Trustworthy Vegetable Seeds For 1912 



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Big Boston Lettuce— A Grand Large Cabbage Lettuce 



One Ounce to 3000 Plants: 

 Two Pounds to the Acre. 



Lettuce 



Pkts., Ozs. and H I,bs. delivered 

 free, but add 8c to Lbs. 



I.AITUE 



Salat 



Culture. For early summer use. sow in hotbeds in March, sowing' every two weeks for succession. Transplant the young plants to rows 2 feet apart 

 and 8 to 1 2 inches apart in the row. For winter use, sow in August transplant to frames; and for this purpose the early heading varieties, such as the Mil- 

 liouare lettuce, are best adapted. The Cos varieties require to be tied up for a few dajs in order to properly blanch them. 



Earliest Varieties 



150. "Millionaire Lettuce." Unquestionably. The E;arliest and far 

 better than any other extremely early large heading Lettuce. A Lettuce fit 

 foraking. (Specialty, see page 18.) Pkt. 10c. Oz. 25c. K Lb. 75c. Lb. $2.50. 



193. "Bully Good" Lettuce. No matter whether the market price is up 

 or down there is always a market for "Bully Good" Lettuce. Those tine 

 large solid heads — A full bushel market box is barely large enough to hold 

 18 of them— of a bright rich exquisite green; with a full solid rich golden 

 yellow heart closely folded: crisp as ice; with a mild delicious flavor, do you 

 wonder we have named this grand lettuce "Bully Good." The market 

 Gardener with his pocket full of money, the Southern Grower with a big 

 check from the Northern Cities and the Amateur Gardener with his neigh- 

 bors beat to a standstill. Every one who grows for Market or eats "Bully 

 Good" Lettuce willcheerfuUy admititis worthyof itsuame. Pkt. 5c and 10c. 

 Oz. 15c. li Lb. 35c. Lb. $1.25. 



131. "Best of All" Lettuce. A sure cropper. Spring, Summer, Fall or 

 "Winter. (Specialty, see page 18.) Pkt. 5c & 10c. Oz. 20c. K Lb. 65c. Lb. $2. 50. 



155. New Lettuce "Unrivalled." An improvement on the Big Boston 

 Lettuce, possessing earliness. large size, attractive color, etc. It can be sown 

 almost the whole year around; it resists the summer heat, is crispy and 

 solid. Pkts. 5c. Oz. 10c. K Lb. 25c. Lb. 90c. 



125. Golden Queen. One oi thehest Jirst eatiy head Lettuce for either 

 open ground or frame culture, and a good forcer; mediutn size, solid; golden 

 yellow heads, crisp and tender. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. 10c. M Lb. 25c. Lb. 90c. 



352. Nay King'. A handsome, light green heading variety of medium 

 size and excellent quality. Outdoors the heads mature exceptionally early, 

 attaining a size suitable for use before other sorts, and often the edges of the 

 outer leaves have a brownish tinge. The plant is very compact for so large 

 a head. It is very satisfactory also for forcing unded glass. Pkt. 5c and 10c. 

 Oz. 15c. K Lb. 35c. Lb. $1.25. 



Best By Test— And Price Is Less 



0>i Aug. 30lh, 1910. Mr. L. G. Young, of Marion Co., Fla., writes as 

 follows: — ' '/ have been planting Bolgiano's Famous Big Boston Lettuce Seed 

 for the past four seasons and it has given entire satisfaction over all high 



priced seed, I am going to plant 8 Acres this Season and would 1 ike you to give 



me your lowest price on 10 Lb. lots and over." 



From Men Who Know 



"On Jan. 13th, 1910, E. S. Armstrong & Co.. of Philadelphia. Pa., writes 

 as follows: — "Please enter otir order for 20 Lbs. of your best strain of Big 

 Boston Lettuce Seed the same slock of which we procurc-d 1 Lb. last summer as 

 it gave perfect satisfact ion . ' ' 



Cos or "Celery" Lettuce 



These called Salad Romainc. are of distinct upright growth, and esteemed 

 for their fresh crispness and mild flavor during the summer and in warm 

 climates. 



339. Eclipse or "Express" Cos. This most dwarf and earliest of all. 

 The plants grow stiffly erect, only six to seven inches in height. The '\n- 

 \£r\OT\c:\\esare almost piirewhite, very crisp, and mild hi flavor, even in 

 hot weather. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. K Lb. 30c. Lb. 85c. 



123. Paris Self-Folding, or Trianon White Cos. Grows to very large 

 size, producing long-pointed, compact bunches. The inner leaves blanch 

 readily and are of fine flavor. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. K Lb. 25c. Lb. 75c. 



156. Big Boston Lettuce. Bolgiano's Famous StocK. Big Boston 

 Lettuce is the most v.iluable Lettuce in cultivation, its excellent qualities 

 have made it the most popular and most extensively u.sed Lettuce in the 

 world. It can be grown in the open ground for Summer or Fall, in frame 

 for Spring or forced cool in green houses for Winter use, producing under 

 each condition, grand, large, buttery, yellow heads, filled with sweet, 

 crisp, tender, beautifully blanched leaves. Stands long without going to 

 seed; has few outer leaves and makes a large, attractive plant. Big Boston 

 Lettuce is specially adapted to cool open ground culture. Our stock 

 of this famous Lettuce is the finest in the world. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. 

 K Lb. 25c. % Lb. 40c. Lb. 75c. Postpaid. 



122. Improved White Loaf Lettuce. After the most careful cultivation 

 and rogneing, we have established the truest and most uniform strain of im- 

 proved White Loaf Lettuce. It is planted largely in the Fall and allowed to 

 remain in the open ground all Winter. In the earliest Spring it quickly 

 forms most delicious, large, light-colored Lettuce Heads. Asa frame Lettuce 

 it has no equal: often 18 heads have brought $2.50 wholesale. If planted in 

 early Spring, it quickly forms heads and can be brought to market long be- 

 fore other Lettuce. Pkts. 5c and 10c. Oz. I5c. K Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



126. New Early Spring! Lettuce. In the Early Spring months this 

 splendid Lettuce produces large cabbage-like heads, which are uniform, 

 tender, crisp and sell at highest possible prices. Our most critical Market 

 Gardeners year ofter year bank on this Lettuce, it is also good for late sum- 

 mer sowing to produce Fall Head Lettuce. Pkt. 5c and 10c. Oz. 15 c. Ji Lb. 30c. 

 Lb. $1.00. 



137. Blade Seeded Tennis Ball. One of the very best for either forcing 

 or early out-door planting. Plants good size, leaves are of good substance 

 and of attractive dark green color. Heads are solid, crisp and tender. 

 Pkt. So. Oz. 10c. J4 Lb. 25c. Lb. 75c. 



Paris Self-Folding White Cos or Celery Lettuce 



