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HARVESTING THE SEED FROM A FIELD OF OUR MAMMOTH SALAMANDER LETTUCE. See head next page. 



Cabbage or Heading Varieties of LETTUCE 



One ounce will sow about one hundred square feet and produce three thousand plants. 



All varieties in regular large-sized packets at 5c. each per packet. 



White-Seeded Tennis Ball, or Boston Market. A well-known forcing sort . . 

 Arlington Tennis Ball. Improved strain; saved from plants started under glass, 



Johnson's Hot-House. Double the size of Tennis Ball; never rots 



Myers' "All Right." Equally valuable for forcing or open ground planting. . . 

 Reichner's Early White Butter. Large, solid; fine for forcing or open ground 

 Big Boston. A fine strain for forcing or open ground; very large, solid heads. 

 Johnson's Summerlead. Large, handsome yellow heads of perfect quality. 

 Holyrood Hot Weather. Wonderful heat resister. See Novelties, page 9. Pkt, 10c 

 Golden Gate. Immense solid heads, crisp, tender; sure header; resists heat .. . 

 Johnson's Florida Header. (New.) The most valuable of all in the South. . . 

 Johnson's Indispensable. Very large; entirely free from any colored tinge, . . 

 Giant Glacier. Large, light green heads; leaves crimpled like Savoy Cabbage. 



Sensation. Forms a solid head before half grown; light yellowish green 



Silver Ball. Head white; solid, firm; splendid for Spring and Summer use 



Philadelphia Dutch Speckled Butter. Fine large heads of excellent quality . 

 Hornberger's Dutch Butter. Improvement on Dutch Butter; private stock. 

 Dreer's AH Heart. Beautiful hard heads for both Spring and Summer use. . . 

 California Cream Butter, or Royal Summer Cabbage. Fine, solid heads . . . 

 Salamander. Old sort. Fine compact heads, which resist heat admirably . . . 

 Deacon. A large, solid cabbage lettuce for Summer; heads light green outside. 



Nansen, or North Pole. Style of Deacon; ten days earlier; very hardy 



New York (Wonderful). Large, dark green heads; used only as a Summer sort. 

 Improved Hanson. Very large, solid and of fine quality; withstands the hot sun, 



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Photograph of head of myers' "all right" lettuce. 

 Pkt., Sc; oz., 15c; Xlb., 4Sc.; lb.. $1.50. 



JOHNSON'S SUMMERLEAD. Best to Btand heat, 

 oz., 20c; H lb., 50c; lb.. $1.75. 



Pkt.. 5c; 



