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2 kR. & J. FARQUHAR & CO/JS 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 
substratum, but does well in a common garden soil enriched with rotted manure. For first crop sowin gentle heat in February, and trans- 
lant to ten inches apart. For a summer supply, sow thinly in shallow drills, eighteen inches apart, and transplant, or thin out, leaving a 
oot between the plants. Sowings may be made from April to the end of August. Ove 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. 
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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 . . . - - * ~- .05 .40 $5.06 
Hittinger’s Belmont Forcing. Larger than the above and almost as early; of excellent 
quality and highly recommended for forcing . .. . : 2S ORE ee roweere - 5.06 
Grand Rapids Forcing. Crisp and tender; leaves frilled; heads of fairsize . . . . - + .05 .25 3.00 
Farquhars’ Long=Standing. The earliest and finest head lettuce in cultivation for 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- 
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Black-Seeded Tennisball. Excellent for open air culture; forms a very fine head; compact, 
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White-Seeded Tennisball. Imported. Early, tender and free from bitterness. Runs early 
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Big Boston. . Very large; good for out-of-dooricropsis. 925.0 ere 1oaied .cOs mL . SSS Bos ee a ies 
Black-Seeded Butter. Very reliable sort of excellent, tender quality. . . . . .°- + + .05 .30 3.00 
Boston Fine Curled. Very early with finely-curled leaves ; valued for its attractiveness on table 
and’good quality when young .° jowt.cih jal.,s0 WO. il, £08915 (sie? oh Shee eae eee 
Denver Market. Large heads, sweet and tender; leaves crumpled . . . . .- . ~~. + « .05 .I5 2.00 
All The Year Round. Hardy, compact, close-heading cabbage variety . . - - +. - +. + .05 .I5 2.00 
Hanson. An excellent summer lettuce with very large heads . . - - - - - + - + + + +05 420° 2.00 
Blonde Blockhead. Heads of immense size; one of the finest . . . . . - + + + « «+ 005 .25 2.50 
Burpee’s Prize-Head. Handsome and very early-headnmg .. - - . +--+ + + + + + 05 «15 2.00 
Iceberg. Large, solid heads; quality excellent; handsome cabbage sort. - - - - + + + + 05 .25 2.00 
Black-Seeded Simpson. A superior variety; large and compact heads « - + +. + + + + -O05 .I5 2.00 
Early Curled Simpson. A leading early sort; very tender . . .... 9... . =. +» 05 .I5 2.00 
Defiance. _ A large cabbage lettuce; crisp-and\tender>.. «06. |) 2) sp. yl eo. 2 RSS SON WS Vie 
Tomhannock. Leaves almost white, upright and loose; very handsome . . . . . «. . - .05 .15 2.00 
Salamander Head. Popular summer variety; very crisp and fine . . . . .:. . . « - 05 .I5 2.00 
Deacon. Unsurpassed variety; heads large, compact, and the inner leaves tender and without 
any bitter taste;..one ofthe best. 2.6.) .c:aeisr ence  Aelniel, © Ae lS ee 
Drumhead. Favorite out-of-door variety; large, crisp leaves . . - . - - «- + + + + « 105 .I5 2.00 
Henderson’s New York. Of unusual size and solidity; crisp and tender . . . .*. . . .05 .20 2. 
Satisfaction. Favorite English head lettuce; highly recommended. . . . . . . . . « .05 «15 2.00 
Trout, or Spotted. Most tender lettuce on the list; spotted leaves. . . . . . «© « + + .05 .30 3.00 
Brown Dutch. The hardiest lettuce grown; best for very early out-of-doors crop. . . . - .05 .15 2,00 
Blood Red. Very productive with red leaves; heads of goodsize . . ....-++.. 
Trianon Self-Closing Cos. Of upright growth with long, narrow leaves which form close 
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Paris White Cos, or Romaine. Very early; requires tying to blanch . . . . . - - « .05 «15 2.00 
MUSTARD. (Sef) 
Sow in shallow drills a foot apart; several sowings may be made for a succession. One ounce to forty feet of drill. Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
White. Best variety for salads, sometimes used as “ greens ” Menerremrmmemmadnam “hui oi lettic tn T eSo cy e 
Brown: More pungent than the’ White ©." .“ .' .\" “eet eee 
