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POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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Lettuce 



One ounce will sow about one hundred square feet and 

 produce three thousand plants. 



That our lettuco seed is the best obtainable is 

 evidenced by the fact that our largest trade is 

 with critical market gardeners, many of whom de- 

 pend largely on their crops of lettuce for a liveli- 

 hood. We also feel a pride in being able to point 

 out very many of the most popular varieties of to- 

 day as those first introduced by us. 



Three Valuable JfoVelties in Lettuce for 1898 



IVrrEK'S " AiL-KIGHT " LETTUCE. Produces beau- 

 tiful large solid heads, of the finest quality, at all seasons of 

 the year. See Novelties, page 7. Pkt., 15c.; oz., 40c.; J^ lb., 

 $1.25; lb., 84.00. 



NEAV MAMMOTH SAI.AJVIANDEK. Grows to double 

 the size of old Salamander, heads hard and handsome. See 

 Novelties, page 6. Pkt., lOc; oz., 30c.; U lb., 85e.; lb-, $3M. 



THE MOK.SE LETTUCE. The best curled lettuce, 

 wonderfnllv earlv. .See Novelties, page 6. Pkt., lOc; oz.. 

 20c.; 54 lb., 60c.; lb.,?2 00. 



BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. IMPROVED STRAIN. 



BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. (Improved strain.) In 



Chicago and other Western cities this is the most popular 

 and best-selling lettuce grown. It differs from Early Curled 

 Simpson in being much lighter in color, the leaves nearly 

 white and attaining almost double the size of that variety. 

 It also stands the summer heat splendidly when grown out- 

 side. We offer a highlv selected and improved strain. Pkt 

 5c.; oz., l.'ic; I4 lb., 40c.; lb., SI. 50. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' NEW HOT-HOUSE. This 

 new lettuce never fails to produce admirable results and 

 ple.tse the most critical grower. It grows very rapidly to 

 nearly double the size of the Tennis Ball, a sure header, "and 

 never rots in the earth like some. Every gardener who 

 grows lettuce in greenhouses or hot-beds should give it a 

 trial. Pkt., lOc; oz , 2ic.; % lb., TOc; lb., 82.25. 



NEW MIGNONETTE. A very small, hardy, russet- 

 colored lettuce, with but few outer leaves, the head being 

 wonderfully "^solid and compact. It comes in a few days 

 after Boston Market, and resists drought and wet lo a re- 

 markable extent. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; ]/i lb., 70c.; lb., $2.25. 



ARLINGTON TENNIS BALL. This strain of white- 

 seeded Tennis Ball is saved by one of the most successful 

 market gardeners In Arlington, Mass., where the Tennis 

 Ball Lettuce originated. The seed is saved from plants 

 started under glass, by which means the valuable forcing 

 qualities are better retained than from plants .started outside, 

 and from selected heads only. It is in every respect the same 

 as the originator used for stock, and which other gardeners 

 have often been glad to get, paying $1.00 per ounce for it. 

 We highly recommend this special strain, knowing that 

 nothing finer in a forcing lettuce can be obtained. Pkt., 5c. ; 

 oz., 20c ; \ lb., 60e.; lb.. $2.00. 



KEICHNEK'S EARLY WHITE BUTTER, or 

 RIDGE LETTUCE. This very excellent new variety is 

 the result of several years' selection from the Philadelphia 

 Early White Cabbage, made by the Reichners, %who are 

 among the best market gardeners around Philadelphia. It 

 is one of the best forcing lettuces, as well as one of the best 

 for sowing in open ground, and for planting on ridges, being 

 entirely hardy and almost frost- and weather-proof. Pro- 

 duces fine, large, white solid heads of superb quality. Pkt., 

 5c.; oz., 20c.; 14, lb., COc; lb., 82.00; 2 lbs., 83.50. 



HORNBEKGER'S DUTCH BUTTER. This fine v.ui- 

 ety is a greatly improved strain of the Dutch Speckled But- 

 ter, made by a well-known Philadelphia market gardener, 

 highly prized for early spring and autiuiin sowing, produc- 

 ing crisp, white, very large solid heads, almost equal to a 

 cabbage in size and weight ; the outer leaves are speckled 

 with a brownish tinge. It is an elegant forcing variety, or 

 for growing in cold frames, and stands heat and cold to a 

 remarkable degree. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; 34 lb., 70c.; lb., 82.25. 



NEW TREASURE. This new and distinct lettuce 

 forms a tine, large, solid head, with leaves of a rich, creamy- 

 yellow color, which are very tender and buttery in flavor, 

 surpassing nearly all other sorts in fine quality. It is a fine 

 early lettuce and also oy.e of the best summer varieties, being- 

 extremely slow to shoot to-seed. It will delight ail planters 

 who grow it. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; 34 lb., 75c.; lb., $2.50. 



NETV "WHITE RUSSIAN SUMMER. This is not a 

 forcing variety, but one of the best for open ground crops, 

 both North and South. Of very rapid growtli, with few 

 outer leaves; in color it is a light apple-green, yellowish- 

 white inside, and forms a very large, solid head of the 

 finest quality for market and shipping. All who have 

 planted it are enthusiastic in its praise. This lettuce is so 

 distinct that a casual observer could readily discover a single 

 head in an acre of any other sort. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 25c.; 34 li>.» 

 70c.; lb., 82.25. 



JOHNSON Jt STOKES' CHAMPION SPKINU AND SUMMKR. 



JOHNSON & STOKES' CHAMPION SPRING and 

 SUMiVIER. This new lettuce was offered for the first time 

 six years since, and from the hundreds of favorable reports 

 and its wonderful popularity, has certainly proved n boon to- 

 every gardener who planted it. It is one of the most valu- 

 able and distinct varieties in existence. Of a beautiful 

 rich golden yellow color, and is not only one of the best 

 lettuces for early spring planting, forming good solid heads 

 before half grown, but alike valuable for growingduringlhe 

 hottest summer months. The heads are so solid and slow to 

 shoot that they generally have to be cut before any seed- 

 stalk can make its appearance. Pkt., 10c. ; oz., 25c.; 34 'b., 

 70.'.; lb., 82.25; 2 lbs., S4.C0. 



