: WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 45 



Improved 



. Maiik ^ - iproved Hanson Lettuce 



Tn table quality this lettuce is perfection itself. It is wholly 



^[ree from bitter taste, having a sweet and rich flavor, even to 



;?tlie outer leaves. It remains long in good table condition after 



eaching maturity, and resists heat and drought well, and is 



'ery slow to run to seed. Its ability to remain sweet and ten- 



pder is one of the leading characteristics; in fact, this feature 



^distinguishes Maule's from the ordinary stocks of Hanson. 



s It is a perfect open air lettuce in all respects. It is hardy 



and may be set out in earliest spring or grown late in the fall. 



This standard variety is the most planted of all head lettuce. 



It is a well known aud well tried sort and its merits have 



been proven on the market. Every year increases the already 



wide demaijd for my strain of Improved Hanson, and no let. 



tuce has a wider American popularity than this hard heading 



cabbage lettuce. 



Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; \ pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.00. 



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TENDERHEART LETTUCE. 



CRISP-AS-ICE LETTUCE 



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■as-ice 



A beautiful lettuce of the cabbage type. 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 head has a 

 rich yellow heart. The leaves are thick and glossy, somewhat 

 curled, of a good and attractive green color, variegated with 

 bronze. Crisp-as-Ice cannot be over-estimated or overpraised 

 for home use in spring and summer or late in the fall. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; } ponnd, 40 cents; pound, $1.25. 



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Tenderheart Lettuce 



A new early head lettuce of unusually fiue 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 

 color slightly tinged with reddish brown. 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 uot 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 as well as an appetizing and attractive sort for 

 the home garden. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J lb., 40 cts.; lb., $1.50. 



^M^ New readers of this book have no donbt noticed that I have no pages devoted to novelties. I suppose this year I am 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 

 are all together, as well as the Onions, Radishes, etc., etc. As a rule this is not the custom of (he seed trade, but my 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. 



