LETTUCE, continued 



/ STOKES 7 Green-Leaved Big 



'Super ■ Standard / Boston. Days to maturity, 



78. This was orig- 

 inally offered by Vilmorin of Paris as "Sans Rival" 

 and was first brought to this continent by two 

 Canadian seed firms in 1902. For a full descrip- 

 tion of our strain, together with colored illustra- 

 tion, please refer to page 6 of this catalogue, where 

 it will be found classed among our Super-Stand- 

 ards. Price, large pkt. 15 cts., oz. 40 cts., l/4lb 

 $1.25, lb. $4.00, 10 lbs. $37.50, delivered. 



All Seasons. 



Grand Rapids. 



Days to maturity, 77. Holds 

 20 days before shooting to seed. 

 Named and introduced by J. C. Vaughan in 1897, 

 who states that the variety was imported from 

 France about three years previous under the name 

 Denaiff. This Lettuce is quite similar to Deacon, 

 as introduced by Joseph Harris about 1878, being 

 a little larger and later, the name originating from 

 a neighbor of Mr. Harris', who was known as 

 Deacon Bushnell, Mr. Bushnell having found it in 

 the garden of a German woman who had been 

 raising it many years before. Apparently, there- 

 fore, from the two original sources of origin, we 

 take it that the general type was of European 

 origin. All Seasons is decidedly a butter variety, 

 strictly cabbage-headed, large intermediate in 

 season and, as noted above, slow to shoot to seed. 

 Its ability to stand midsummer heat places it in a 

 class by itself, and it is recommended for main- ^ 

 season planting in the place of all other varieties.^ 

 Color is a light greenish, never spotted or brownish „ 

 in any part. The quality is excellent, very sweet ^ 

 and soft, seeds black. Price, large pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., V4lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25, 10 lbs. $11.50, 

 delivered. 



Days to maturity, 69. Will 

 hold 10 days before shooting 

 to seed. It was originated after fifteen years' selec- 

 tion 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 introduced by D. M. Ferry & Com- 

 pany under the name of Grand Rapids. A variety 

 of very wide popularity, but of very poor 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 blanching, but when fully matured, 

 -1^*!^--. 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 

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

 black, slow to germinate. Price, large pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., ^4^^. 40 cts., 

 lb. $1.50, 10 lbs. $14.00, delivered. 



COS LETTUCE (Romaine) 

 •T* • Days to maturity, 82. Will hold 20 days before shooting to 



I nanon. ggg^^ This class of Lettuce has been grown in America for 

 nearly one hundred and twenty-five years. It was offered in 1793 by 

 Minton Collins, of Richmond, Va., and by B. K. Bliss in 1860. It was 

 a typical Cos variety, strictly self-closing, comparatively late 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 sweet, and is espec- 

 iaHy 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. Price, large pkt. 10 cts., oz. 

 Lettuce (x M) 15 cts., V4lb. 40 cts., lb. $1.50, 10 lbs. $14.00, delivered. 



' Grand Rapids 

 -J Lettuce (x J 



Trianon 



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