CULTURE—Sow early in April or May, in drills 18 inches 
apart; cover the seed 14 inch deep; the blants should be thinned 
to stand 4 to 6 inches apart in the row, or for very early, the 
seed may be started in coldframe or hotbed in February or March and 
transplanted when large enough as deep as possible without covering the 
center leaves, that the neck may be blanched. 1 02. will sow 100 feet of drill. 
480 AMERICAN FLAG 
Leek is closely allied to the Onion. Lower portion of plant is used, 
smooth, solid, and uniform thickness throughout, boiled whole, or 
used in soups. Best variety for general use and is largely grown for 
fall and early winter use. Quick, strong growth, producing long 
stems of uniform shape and size, averaging 2 inches through by 
10 inches long, blanching beautifully white, and of fine, mild 
flavor. Ready in 150 days. 
Price, pkt., 20c; oz., $1.25; 14 Ib., $3.50. 
482 MUSSELBURGH 
This is the best variety for winter and spring use, being very hardy; 
it keeps well when earthed up. It is of slower growth than Ameri- 
can Flag, making immense, stocky stems about 3 inches through by 
6 to 8 inches long. : 
Price, pkt., 20c; oz., $1.25; 14 Ib., $3.50. 
505 NEW HEAD LETTUCE, Progress 
Selected from a cross of Imperial No. 44 with an unnamed hybrid 
seedling and developed by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Belts- 
ville, Maryland and the New Jersey agricultural experiment sta- 
tion. Progress has everything the home gardener wants in a head 
lettuce. Heads delightfully crisp, solid, good size. It is early, rich 
dark green, attractively savoyed. Plants slow to bolt to seed. 
Price, pkt., 25c; 5 pkts., $1.00. 
LETTUC 
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HEADING CU URE Ean early crops, 
start the end of February in a 
VARIETIES coldframe or indoors in a seed 
box at a sunny window. Cover the seed not over one-eighth cf an inch.) 
Seedlings should be ready for setting outdoors in April. Set the plants 
one foot apart in rows eighteen inches apart. Seed may also be sown) 
during April or May. For a Fall crop, sow seed during August. A| 
America’s Most Popular Lettuce 
520 NEW YORK ~— 
Appetizing and Zestful—Crystal White j 
The King of Main Crop Head Lettuce. It produces immense heads, 
often 10 and 12 inches across, and weighing enormously. The interior 
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is beautifully blanched, white, crisp, tender and delicious, being abso- }} 
lutely free from any trace of bitterness. 
It is a very large, robust-growing variety, rooting deeply, resisting } 
hot, dry weather, very slow to run to seed and a sure header under mos' 
trying conditions. The outer color is of a distinct apple green. | 
As a standard main summer crop, hot weather Lettuce, it is in eve 
way desirable and has no equal, but it is not recommended for forcing. ; 
Season 80 days. 
Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 45c; 14 lb., $1.20; lb., $3.60. 
New Imperial Lettuce 
495 PENNLAKE 
The Improved Great Lakes. All-America Bronze Medal 1949. 
Great Lakes has been the standard of comparison for all solid- 
head or Imperial type lettuce. Our congratulations to Dr. W. T. 
Lewis of Penn State College, for developing a 
lettuce showing much superiority to that famous 
yariety. Pennlake lacks the ribbiness of Great 
lants are more compact and with— 
Lakes; the { 
fewer outer leaves. It is, therefore, a most desir- 
able variety for the home garden. The ‘heads are 
Lakes. Season 80 days. 
Price, pkt., 25c; oz., $1.00; 14 lb., $3.00 
517 NEW YORK NO. 12 
80 days. 
Ib., $3.75. 
‘‘All-America’’ Award Winner 
519 GREAT LAKES 
A lettuce that has won the All - America Award 
for 1943, is an outstanding type of new Crisp- 
head or Iceberg. 
lettuce; it stands heat and sun, is remarkably 
size, solid and crisp. Season 80 days. _ 
Price, pkt., 25c; oz., $1.00; 14 Ib., $3.00. 
511 IMPERIAL NO. 44 
variety was fully demonstrated by actual field 
tests throughout the East. The heads are large, 
hard, well-formed and uniform in size. Season 
82 days. ce 
Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 50c; 14 Ib., $1.25; 
lb., $3.75. 
523 IMPERIAL NO. 456 (CORNELL) 
This new type Iceberg lettuce withstands sum- 
mer heat well. It is slow to go to seed. The heads 
are remarkably solid and firm, with a brittle 
crispness that insures the perfect salad. Season 
80 days. : 
Price, pkt., 25c; oz., $1.00; 14 lb., $3.00. 
516 MAY KING 
This early butter-head variety of lettuce is very 
well suited for the first outdoor planting. The 
heads are of a medium size and very compact in 
form, being very tightly wrapped. The hearts 
are creamy yellow in color, very tender and crisp, 
and of excellent flavor. Season 66 days. 
Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; Y% Ib., 95e; 
Ib., $2.85. 
rather conical in shape; crisp and solid, and of a 
quality that is equal if not superior to Great © 
This is a selection from Henderson's New York, — 
but has the added advantage of being earlier and — 
more uniform in maturity. The heads are large, 
solid, crisp and of excellent quality. Season — 
Great Lakes is a summer — 
Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 50c; 14 Ib., $1.25; © 
slow to throw up a seed stalk, and is also very 
resistant to tip-burn. The heads are of medium — 
This new ‘‘Iceberg’’ type was developed by the © 
late Dr. I. C. Jagger of the U. S. Department of | 
Agriculture. Its value as a good reliable heading © 
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