CATALOGUE FOR THE SOUTH. 



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LETTUCE. 



CTJIiTU'BE. — Lettuce is sown during the whole year by the market gardeners. Of 

 course, it takes a great deal of labor to produce this vegetable during our hot months. 

 Before sowing soak the seeds for two hours in water, take them out, put in a piece of 

 cloth and set in a cool damp place, or if convenient in an ice box, which is best. Keep 

 the cloth moist and in four to six days the seed will sprout. Then sow them. It is best 

 to do so in the evening, and give a good watering. If the seeds are sown without being 

 sprouted, ants will be likelj' to carry them away before they can germinate, and the 

 seedsman be blamed foj selling seeds that did not grow. This sprouting has to be done 

 from May to September, or if the weather is warm and dry in the latter month, up to 

 the middle of October. Should the weather be moist and cool in the Fall it can be 

 dispensed with. The richer and better the ground the larger the head will be. The seed 

 should be sown broadcast; when large enough plant out in rows a foot apart, and from 

 eight to ten inches apart in rows. Some kinds grow larger than others; for instance. 

 Improved Royal will not require as much space as Big Boston. Matures in 60 to 85 days. 

 One ounce to 250 feet of drill; 3 pounds per acre. 



STECKLEE'S SELECTED BIG BOSTON. 



— It is perfection, and you cannot buy any 

 Big Boston Lettuce at any price that is 

 superior to our strain. The heads of this 

 strain are so firm and solid that almost 

 every head can be cut. It is a standard 

 market garden and shipping variety, being 

 grown almost exclusively in many sections 

 for shipment and for market. Extra larg-e, 

 round, firm, heading variety, and makes 

 a good appearance in market. Our seed of 

 this variety is grown for us by a lettuce 

 seed specialist whom we consider the best 

 in the Vv-orld. Our seed of Big Boston is 

 the purest and hardest-heading stock that 

 you can obtain. Packet, 10c. ; oz., 25c.; V4 

 lb., 60c.; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 



ICEBERG. — The unusual solidity of the 

 heads is insured by the large white m.ain- 

 ribs of the leaves, each of which, curving 

 stronglA' into the center, acts like a truss, 

 making it impossible for the leaves to open 

 outward and expose the center, which is 

 consequentlv thoroughlv blanched Packet, 

 10c. ; oz., 30c.; 14 lb., 90c.; lb., $3.00, post- 

 paid. 



Low Priced Vegetable 



and Flower Seed 



Collections. 



Our Flower and Veg-etable Seed 

 collections on Pag"es 4 and 5 are 

 great bargains. Pull-sized packets 

 of each kind, look them tip. 



IMPROVED ROYAI. CABBAGE. — A very 



celebrated variety, forming fine, large, 

 solid heads, both crisp and delicate flavor; 

 stands the heat remarkably well, and is 

 especially adapted to the Southern States, 

 or for planting to succeed the early varie- 

 ties. Packet, 10c ; oz., 25c.; ^ lb., 65c.; 

 lb., $2.25, postpaid. 



Steckler's New York or Wonderful 

 Cabbage Lettuce. 



STECKLER'S NEW YORK OR WON- 

 DERFUL CABBAGE LETTUCE.— For all 



sections and all seasons. Excellent for 

 I rnid-summer; one of the best for resisting 

 j heat. Heads large, well blanched, crisp, 



tender and sweet. ^Matures in 55 davs. 

 I Packet, 10c ; oz., 35c.; ^ lb., $1.25; lb., 

 i $3.50, postpaid. 



