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LETTUCE. SS2* 



BOLGIAIMO'S 



CELEBRATED 



BIG HEAD 



LETTUCE. 



(CONTINUED. 



Bolgiano's Celebrated 

 Big Head Lettuce. 



. Its beautiful form and color attract the attention of 

 expert gTowers. It forms a compact head, has no core, 

 but a tender, golden heart. As a shipper it is unexcelled, 

 commands the very best prices, demand always exceeds 

 the supply. It resists the cold, withstands the Summer 

 heat, always crisp, has a mild flavor; when open it be- 

 comes a table ornament ; in fact, in this sort the trucker 

 has found for the first time a perfect Lettuce. PKts. 5c 

 and 10c, Oz. 15c, 2 Ozs. 25c, 1/4 Lb. 50c, 1/2 Lb. 80c, 

 Lb. $1.50. 



♦ 



Your Big Head Lettuce is, without a single ex- 

 ception, the finest Lettuce that comes to the Balto. 

 Market. 



CHAS. RUEKERT, 



Gardenville, Sid. 



♦ 



- NEW LETTUCE UNRIVALLED. —An improvement on the famous Big Boston Lettuce, possessing all the good qualities of this kind, viz : 

 Earlmess, large size, attractive color etc. Its additional value lies in the fact that it can be sown almost the whole year round ; it resists summer 

 heat remarkably -well, is crisp and solid when 'Other sorts become tough and flabby under the same conditions. PKt. 10c. 1/2 Oz. 15c. Oz. 20c, 

 2 Ozs. 40c, 1/4 Lb. 05c, \ I Lb. $1.25, Lb. $2.50. 



ROYAL CABBAGE LETTUCE.— The outside leaves are a medium green color ; inside is folded a solid head of rich creamy yellow ; good shipper. 

 Pkts. 5c and 10c, Oz. 15c, 2 Ozs. 25c, 1/4 Lb. 50c, 1/2 Lb. 80c, Lb. $1.50. 



BALTIMORE CABBAGE LETTUCE.-PKts. 5c and 10c, Oz. 15c, 14 Lb. 40c, 1/2 Lb. 60c, Lb. $1.00. 



DEFIANCE.— This we consider one of the very best Lettuces. It is of fine quality, crisp and tender, and remains in prime condition a long time 

 before going to seed. As a Summer variety it has already become a standard sort. PKts. 5c and 10c, Oz. 15c, 1/4 Lb. 30c, 1/2 Lb. 60c, Lb. $1.00. 



IMPROVED 

 BIG BOSTON 

 LETTUCE— VERY 

 SUPERIOR 

 STOCK 



SPECIAL LETTUCE PRICES. • ' 



_2 Lbs. to the Acre. 



Pkts. Oz. j£Lb. Lb. 



New York Market Gardeners' 5 and 10c 15c 25c 85c 



|/Deacon, or San Francisco Market 5 " 10c 15c 40c $1.00 



I Salamander Improved 5 " 10c 15c 40c 1.00 



KBlack Seeded Butter 5 '.' 10c 15c 40c 1.00 



/ Market Garden's Choicest Stock 5 " 10c 25c 40c 1.50 



, Improved Hanson 5 " 10c 10c 30c 1.00 



; Curled Simpson 5 «' 10c 10c 30c 1.00 



Mvers' All Right 5 *' 10c 15c 40c 1.00 



, Reichner's Early White Butter 5 " 10c 15c 50c 1.25 



j New Sensation (Excellent, True Strain) 5 " 10c 15c 50c 1.25 



> Trainon Co. 's Romaine. or Celery Lettuce 5 " 10c 10c 25c 85c 



Tennis Ball, White Seeded 5 " 10c 10c 25c 85c 



,' Tennis Ball, Black Seeded 5 *' 10c 10c 25c 85c 



__New Triumph, a Sport of the Defiance 5 " 10c 15c 40c $1.00 



Improved Big Boston Lettuce. 



EXTRA SUPERIOR STOCK. 



This variety is identical in color, shape and general 

 appearance with the famous Boston Market Lettuce, 

 but is double the size. It is about one week later in 

 maturing, but its solidity and greater size head makes 

 it a very valuable sort. Suitable either for forcing in 

 cold frames or open-ground plating. The Big Boston 

 is wanted by market gardeners and truckers because 

 it always produces large, solid, salable heads, and be- 

 cause it heads up w r ell at all seasons of the year, and is 

 of crisp, tender quality. It is a splendid forcing variety, 

 and can stand the coldest weather in the open ground. 

 PKts, 5c and 10c, Oz. 15c, 1/4 Lb, 30c, Lb. $1.00. 



.'CALIFORNIA CREAM BUTTER LETTUCE.-Is a 



Lettuce of much merit. It meets the expectations of 

 expert gardeners and shippers who have no use for any 

 except the best. Outside leaves are a medium green 

 color, inside is folded a solid head of rich, creamy 

 yellow color. The largest growers consider it one of the 

 best in cultivation. PKts. 5c and 10c, Oz. 15c, 

 2 Ozs. 25c, 1/4 Lb. 30c, Lb. $1.00. 



Culture of Lettuce. — Sow the seed in hot-beds in 

 February or March, and transplant into a sheltering 

 border with a Southern exposure. For successive crops 

 sowing may be made in the open ground as early as the 

 Spring opens, and continuing until July. Always thin 

 out well, or plants will not be strong. When wanted as 

 a cut salad, sow the seed thickly in rows or broadcast. 



i North Carolina, September 18, 1902. % 



a Last year I planted your New Early Spring Lettuce. The}- X 



% made large, fine heads, averaging 15^ lbs.'per head. It was similar % 



% in color to California Cream Butter Lettuce with spots on leaves % 



% but a much firmer head and a finer texture ; feeling and packing % 



% much like Big Boston ; has a strong stalk and stands the wet and % 



% cold well. JAS. W. TOMLINSON. % 



October 16, 1903. 

 Gentlemen :— I planted the 1 lb. of Big Head Lettuce Seed, 

 1 lb. Black Seeded Butter and 5 lbs. Big Boston, and they all came 

 up splendidly. Yours truly, "W. A. THIGPEN, N. C. 



