LETTUCE 



CULTURE — The culture of the Leaf and Romaine varieties is similar to that recommended on the preceding page. In connec- 

 tion with the Romaine or Cos Lettuce, it is a common practice to tie the leaves together when the plants have almost attained their 

 full growth, in order to blanch the heart and inner leaves properly. 



HEADING VARIETIES 



492 BIG BOSTON 



This popular variety may be sown, outdoors for early summer or 

 fall use — sown in frames for spring, and forced cool for winter use. 

 The large creamy white heads are packed with blanched sweet 

 tender leaves. Ready in 76 days. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; M lb.. 95c; lb., $2.85. 



493 BIBB 



An early small headed, tender, dark green lettuce. The heads 

 blanch to a cream. We recommend this variety for early spring 

 planting. The quality is excellent, and it is in quite a demand by 

 the luxury hotels. Ready in 57 days. 



Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 60c. , 



529 SPECIAL WHITE BOSTON 



This white-headed strain is similar to Big Boston in size and 

 shape, but the outer foliage is bright green without the red or bronze 

 tinge. The heads mature a little earlier than the older types. 

 Season 76 davs. 



Price, pkt.,' 15c; oz., 35c; M lb-.' 95c; lb., $2.85. 



518 MIGNONETTE 



A gem of a lettuce for home gardens and the best for early spring 

 use. The heads are small, deliciously sweet flavored, with a 

 creamy white melt-in-your-mouth appearance. Mignonette is 

 extremelv hardy, and verv slow to go to seed. Season 66 davs. 

 Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 50c; 34 lb., $1.50; lb., $4.00. 



499 EARLY BUTTERNUT 



This popular "Butter-head" is fine for forcing. It is one of the 

 earliest maturing varieties. Our tests show it to be immune to 

 mildew and other fungus diseases that attack lettuce in frames. 

 The compact creamy white heads also mature rapidly in the open 

 ground. Season 66 days. 

 Price, pkt., 20c; oz.. 60c. 



522 SALAMANDER 



Salamander is one of the few varieties that will head well during- 



hot weather. It will grow equally well as an earlier crop, but is 



excelled by others for fall use. 



It forms a good-sized, compact 



head, creamy-white in color. 



and has all the rich flavor of the 



"butter" Lettuce. Ready in 70 



days. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 

 M lb., $1.00: lb., $2.85. 



527 TENDERHEAD 



This variety is well adapted for 

 the home garden. The heads are 

 small and compact, with few 

 outer leaves. The plants may be 

 set close together, and thus pro- 

 duce more heads in a small area 

 than would any ordinary vari- 

 ety. The plants grow rapidly 

 and produce solid, well formed 

 heads much earlier than the 

 standard varieties. Tenderhead 

 is slow to run to seed, even in 

 hot weather. Its delicious flavor, 

 and the tender texture of the 

 outer leaves, as well as the 

 heart, make this variety of out- 

 standing high quality. Season 

 66 days. 



Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 45c. 



LEAF VARIETIES 



507 SLOBOLT (NEW) 



This remarkable lettuce is the result of ten years' breeding and 

 selection work by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at the Plant 

 Industry Station, Beltsville, Maryland. The purpose of this work 

 was to develop a lettuce that was capable of developing well in hot 

 weather without quickly shooting to seed. 



Slobolt is the result. It withstands summer temperatures with- 

 out going to seed for two to three weeks longer than Grand Rapids 

 or Black Seeded Simpson. Slobolt has light green leaves that are 

 well frilled and savoyed. They are exceptionally tender and flavor- 

 some. If only the basal leaves are used as they reach a desirable 

 size, lettuce may be harvested from the plants over a period of 

 several weeks. Season 43 days. 



Price, pkt., 25c; oz., 75c. 



508 GRAND RAPIDS 



Indoors or Out, the Easiest of All to Grow 



This is probably the best of the loose-leaved varieties. It forms no 

 head but produces an abundant crop of pale green leaves, slightly 

 but closely crumpled, which, even when old, retain their charac- 

 teristic sweetness and brittleness. Season 42 days. 

 Price, pkt.. 15c; oz., 35c; K lb., $1.00; lb., $2.85. 



510 GRAND RAPIDS U. S. NO. 1 



This new strain of Grand Rapids is definitely superior both for 

 forcing and outdoor culture. The plants are vigorous and a little 

 larger than the regular strain, exceptionally uniform and well 

 curled. The best strain for greenhouse use. Season 42 days. 

 Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 35c; H lb., $1.00; lb., $2.85. 



496 BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON 



The plants form large, loose masses of curly and crumpled 

 yellow-green leaves, which are very tender, crisp and delicious. 

 It stands the summer heat splendidly and is practically everbear- 

 ing, for, as the leaves are picked, new leaves will grow. Season 45 

 days. 



Price, pkt., 10c; cz., 35c; M lb., 90c; lb., $2.50. 



525 OAKLEAF 



This is not a new variety, but is returning to favor amongst home 

 gardeners for its ability to withstand hot weather without turn- 

 ing bitter. The leaves are small and tender, deep green. A fine 

 summer lettuce. Ready in 40 days. 

 Price, pkt.. 20c; oz., 60c. 



ROMAINE or COS VARIETY 



New Leaf Lettuce 

 509 BRONZE BEAUTY 



SEE COLOR ILLUSTRATION PAGE 18 



Bronze Medal Winner, 

 AU'America Selections 



This new Bronze Beauty lettuce is tender, crisp 

 and of unusually tasty nut-like flavor. The finest, 

 most colorful and most delicious leaf lettuce for the 

 home garden. Easy and quick to grow . . . ready for 

 the table about 40 days after seeding. The plants are 

 vigorous, well-formed, uniform in height, and re- 

 sistant to hot weather. The leaves are shaped in an 

 entirely new pattern . . . long, neatly arched and 

 with margins deeply lobed and scalloped. Their 

 color, too, is entirely new ... a warm ruddy bronze 

 sheen completely suffuses the soft green undertone, 

 making the foliage delightfully attractive. 



Price, pkt., 25c. 



526 TRIANON COS 



The long, spoon-shaped leaves form 

 oval-shaped heads. Romaine Let- 

 tuce may be used to advantage 

 where the heading varieties do not 

 succeed, as almost the entire plant 

 is tender and palatable. Ready in 

 70 days. 



Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 35c; 

 %lb., $1.00; lb., $2.85. 



530-A Henderson's 

 "Succession" 

 Collection of ' 



HEAD LETTUCE 



Mignonette for Extra Early. 



Salamander for Second Early. 



New York for Main Summer 

 Crop. 



Big Boston lor Spring and Fall 

 Crop. 



Price of the Collection — 1 packet 

 each of the above four Superior 

 varieties of Head Lettuce for 45c. 



