•PETER HENDERSON & CO., MEW YORK- 



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Henderson's Succession Collection 



OF FOUR 



SUPERIOR 



Head Lettuces. 



This set comprises the four varieties named below, with which may be produced a continuous 

 supply of the most delicious lettuce that can be raised from early spring until late fall. 



Mignonette for Extra Early Described on page 28. I Big Boston to follow Described on page 27. 



Salamander for Second Early ,, „ 28. | New York for Main Summer Crop ,, „ 29. 



Price, i pkt. each of the above four Lettuces for 



30c. 



HENDERSON'S 

 BIG BOSTON LETTUCE 



Wins praise from all users : 



"The Big Boston was a splendid success. 

 Hardly a head weighed less than 2 lbs., 

 while I had many that weighed 3 lbs." 



Maj. W. H. NASH, Vancouver, Wash. 



"I must say your Big Boston Lettuce is 



a good one, for they grow like cabbages and 



are crisp and good flavored, and I intend 



planting a lot this year." 



GEORGE SPREADBOROUGH, 

 Sardenfield, Camberley, Surrey, England. 

 ' 'I don't think there is a lettuce to beat 

 your Big Boston. They look like cabbages. 

 All of my lettuce will be Big Boston next 

 year." R. L. RICE, Sunrise, La. 



"Your Big Boston Lettuce was a great 

 success — the finest lettuce ever seen around 

 here." 



H. W. M. DRAKE, Port Gibson, Mich. 



" / have never seen finer lettuce in the 

 States than I grew here from your Big 

 Boston seed." 



Capt. ORVAL P. TOWNSHEND, 



Cayey, Porto Rico. 



" The lettuce I have raised from your 

 Big Boston seed created quite a sen- 

 sation here. Every one asked me where I 

 got the seed. You will get several orders 

 from here." 



H. HUEBSCH, Austin, Texas. 



"I made an extra fine crop from the 



Big Boston Lettuce seed you sent me; 25 



heads would often fill a half bushel basket." 



ALFRED AYER, Mcintosh, Fla. 



" When my neighbors come into my 

 garden they think your Big Boston Lettuce 

 are cabbages — tliey are beauties" 



M. A. GARRETT, Patterson, La. 

 " Your Big Boston Lettuce is fine." 



CHAS. RIESS, St. Bernard, Ohio. 



" We were much pleased with your Big 



Boston Lettuce — they produced fine large 



heads." W.L. TAYLOR, Lawton, Mich. 



HENDERSONS BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 



A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE. 



For either Midsummer or Fall use. Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp White Heads. 



THIS grand variety, introduced into cultivation by us several years ago, has proved 

 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, producing as it does during all seasons, 

 under conditions mentioned, splendid large buttery- yellow heads, packed with thoroughly 

 blanched leaves, crisp, tender, sweet and white, delighting both the palate and the eye. 

 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 midsummer 

 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 Nov. 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. \ lb., $2.00 lb. 



Our SUCCESSION COLLECTION of Lettuces, offered above, is worthy of your attention. 



