12 R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO’S SEED CATALOGUE. 
LETTUCE (Lattich Salat.) 
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 
<«ubstratum, but does well in a common garden soil a eced with rotted manure. For first crop sowin gentle heat in F ebruary, and trans- 
tant 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 Sour 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. 
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 head- 
ing under glass. Our seed is of the finest growth and from perfect heads . . . . : 
Hittinger’s Belmont Forcing. Larger than the above and almost as eel of eveeliont 
quality and highly recommended for forcing . . . ON eee. Ss Pete 
Grand Rapids Forcing. Crisp and tender; leaves fallede Heads cf air SIZE Leas ys agen ae 
Farquhars’ Long=Standing. The earliest and finest head lettuce in cultivation oe 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. - . Pe ne - Pay 
Black-Seeded Tennisball. Excellent for open air culture ; forms a very fine head; compact, 
crisp and tender; select stock . . . ES Se ae ae Be ese Me ee 
White-Seeded Tennisball. Imported. Early, tender and free from bitterness. Runs early 
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Big Boston. Very large; good for out-of- door crops TRU una Aa OT Bri Gu SS ich ons 
Black-Seeded Butter. V ery reliable sort of excellent, tender quality. . .....-. - 
Boston Fine Curled. Very early with finely-curled leaves ; valued for its attractiveness on table 
and good quality when young . . aOR, f Ghee 8 MR Uae SRS Reaves oe oe 
Denver Market. Large heads, sweet and tender; leaves crumpled . . . . 
All The Year Round. Hardy, compact, close- heading cabbage variety 
Hanson. An excellent summer lettuce with very large. heads . . 
Blonde Blockhead. Heads of immense size; one of the finest . . . . 
Burpee’s Prize-Head. Handsome and very early-heading .. . eres hs." 2 
Buttercup. Yellow; solid;-medium-sized heads; excellent . . . hays \ spe 
Black-Seeded Simpson. A superior variety; large and compact heads 
Early Curled Simpson. A leading early sort; very tender . .. . 
Defiance. A large cabbage lettuce; crisp and fender 92. wines Gans 
Tomhannock. [eaves almost white, upright and loose; very handsome . . . ... - =; 
Salamander Head. Popular summer variety; very crisp and fine . .... . a es 
Deacon. Unsurpassed variety; heads large, aoe and the inner leaves tender and without 
any bitter taste; one of the Dest. = yee : CUT Se ee ee 
Drumhead. Favorite out-of-door variety ; ; large, crisp leaves . . 
Henderson’s New York. Of unusual size and solidity; crisp and tender 
Satisfaction. Favorite English head lettuce; highly recommended . 
Trout, or Spotted. Most tender lettuce on the fists spotted leaves. : : 
Brown Dutch. The hardiest lettuce grown; best for very early out-of- doors. crop : 
Blood Red. Very productive with red leaves; heads of good size ; 
Trianon Self-Closing Cos. Of upright growth with long, narrow leaves which form close 
heads! 3403 Aa Pert. pare, ere oe e Miroh e P 
Paris White Cos, or Romaine. Vv ery early ; requires tying to sDlaNCH vc) =, oneahela janie tee 
MUSTARD. (Sen) 
Sow in shallow drills a foot apart ; several sowings may be made for a succession. Ove ounce to forty feet of drill. 
White. Best variety for salads, sometimes used as “ greens ” 
Brown. More pungent than the White 
Pkt. 
£05 
.05 
105 
-10 
Pkt. 
.05 
.05 
FARQUHARS’ LONG-STANDING LETTUCE. 
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$4.50 
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