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A LETTUCE EQUALLY VALUABLE FOR EARLY FORCING 

 OR GROWING IN OPEN GROUND DURING THE HOTTEST 

 SUMMER MONTHS. 



This remarkable variety, rirst introduced by us a few years since, has rapidly grown in popularity 

 among gardeners, who all agree in pronouncing it not onlj' the best lettuce they have ever grown for 

 forcing under glass in hot-bed and greenhouse, but equally valuable for growing in cold frames and in 

 open ground, during the hottest summer months. It is a beautiful light yellowish green color, leaves 

 blistered on the surface, as shown in photograph above, and of very superior even quality. It has the 

 peculiarity of forming a solid head, even before half grown. Its unifonn, handsome and large even 

 growth is unequalled by any other lettuce. It is the shyest seeder and slowest to shoot to seed of any 

 lettuce we have ever grown. It is decidedly the best and easiest grown of all lettuces for both the 

 family and market gardener. Pkt., 10c. : oz., 2.5c.; \ lb., 7-5c.: lb., §2..50. 



LETTUCES — The Best Standard Varieties. Large pkts., 5c. each. 



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



Black=Seeded Tennis Ball. For forcing ; forms close hard heads, 



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

 Oolden Queen. For forcing ; golden yellow ; very dwarf, compact growth, . . . 

 Silver Ball. Head silvery whit^, very solid and firm, of exquisite flavor ; splendid 



for winter forcing or early spring and summer nse, 



Improved YelIow=Seeded Butter. Forms large yellow heads ; crisp and tender, 

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



<5olden Stonehead. Handsome, small solid head ; fine for forcing, 



Grand Rapids. A famous shipping and loose-headed forcing sort, 



Improved Simpson, or Perpetual. Early, tender ; one of the best for cutting, . 

 Defiance Summer, or Perpignan. One of the finest large cabbage varieties, . 



Thick Head Yellow. Uniform, large heads ; solid as a cabbage, • 



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

 Salamander. Fine, compact heads, wliich resist summer heat admirably, . . . 

 Deacon, or San Francisco Market. A large, solid cabbage lettuce for summer, 

 New York. Large, solid, dark green heads ; used only as a summer sort, .... 

 Philadelphia Early White Cabbage. Handsome heads of superior quality, . - 

 Tilton's White Star. Type of Black Seeded Simpson, grows larger and more 



rapidly : excellent for forcing or early planting outdoors, 



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

 New Iceberg. Very solid; larse, handsome cabbage lettuce; superior quality, . . 

 JSew Trianon Cos, or Celery Lettuce. The finest of all the Cos sorts ; leaves 



when bleached are stifi"like celery stalks and can be eaten in the same manner, 

 Lettuce — American Varieties Mixed. Fifteen kinds mixed in one packet, . . 







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