CATALOGUE FOR THE SOUTH. 
LETTUCE. 
CULTURE.—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 likely to carry them away before they can germinate, and the 
seedsman be blamed for 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 teet of drill; 3 pounds per acre. 
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STECKLER’S SELECTED BIG BOSTON. IMPROVED ROYAL CABBAGE.—A very 
—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 large, 
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 world. Our seed of Big Boston is 
the purest and hardest-heading stock that 
you can obtain. Packet, 10c.; 02z., 20c.;5 %4 
lb., 50c.; 1b., $1.50, postpaid. 
ICEBERG.—The unusual solidity of the 
heads is insured by the large white main- 
ribs of the leaves, each of which, curving 
strongly into the center, acts like a truss, 
making it impossible for the leaves to open 
outward and expose the center, which is 
consequently thoroughly blanched. Packet, 
pee 0z., 20c.; 1% lb., 60c.; 1h., $2.00, post- 
pai so 
Low Priced Vegetable 
and Flower Seed 
Collections. 
Our Flower and Vegetable Seed 
collections on Pages 4 and 5 are 
great bargains. Full-sized packets 
of each kind. Look them up. 
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.; 0z., 20c.; %4 Ib., 60c; 
lb., $1.50, postpaid. 
Cabbage Lettuce. 
Steckler’s New York or Wonderful 
STECKLER’S NEW YORK OR WON- 
DERFUL CABBAGE LETTUCE. — For all 
sections and all seasons. Excellent for 
mid-summer; one of the best for resisting 
heat. Heads large, well blanched, crisp, 
tender and sweet. Matures in 55 days. 
Packet, 10c.; 0z., 20c.; 4% lb., 60c.; 1b., $2.00, 
postpaid. 
