stokes Seeds 



Francis C. Stokes dC Co., Seedsmen, Washington Square, Philadelphia 



LETTUCE, continued 



Salamander. 



(Synonyms: Black-seeded 

 Tennis Ball, AII-Year- 

 Round, Bloomsdale Butter, Sensation, etc. 

 Days to maturity, 71. It will hold 11 days 

 before shooting to seed. A very old 

 European variety, the first grown in 

 America being offered by Booth in 1810. 

 Its great age, as well as its wonderful 

 quality, is no doubt responsible for the 

 many synonyms which have been attached 

 to it. It IS a butter variety, strictly cabbage 

 heading, large to medium in size, early- 

 intermediate in season, standing well 

 before shooting to seed. The color of 

 the head is light green, but is not spotted 

 or brownish as is the case with certain 

 other heading varieties. The quality is 

 excellent and highly recommends itself for 

 both private and market gardeners. It is 

 a sure and reliable header and excellent 

 shipper. This strain will be found thor- 

 oughly dependable. Price, pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., i/4lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25, 5 lbs. 

 $5.50, delivered. 



Salamander Lettuce 



Pfs*%ir1c Days to maturity, 69. Will 

 Vjrana I\apiaS. p.^^ days before shooting to 

 seed. It was originated after fifteen years' selection 

 of Black-seeded Simpson by Eugene Davis, of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich. It was known in Grand Rapids ten or 

 more years prior to 1890, when it was formally in- 

 troduced by Ferry under the name of Grand Rapids. 

 A variety of very wide popularity, but of 

 only fair quality. It is early-intermediate 

 in season and will shoot to seed quickly. 

 The plant is very spreading when young, 

 but becomes very compact when mature, 

 forming a loosely rounded cluster of leaves, 

 growing close enough for only slight blanch- 

 ing, but when fully matured, they never 

 spread out at the center. The leaves are 

 excessively blistered and crumpled and 

 slightly twisted, very thick and heavy with 

 coarse veins and protruding midribs. Color is 

 a very light green, never spotted or brownish 



in any part. 

 Quality is 

 very poor, 

 being coarse 

 and rank in 

 fl a V o r , at 



least to the extent of lacking in sweetness and delicacy. Seeds black, 

 slow to germinate. Price, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., V^lb. 40 cts., lb. 

 $1.50, 5 lbs. $7.00, dehvered. 



Early White Self-folding Cos. ?Xd Trianr^^\^ii. i^'id 



20 days before shooting to seed. This class of Lettuce has been grown 

 in America for over one hundred and twenty-five years. It was offered 

 in 1793 by Minton Collins, of Richmond. It is a typical Cos variety, 

 strictly self-closing, and very slow to shoot to seed. The plant is 

 compact, blanched, firm head, round at the top with leaves not tightly 

 overlapping one another. The color is a very dark green on the outside 

 and well blanched on the inside. They are never spotted or brownish 

 in any part. The quality is excellent. It is very hard in texture, but is 

 exceedingly crisp and sv/eet, and is especially desirable for long-distance 

 shipping or for prompt table use. Trianon Cos will make a delicious 

 ^ Romaine salad, and is a pleasing change from the soft, buttery varieties. 



, Seed white. We consider our strain to be the equal of the very best. 



Early White Self-folding Cos Price, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., l^lb. 40 cts., lb. $1.50, 5 lbs. $7.00, 



Lettuce (x K) delivered. 



Grand Rapids 

 Lettuce (x ]4) 



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