R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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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 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. Otie 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 LETTUC r 



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 early ; of excellent 

 quality and highly recommended for forcing 



Grand Rapids Forcing. Crisp and tender; leaves frilled ; heads of fair size 



Farquhars' Long=Standing. The earliest and finest head lettuce in cultivation for summer 

 crops ; every plant 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 . • 



Biack=Seeded Tennisball. Excellent for open air culture ; forms a very fine head ; compact, 

 crisp and tender ; select stock 



White=Seeded Tennisball. Early, tender and free from bitterness 



Big Boston. Very large; good for out-of-door crops 



Tom Thumb. A favorite in England for pot culture and hot-bed use. It is one of the earliest 

 to come to maturity, forming compact heads, which are crisp and free from coarseness. 

 The best small growing variety . 



Boston Fine Curled. Very early with finely-curled leaves ; valued for its attractiveness on table 

 ana good quality when young 



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 



Buttercup. Yellow; solid; medium-sized heads ; excellent 



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 tender 



Tomhannock. Leaves almost white, upright and loose ; very handsome 



Salamander Head. Popular summer variety; very crisp and fine 



Deacon. Unsurpassed variety; heads large, compact, and the inner leaves tender and without 

 any fritter taste ; one of the best 



Drumhead. Favorite out-of-door variety ; large, crisp leaves 



Henderson's New York. Of unusual size and solidity ; crisp and tender 



Trout, or Spotted. Most tender lettuce on the list; spotted leaves 



Brown Dutch. The hardiest lettuce grown; best for very early out-of-doors crop 



Blood Red. Very productive with red ieaves ; heads of good size 



Trianon Self -Closing Cos. Of upright growth with long, narrow leaves forming close heads. 



Paris White Cos, or Romaine. Very early, requires tying to blanch 



Maximum. A large, solid head variety of excellent quality ... 



Mignonette. A small head lettuce averaging 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Long standing, hardy 

 and a great drought resister, admirably adapted to all seasons 



Pkt. Oz. Lb. 



.05 .40 $5.00 



.10 



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.40 

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10 



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 ■°5 



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.25 



,20 



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•15 

 .20 



• 2 5 



•05 

 •05 

 •05 



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 •*5 

 ■ l 5 

 ■'5 



1.50 

 1.50 

 2.00 



.00 



•50 

 •50 



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.50 



•50 

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 •50 

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■°5 

 ■°5 



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.20 



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 .20 



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>5 - 2 5 



MUSTARD. (Sen/.) 



Sow in shallow drills a foot apart ; several sowings may be made for a succession. 

 White. Best variety for salads, sometimes used as " greens " 

 Brown. More pungent than the White 



One ounce to forty feet of drill. Pkt. 



°5 



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7 5 

 75 



■75 



75 

 75 



7 5 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 2.00 

 1. 00 

 2.00 

 2.00 



2.00 



Lb. 



$0.25 

 .25 



