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



COPYRIGHT 1902. 

 BY R.i d. FARQUHAR tCO- 



LETTUCE. 



{JLattich 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 transplant to 

 ten inches apart. For a sum- 

 mer 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. 



^Bo: 



Boston Forcing Tennisball Lettuce. 



Pkt. Oz. 



lb. Lb. 



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oston Forcing Tennisball; White-Seeded. Forms fine, perfect heads very rapidly; 

 crisp and very tender. Our seed is of the finest growth and from perfect heads 

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



quality and highly recommended for forcing 



^ Crumpled Leaf. A fine, large, solid head, leaves dark green, slightly ruffled or crumpled 



tender, flavor unsurpassed. For so large a variety it is a quick grower, and sure to head 

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

 > Farquhar's Long-Standing . Earliest and finest head Lettuce for summer crops ; every 



plant produces fine, large, firm head; flavor excellent; tender and free from all bitterness 

 v' Black-Seeded Tennisball. Excellent; forms a very fine head ; compact, crisp, tender 



i White-Seeded Tennisball. Early, tender, and free from bitterness 



tr Mammoth Black-Seeded Butter. Avery large Cabbage Lettuce, solid, smooth leaved 



The outer leaves are thick and brittle ; the inner ones becoming veiy white and tender 

 v Wonderful. Solid head, crisp, tender. The largest and best of all Cabbage Lettuce 

 t Tom Thumb. A favorite for pot culture and hot-bed use. One of the earliest to mature 



V forming compact heads, crisp and free from coarseness 



v Boston Fine Curled. Attractive on table and of good quality when young 

 uOenver Market. Large heads, sweet and tender ; leaves crumpled . . . 

 v^ll 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 .... 

 v Burpee's Prize-Head. Handsome and very early-heading .... 

 ^3lack-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 

 - S.LAMANDER Head. Popular summer variety ; very crisp and fine . . 

 Deacon. Heads large, compact, inner leaves tender; one of the best . 

 New York. Of unusual size and solidity; crisp and tender .... 

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

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



ood Red. Very productive, with red leaves; heads of good size 



Trianon Self-Closing Cos. Upright in growth. Leaves long, narrow, forming close heads 

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



Maximum. A large, solid head variety of excellent quality 



^Mignonette. Small head, long standing, hardy, great drought resister 



Iceberg. A handsome head variety, very tender 



CALIFORNIA Cream BuTrER. Large, solid head*, tinged brown, white inside 



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