HENDERSON’S BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 
A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE. 
Ror either Midsummer or Fall use. - - - 
Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp White Heads. 
HIS grand variety, introduced into cultivation by us several years ago, has 
proven to be most valuable, steadily gaining in popularity until it is now 
more extensively grown than any other kind of lettuce, either for the private 
table or for sale, North, South, East or West; whether grown in the open ground 
for summer and fall use, or in frames for spring, or forced cool in greenhouses for 
winter use, it invariably gives both grower and user the utmost satisfaction, pro- 
ducing as it does during all seasons, under conditions mentioned, splendid large 
buttery-yellow heads, packed with thoroughly blanched leaves, crisp, tender, sweetand 
white, delighting both the palate andtheeye. This grand variety makes a handsome 
plant, with but few outside leaves, and stands long before bolting to 
seed. Although Big Boston is one of our best large-heading mid- 
summer lettuces, it is also peculiarly adapted for cool open-ground 
culture; large areas of it may be seen in the vicinity of New York 
as late as Noy. 15th; a slight covering of salt hay amply protects 
the plants from hard frosts, and when cut for market the leaves 
are as fresh, bright and untinged as if in midsummer. Thousands 
of acres of it are grown during the winter in Florida and other 
Southern States for shipping to Northern markets; as far north 
as Maine it is a wonderfully popular summer lettuce; in fact, we 
know of no other variety that gives such general satisfaction under 
so many varied conditions. (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 
65c. & Ib., $2.00 Ib. : 
“Your Lettuce, Big Boston, created a sensation around here. Every one 
asked me where I got the seed.” H. HUEBSCH, Austin. Tex. 
“<The Big Boston was a splendid success. Hardly a head weighed less than 2 
Ibs., while I had many that weighed 3 Ibs.” Maj.W.H.NASH, Vancouver, Wash. 
“T don’t think there is a lettuce to beat your Big Boston. They look like cab- 
bage. -Allof my lettuce will be Big Boston next year.”” R.L.RICE,Sunrise, La. 
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AIK SY a eee > A DELICIOUS FIRST-EARLY. 
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= ““Once tasted always wanted’’ is the 
happy expression of an admirer, and this 
is the unanimous opinion of all who have 
eaten of this splendid little lettuce, its 
crowning merit being quality. The 
phenomenally solid little heads are 
densely packed with crumpled 
leaves, blanched creamy- white, very 
tender, remarkably crisp, and as 
sweet as—well— Mignonette Let- 
tuce, for none other in quality 
quite equals it. Other meritori- 
ous features are the hardy sturdi- 
ness of the plants, adapting them 
for early spring planting, or cold- 
frame culture, or growing out dur- 
ing the winter in the Southern 
States; they head quickly and 
surely, and, in consequence, may 
be had very early; moreover, it is 
a first-rate summer lettuce, resisting 
heat, drought and wet, and slow 
to bolt to seed. It is a compact- 
growing variety, the plants 
spread only about seven in- 
ches, enabling them to be close- 
ly planted. The outer leaves 
are bronzy-green and russet, 
but the interior is beautifully 
white and inviting. (See cut.) 
Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz.,65c. 
\% Ib., $2.00 Ib. 
“Your Mignonette Lettuce is 2 rev- 
elation. It surpasses in crispness and 
flavorany lettuce weever tried before.’ 
LOUIS A. STEBIN, St. Louis, Mo. 
“The Mignonette we find the best 
lettuce we everraised—small, but such 
tender, crisp, blanched heads.”’ 
Mrs. J. W. CRAIK, Wardner, Idaho. 
IF YOU WILL GROW OUR SUCCESSION SET OF LETTUGE °*=re%0> YOU CAN RAVE THE MOST DELICIOUS LETTUCE ALL SUMNMNER LONG. 
