CATALOGUE FOR THE SOUTH. 



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LETTUCE. 



CniaTUBE. — 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 seeds 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 rov/s 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 NEW YOSK OB WON- 

 DEBFUI^ 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.; oz., 40c.; Y^ lb., $1.25; lb., 

 $3.75, postpaid. 



STECELEB'S SFECIAIi WHITE WIN- 

 TEB. — This Lettuce has been planted 

 here for some years. It is hardy, light 

 green in color; fine head. We feel that it 

 is the coming Winter Lettuce for the 

 Southern States; too much cannot be said 

 of it as a Winter growing Lettuce. Packet, 

 10c. ; oz., 30c.; Y^ lb., $1.00; lb., $3.00, post- 

 paid. 



ICEBEBG. — 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, 

 10c.; oz., 30c.; V4 I^m 75g.; lb., $2.50, post- 

 paid. 



Paris White Cos. 



PABIS WHITE COS, BOMAINE OB 

 CEIiEBY. — This kind of lettuce is distin- 

 guished by its long, narrow, spoon-shaped 

 leaves, folding into loose, sugar-loaf shaped 

 heads which blanch better by having the 

 outer leaves drawn about them and tied. 

 The quality is distinct from that of the 

 Cabbage Lettuces and by many is consid- 

 ered very superior. Packet, lOc; oz., 20c.; 

 14 lb., 60c.; lb.. $1.75, postpaid. 



STECKIiEB'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 alrnost 

 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 varietj', 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, lOc; oz., 20c.; V4 

 lb., 60c.; lb., $1.75, postpaid. 







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Grand 

 Bapids. 



GBAND BAPIDS. — This superb Lettuce 

 is especially adapted to greenhouse culture 

 in Winter; also a good Lettuce to sow out- 

 side early in the Spring for family use. 

 Very beautiful in appearance. Of rapid, 

 upright growth, and may therefore be 

 planted quite close and not liable to rot; 

 retains its freshness a long time after 

 being cut, hence much sought after by 

 dealers and shippers. Quality the best. 

 Packet, 10c.; oz., 25c.; Y* I^m 75c.; lb., $2.25, 

 postpaid. 



IMPBOVED BOYAL CABBAGE.— A very 

 celebrated variety, forming fine, large, 

 solid heads, both crisp and dedicate 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., 20c.; Ya "y^-* 60c.; 

 lb., $2.00, postpaid. 



