are 
green outside and white within. Grows to a large, 
id,-crisp, tender,sweet head, and very long stand- 
‘ with fringed, curly }eaves—Packets, 5c. and 10c. 
nce, lic. ¢# Pound, 40c. 1 Pound, $1.50. 
Bolgiano’s White Forcing Lettuce.—This 
stock was secured from one of the leading market 
gardéners in Washington. It has given entire satis- 
faction wherever used. Making a compact solid 
head ; comes early, has a fine light color, and is tender 
and crisp. J recommend this to all growers of hot- 
bedAnd green-house tettuce.—Ounce, 20c. 4 Pound, 
Boigiano’s New Early Spring Lettuce.— 
n the early spring mounoths this splendid lettuce 
does ‘its best, producing large, cabtage-like heads, 
which are uniform in size, tender, crisp, and sell for FAMOUS NEW EARLY SPRING LETTUCE. 
ets, 5c.and10c. Ounce, lic. 2 Ounces, 25c. + Pound, 40c. 4 Pound,60c. 1 Pound, $1.00. 
ROCKY FORD MUSKMELON.—Reliable Stock Direct from the Growers.— Unsurpassed in 
luscious flavor; always brings the highest price on the market; most desirable size; ideal 
for dessert; a healthy, vigorous grower; exceedingly prolific. No muskmelon ever introduced 
has had such widespread popularity and been a source of so much profitable realizing as this 
grand melon The stock of seed has never yet been equal to the demand, and as the past season cut 
short the seed crop very materially, we are sure the seed of this famous money maker will very early be con- 
sumed, and we advise all our patrons to secure their supply immediately from us. The ground color of the skin 
is, when ripe, of a rich greenish gold. The netting is very prominent and is light in color, which makes the 
outer appearance very attractive. The flesh is very deep, ripening clear to the rind, and it has an exceedingly 
small seed cavity. It is very sweet and luscious in flavor, and is entirely devoid of any stringy character. Our 
seed was specially grown for us by a careful grower at Rocky Ford, and is the best type of the genuine Rocky 
Ford Muskmelon—Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. + Pound, 20c. 4 Pound, 30c. 1 Pound, 50c. 5 Pounds, $2.00. 
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