Stokes Lettuce Seed Can Hold Its Own in the Very Best Company 



LETTUCE 



{Lactuca sativa 



One-fourth ounce of seed sow 100 feet 

 of drill; 3 pounds sows an acre 



Native of Asia. Under cultivation from very remote times- 

 German, Lattich, Kopfsalat; Italian, Lattuga; Polish, Salata 



-at least 5,000 years. 



BIG BOSTON 



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 'Super - Standard , 



7 Days to maturity, 78. For thirty-five years, Big Boston has been a familiar name 

 among Lettuce-growers. In our Super-Standard strain we offer a stock of seed against 

 which we challenge comparison to any stocks that are available. Experience has shown us that it can hold 

 its own against all comers. Big Boston is a white-seeded, cabbage-heading Lettuce of the butter type, 

 medium large, globular, medium light green, with slight tinge of brown on margin of outer leaves. It is early 

 and hardy and stands long-distance shipping. The head itself is brittle, buttery, and the interior ahnost 

 golden yellow. The mature plant will form a compact, wcll-defmed hard head. This variety will hold 

 eighteen days before shooting to seed. Price, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., Vi^b. 40 cts., lb. $1.50, 5 lbs. $6.75, 

 delivered. 



GREEN-LEAVED BIG BOSTON 



Days to maturity, 75. This strain is the result of a very careful personal selection and 



must in no way be confused with the ordinary strains of Unrivaled, etc. Green-leaved 



Big Boston Lettuce was introduced as such by us in 1916, and it proved at once to be profitable and popular. 

 It is very similar to Big Boston in all but one of its general characteristics, and therein lies its great advan- 

 tage — it does not have the usual red tinge on the edge of the leaves. The time required for its maturity is slightly 

 less than that for Big Boston. Its heads are large, uniform, and of brilliant green color. They will hold 

 two weeks before shooting to seed. In offering this strain of Lettuce, we do so, sincerely believing it is as 

 near perfect as any Lettuce we have ever had under our observation. In the 192^ Lettuce trials conducted by 

 the University of Minnesota, in St. Louis County, Minnesota, our Green-leaved Big Boston ivas outstandingly 

 the best Lettuce of the Big Boston type. Six prominent seedsmen participated. Color of seed, white. Price, 

 pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., y4lb. $1.25, lb. $4.00, 

 5 lbs. $18.50, delivered. 



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