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% 316 Maule’s Immensity 
50 days. The Largest Grown, the Best Heat Resister 
This grand lettuce is claimed to be without exception the 
Very largest lettuce in cultivation. Notwithstanding its great 
Size it is tender, sweet and crisp. It produces in 50 days a fine, 
large, solid head. It has great heat resisting qualities, being 
Slow to run to seed, so that it is very reliable for a late crop 
When many other sorts are unfit for use. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 25 cts.; %4 pound, 65 ets.;3 
pound, $2.00; 5 pounds, $9.25, postpaid 
339 Mixed Lettuce 
38 to 55 days. One Sowing for the Season 
| ‘Twelve to fifteen sorts—early, medium and late. One sowing 
Pcie salad for the entire season; a grand assortment of 
lecidedly distinct and excellent lettuces; all are crisp and 
tender. Matures in 38 to 55 days. 
Packet, 8 cts.; ounce, 15 ects.; %, pound, 50 ets.; 
iz pound, $1.50, postpaid 
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& 318 May King 
45 days. A Quick Grower, Extremely Hardy 
Very early, and a quick grower. Matures in 45 days. Leaves 
‘bri a light green, slightly tinged with brown, inner leaves a 
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Wbright yellow. In flavor it is particularly, rich, buttery and 
Ptender. Excellent for early outdoor planting or for foreing. 
)Popular both in home or market gardens. 
; Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; 14 pound, 60 cts.; 
ke pound, $1.75; 5 pounds, $8.00, postpaid 
Sow Lettuce a little at a time and often for a continuous supply 
aule’s Lettuce 
CULTURE—Seed may be started indoors or in frames during February or early March and plants set outdoors as early in the 
Ting as the ground can be worked, in rows 1 foot apart and 8 to 12 inches apart in the row. 
Sround as soon as it can be worked, in rows 1 foot apart, covering seed about 1 inch; thin plants out to stand 6 to 8 inches 
‘apart in the row. Make successional sowings every two weeks until June; for Fall use sow seed in August and September. 
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To Grow the Best Lettuce, Soil Should be Made 
Rich by Liberal Manuring or Fertilizing 
Seed may be sown in the open 
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"packet will sow about 30 feet of drill, an ounce about 300 feet, use 4 to 5 pounds for an acre. Ready to use in 38 to 55 days. 
340 Earliest Wayahead 
40 days. The Earliest of the Head Lettuces 
An extra early heading lettuce, producing good size heads 
in 40 days, which are tightly folded; the inner leaves bleach to 
a rich buttery yellow. Quality excellent, very sweet, crisp and 
of firm texture, an excellent lettuce for sowing in cold frames 
in the early spring, as well as in the open ground in spring 
ana fall. A desirable home-or market sort. 
Packet, 10 ets.; ounce, 20 ets.; %4 pound, 50 cets.; 
pound, $1.50; 5 pounds, $6.75, postpaid 
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¥ 334 Big Boston 
45 days. Highly Recommended for Both Private and Market Gardeners 
Big Boston is the most satisfactory head lettuce whether 
grown in the open ground for early summer and fall use or in 
frames for use in early spring or for forcing in the green- 
house during the winter. Its large, compact, bright green, 
erisp and tender buttery heads mature in 45 days. 
See Specialty page 12 for illustration and full description. 
Packet, 10 ects.; ounce, 20 cts.; 
pound, $1.75; 5 
14 pound, 60 ects.; 
pounds, $7.50, postpaid 
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% 331 Crisp-as-Ice 
50 days. Medium Size, Compact, Solid Heads 
A beautiful cabbage head lettuce for home use. The solid 
heads are of medium size, and the leaves are so tender and 
brittle as to have suggested the name bestowed upon it. The 
heads, when cut open, have a rich, creamy yellow heart. The 
green leaves, variegated with bronze, are thick and glossy, 
somewhat curled. Matures in 50 days. 
Packet, 10 ects.; ounce, 25 cts.; 14 pound, 70 cts.; 
pound, $2.25, postpaid 
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