44Vegetable Seeds 
_ ‘THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1915 
Lettuce. 
moisture are demanded for best results. 
plant quickly becomes drawn out of shape. Sow shallow. 
In demand every month of the year. One of the most profitable crops grown by market gardeners. k 
CULTURE.—Start the seed in boxes, frames or borders, and transplant once or twice, giving a space of 7x7 inches up to 
12x12 inches, depending on variety, for final development. 
The lettuce is hardy, but makes little growth when the mercury is below 40°. 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill, 4 to 5 pounds for an acre. 
Extra rich, mellow ground, the highest culture and sufficient 
W hen much above 65° the 
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MAULE’S IMMENSITY LETTUCE. 
xs Maule’s Immensity 
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 a fine large, 
solid head, often 3 feet in circumference and 12 inches in 
diameter. *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. Do not be prejudiced on 
account of the great size of Immensity, as it is not coarse, even 
the outer leaves being tender. Especially adapted to planting | 
in the fall and winter, and is the most sure heading of any 
of the large buttery varieties. A number of the best local 
market gardeners have been growing it and find it unsur- 
passed for a fine, heavy, shipping variety, also for home gar- 
deners, wanting a large buttery cabbage head lettuce. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 1 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75. 
vo Mixed Lettuce 
Twelve to 15 sorts—early, medium and late. One sowing 
produces salad for the entire season; a grand assortment of 
decidedly distinct and excellent lettuces; all are delightfully 
fresh, crisp, tender and of excellent flavor. All sizes from the 
small early to the mammoth summer varieties. Desirable 
| color slightly tinged with reddish brown. 
leaf or head lettuces from spring until winter. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; + pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25. 
20 Black Seeded Big Boston | 
This new cabbage heading lettuce is an improved black | 
seeded strain of the famous Big Boston. Producing larger | 
solid heads, which are always tender and crisp, more compact 
and will stand shipping better than Big Boston. Our New | 
York market gardener friends say it is the finest type of Big | 
Boston they have ever grown. It is one of the best heat and) 
cold resisters of any of the so-called butter head varieties. | 
Excellent for forcing in the greenhouse, hot bed or cold | 
frames, also for growing in the open ground spring or fall. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; + pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.00. 
are all together, as well as the Onions, Radishes, etc., etc. 
§@S~ New readers of this book have no doubt noticed that we have no pages devofed to novelties. We suppose this year we are listing the largest 
number of Specialties and Novelties that can be found in any catalogue, but they are all in their proper places through this book. The Cabbages 
As a rule this is not the custom of the seed trade, but our customers prefer each 
variety listed together in this way, as it is much more convenient for reference, and saves them a lot of trouble when making out their orders. 
TENDERHEART LETTUCE, 
20 Lenderheart 
New Cabbage Head Lettuce 
A new early head lettuce of unusually fine quality. Grows 
about 10 inches across with every plant uniform in size and 
shape, and all head but for a few outer leaves of pale green 
The heads are 
large and round, tightly formed, tender, sweet and crisp with 
waxy cream colored heart leaves of extra fine quality and 
succulence. This fine new lettuce is not only very early and 
hardy, withstanding the early summer heat splendidly, but 
has the additional advantage of not running to seed for at 
least two weeks after the heads are fully matured. Tender- 
heart will be found an unusually profitable sort for the mar- 
ket gardener and an appetizing sort for the home garden. 
BLACK SEEDED BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 
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