12 R. & J. FARQUHAR & COUS\ SEED CATALOGUE. ' 
LETTUCE (Lattich Saiat,) 
The Lettuce is the best vegetable of the salad kind grown in the open air. It thrives best in a light, very rich, moist soil, with a dry 
substratum, but does well in a common garden soil enriched with rotted manure. For first crop sow in gentle heat in February, and trans- 
plant to ten inches apart. For a summer supply, sow thinly in shallow drills, eighteen inches apart, and transplant, or thin out, leaving a 
foot between the plants. Sowings may be made from April to the end of August. One ounce of seed gives about four thousand plants. 
We make a specialty of the varieties of Lettuce grown in the vicinity of Boston, and the seed of these we offer is all home- -grown, and 
saved with the utmost care. 
HITTINGER’S BELMONT FORCING LETTUCE. FARQUHARS’ LONG-STANDING LETTUCE. 
Pkt. ¢} Qzy4bb. 
Boston Forcing Tennisball; White-Seeded. Forms fine, perfect heads very rapidly; crisp 
and very tender; a true strain on which growers for market rely almost exclusively for Parte 
ing under glass. Our seed is of the finest growth and from perfect heads . . . 05 .40 $4.50 
Hittinger’ Ss Belmont Forcing. Larger than the above and almost as Se of Te ies 
quality and highly recommended for forcing . » ke | a, Ee Ou ate 
Grand Rapids Forcing. Crisp and tender; leaves frilled ; heads ‘of fair SiZe ne: 05, |-257. 3-06 
Farquhars’ Long=Standing. The earliest and finest head lettuce in cultivation as summer 
crops, every plan. produces a fine, large, firm head; in the heated dry summer days this 
variety will be found to stand in head long after other sorts have run to seed; flavor excel- 
lent very tender and free from all bitterness . - -IO .40 5.00 
Black-Seeded Tennisball. Excellent for open air culture ; "forms a very ‘fine head; ‘compact, 
crisp and tender; select stock . . 05°. 305 3.08 
White-Seeded Tennisbail. Imported. Early, tender and free from bittemess. Runs early 
toseed: yy, simon’ ovat lawns parva nevant, Wetion ee Sains RAGES ae (one ea cr 
Big Boston. Very large; good for out-of-door crops Bay: i} way... boll Seneca seers 
Black-Seeded Butter. V ery reliable sort of excellent, tender quality . ee 05.30 38.60 
Boston Fine Curled. Very early with finely-curled leaves ; valued for its attractiveness on table 
and good quality when young . . vite ele why, ROD aie 2 eae eee 
Denver Market. “L arge heads, sweet and tender; leaves ‘crumpled ruins bee 1. 9 RIF. Bo tsoR see 
All The Year Round. Hardy, compact, close- heading cabbage ariel slike an bong) et oe PO Sie eas 
Hanson. An excellent summer lettuce with very large heads . . . rere verona re’ 
Blonde Blockhead. Heads of immense size; one of the finest . . . .°. . «- +. + + + 05 125 2.50 
Burpee’s Prize=-Head. Handsome and very early-heading ..». . .. . + + » - » + = 905# nsec 
Buttercup. Yellow; solid; medium-sized heads; excellent . . fey we 8 te OM) po eel 
Black-Seeded Simpson. A superior variety ; large and compact heads, jusitats iecos-a) CR O85) ykbe 2.00 
Early Curled Simpson. A leading early sort; very tender. . . . «ss + + + + + 105 -15 2.00 
Defiance. A large cabbage lettuce; crisp and tender. . . . wiles) . tT SEF ee ea aoe 
Tomhannock. % eaves nlaoet white, upright and loose ; very Pandseae . (aig). ont > Senos 
Salamander Head. Popular summer variety; very crisp and fine . . . 05-15 2.00 
Deacon. Unsurpassed variety ; heads large, PoRBARs and the inner leaves tender and without 
any bitter taste; one of the best : oie eck] beads : -.05 .20 2.00 
Drumhead. Favorite out-of-door variety ; large; crisp Jewes .. 2s on Nis SR gee 
Henderson’s New York. Of unusual size and solidity; crisp and tender 05 -20 2.00 
Satisfaction. Favorite English head lettuce; highly recommended.) 0. s0 i ole 20 eee 
Trout, or Spotted. Most tender lettuce on the list; spotted leaves. . . ee ang 8 Be tos, 
Brown Dutch. ‘The hardiest lettuce grown; best for very early out-of- doors crop . pe gs CS oh SIG 
Blood Red. Very productive with red leav es; heads of good size 05 -30 3.00 
Trianon Self-Closing Cos. Of upright oe with long, narrow leaves which form close 
heads. an er aeemremi mrs sy Po 
Paris White Cos, or Romaine. V ery early ; Tequires tying to BeneH at rine sin emer Ne 
MUSTARD. (Sex) 
Sow in shallow drills a foot apart; several sowings may be made for a succession. Ove ounce to forty feet of drill. Pkt. Oz... Liab. 
White. Best variety for salads, sometimes used as “ greens ” ee ee ns eta tated iain ae ae Se? 
Srown. .More pungent than the White’ «ii... . * . Sih Pat Pc eW  )  See ee eece 
