A'. S* /. 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 

 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. 



HITTINGKK S BELMONT FORCING LETTUCE. FARQUHAKS LONG-STA NDING LETTUCE. 



Pkt. Oz. Lb. 

 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 $5.00 



Hittinger's Belmont Forcing. Larger than the above and almost as early ; of excellent 



quality and highly recommended for forcing 10 .40 5.0c 



Grand Rapids Forcing. Crisp and tender; leaves frilled ; heads of fair size 05 .15 2.00 



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 . ro .^o 



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



crisp and tender; select stock 05 .20 2.00 



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



to seed 05 .20 2.00 



Big Boston. Very large; good for out-of-door crops 05 .25 3.00 



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 10 .25 3.00 



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



and good quality when young 05 .25 2.50 



Denver Market. Large heads, sweet and tender ; leaves crumpled 05 .15 2.00 



All The Year Round. Hardy, compact, close-heading cabbage variety 05 .15 2.00 



Hanson. An excellent summer lettuce with very large heads 05 .20 2.00 



Blonde Blockhead. Heads of immense size ; one of the finest .05 .25 2.50 



Burpee's Prize=Head. Handsome and very early-heading 05 .15 2.00 



Buttercup. Yellow; solid; medium-sized heads ; excellent 05 .25 2.00 



Black=Seeded Simpson. A superior variety ; large and compact heads 05 .15 2.00 



Early Curled Simpson. A leading early sort ; very tender 05 .15 2.00 



Defiance. # A large cabbage lettuce; crisp and tender 05 .15 2.00 



Tomhannock. Leaves almost white, upright and loose ; very handsome 05 .15 2.00 



Salamander Head. Popular summer variety ; very crisp and fine 05 .15 2.00 



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



any bitter taste; one of the best 05 .20 2.00 



Drumhead. Favorite out-of-door variety ; large, crisp leaves 05 .15 2.00 



Henderson's New York. Of unusual size and solidity ; crisp and tender 05 .20 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 good size 05 .30 3.00 



Trianon Self=Closing Cos. Of upright growth with long, narrow leaves which form close 



heads • 05 20 2.00 



Paris White Cos, or Romaine. Very early; requires tying to blanch 05 .20 2.00 



MUSTARD. (Sen/.) 



Sow in shallow drills a foot apart ; several sowings may be made for a succession. Our ounce to forty feet of drift. Pkt. <)/.. Lb. 



White. Best variety for salads, sometimes used as " greens " 05 .10 $0.20 



Brown. More pungent than the White 05 .10 .2f 



