Stokes Seed Farms Company, Moorestown, New Jersey 



LETTUCE 



440 S. S. Big Boston 



THE STANDARD HEADING VARIETY 



Big Boston is the most generally used Heading Lettuce in 

 this country. The selected type of the matured plant has very 

 compact, well-defined, broad, well-blanched heads with verj' 

 broad outside leaves, mostly smooth and having a hght 

 brownish red border. Big Boston will mature in seventy-eight 

 days from the sowing of the seed. The heads will weigh 

 approximately one pound under normal conditions. The 

 seed is white in color. The quahty of Big Boston is only fair 

 and, therefore, is recommended as a market-garden variety, 

 although its reputation carries it into a good many home- 

 gardens. It succeeds especially well in either spring or autumn 

 but is not recommended as a summer variety. It is a splen- 

 did shipper, sure header, reliable and hardy. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., Vilh. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



444 May King 



After a number of years without this variety, we have de- 

 cided to reinstate it as one of the sorts which should be in 

 every complete catalogue. We have made this decision very 

 largely because of the popularity of May King as a greenhouse 

 and outdoor Lettuce. Its solid, round head makes it a splen- 

 did shipping variety. It is hardy as well as very early and it 

 is particularly recommended for spring or fall planting. The 

 leaves are light green, which will be slightly tinged with brown 



under certain climatic conditions. 

 Wb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



New York, or Wonderful 



The deep green outside leaves of this variety give an attrac- 

 tive appearance to the heads that counts for much in the 

 markets. Heads are large, solid, whitish, crisp, and of fine 

 flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., i^lb. 60 cts., lb. S2. 



445 Green-Leaved Big Boston 



STOCK OF A NEW BIG BOSTON WHICH IS FREE FROM 

 THE RED TINGE ON THE LEAF. 1918 RESULTS ALMOST 

 WITHOUT PARALLEL. 



For some time we have been making a strong effort to 

 procure a stock of Big Boston which is absolutely free from 

 any red tinge. We felt all along that such a Lettuce would 

 command a higher price on the markets, and experience with 

 this one has proved it, for even in our most depressed markets 

 of this past season our Green-Leaved Big Boston averaged 

 15 cents per box over any Big Boston Lettuce offered. This, 

 we feel, is as strong a test as it could possibly have. Green- 

 Leaved Big Boston is about two weeks earlier than our 

 S. S. Big Boston. Its heads are large, uniform and of a bright 

 green color with positively none of the usual red tinge. If 

 you have been looking for a Big Boston Lettuce which is a 

 sure header and all green in color, you cannot do better than 

 fall back on this magnificent new Lettuce. All the stock which 

 we offer has been thoroughly tested for purity and found to 

 be about 99 per cent true to type. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., 

 V4lb. 60 cts., lb. $2. 



455 Salamander (All Heart) 



A Lettuce for which there are over fifty synonj^ms, among 

 the most common being Dreer's All Heart, Sensation and 

 Black-Seeded Tennis-Ball. Its high merit and adaptability 

 to all purposes is, no doubt, the reason for the very general 

 renaming this variety has received. It is decidedly a butter 

 variety, strictly cabbage-heading, large to medium in size, 

 maturing in about seventy days, and standing well before 

 shooting to seed. The color is light green, never spotted or 

 brownish in any part; quality excellent and highly recom- 

 mended for both private and market-gardens, being of a very 

 sweet flavor, a sure and reliable header, an excellent shipper 

 and good seller. The 1918 results were most satisfactory in 

 every particular. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^/^Ib. 

 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



458 Mammoth Salamander 



California Cream Butter 



A Lettuce similar in style and habit to the Sala- 

 mander but the matured head will average fully 

 ^ from 1 to 3 inches larger. Mammoth Black- 

 Seeded Butter is a synonym for this variety. The 

 name "All Right" has also been given it. Both 

 are descriptive. One of the chief features of this 

 Lettucq is its long-standing habit after maturing, 

 very often remaining in marketable condition for 

 fully two weeks, whereas the Salamander is liable 

 to shoot to seed in half that time. This is a very 

 desirable Lettuce for all purposes but particularly 

 for fall sowing. It will stand summer heat well, 

 but is not suitable for forcing. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., y4lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



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