COLE'S VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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LETTUCE. 



Ger, Salat. Fr. Laitue. 

 One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 

 Lettuce covets a rich, mild soil. Sow as early 

 in the spring as the ground can be worked, and 

 every two weeks for a succession, thinly in drills 

 one foot apart; when up thin to eight inches 

 apart, so as to form good heads; it may also be 

 sown broadcast if preferred. 



NEW ICEBERG. See Novelties . 



GRAND RAPIDS. This forcing variety hns been 

 raised in the vicinity of Grand Rapids. It 

 stands more neglect in the way of watering and 

 ventilation, m/i grow more weight on the same 

 ground and will stand longer after it has matured. 

 It is of handsome appearance, a strong grower, 

 very crisp and tender and not apt to rot and 

 •v^iil keep from wilting longer while exposed 

 for sale than any other sort. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., M lb. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. 



EARLY CURLED SIMPSON. This variety does 

 not head, but forms a compact close mass of 

 leaves; the earliest and leading market sort. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^4 lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 



BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. It is much lighter 

 colored than preceding; it grows neat ly double 

 in size, of fine quality. One of the best for 

 forcing or outdoor planting. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., H lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 



EARLY PRIZE HEAD. One of the best early 

 Lettuces. It forms a mammoth head and 

 remains tender and crisp throughout the sea- 

 son; is prompt to head, but slow to run up to 

 seed; of superb flavor and very hardy. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 54 lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 



DEFIANCE CABBAGE. This is a \krge growing 

 summer lettuce, which we have found to be 

 unexcelled as a long standing sort. The leaves 

 are of a light green cclor, and it remaius for a 

 long season tender and crisp, and is especially 

 adapted for use in private garaens. Those of 

 our customers who try it, will certainly be well 

 pleased with it. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., }4, lb. 

 35 cts. 



HARD-HEAD. This is the hardest-heading of all 

 lettuce. It grows very rapidly and heads ex- 

 tremely early; the heads are of large size; the 

 outer leaves are tinged with brownish red, 

 changing;. toward the center of the head from a 

 golden yellow to a creamy white; never bitter, 

 of a sweet, buttery flavor, and is always crisp 

 and tender. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., J4 lb., 40 

 cts. 



WHITE STAR. A white seeded lettuce destined 

 to become a ti-niversal favorite for forcing or 

 planting out of el®ors. Will commend itself to 

 every Market gardener because of its very 

 large, loose heads, excellent flavor, bright 

 color, crispness and long keeping qualities. It 

 is an enormous yieldcr, and remains a very 

 long time in conditien for use. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., }i lb. 40 cts. 



WHITE STAR LETTUCE. 



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H ANSW LK ' i^UUE. 



IMPROVED HANSON. We have a very fine 

 stoek of thi-s popular lettuQ^, and can recom- 

 mend it as one of the very best. Heads green 

 outside and white within; grow to a remark- 

 able size, i?«ry soMd, and are deliciously sweet, 

 crisp and tender, even to the cruter leaves. It 

 stands the hot su n better than most other vari- 

 eties Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., J4 lb. 35 cts., 

 lb. $1.2.5. 



DENVER MARKET. This new Lettuce is highly 

 recommend'Cd bv the introducer, who describes 

 it as an early vaH^ty of Head Lettuce, either for 

 f0'i'«/n£ or open ground. It forms large solid 

 heH(?.s of a good light green color, and is very 

 slow to go to seed. The leaves are beautifully 

 cnrled and crimped, and very crisp and tender 

 and of excellent flavor. The shape of the head 

 resembles somewkat the "Hanson." Per pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., U, lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



THE DEACON. When properly grown this is 

 the finest, largest, tenderest, crispest and most 

 delieioi?;s Lettuce we have ever seen. Sow 

 early on ri<?h land, and give plenty of room, 

 and rt will give you magnificent solid beads 

 of delicious Lettuce: stands longer without 

 runnt'iiig to se^d than any other variety : none 

 ewwals it. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., % lb. ^5 cts., 

 lb. $1.25. 



SALAMANDER. This variety, like the Deacon, 

 is one of the best, formang good sized, compact 

 heads; color light green, white on the inside. 

 Its great quality, however, is that it will with- 

 stand drought and heat, and remain long in 

 head; to gardene-'s it is invaluable on account 

 of its heat resisting qualities. Per pkt. 4 cts., 

 oz., 10 cts., M lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 



CALIFORNIA CREAM. It forms round solid 

 heads, of a medium green, slightly marked 

 with brown spots; within, the leaves are of a 

 very rich, cream-yellow color, and particularly 

 rich and buttery to the taste. The heads are 

 of good size, compact, very hard and solid. It 

 is medium early, and one of the very best sum- 

 mer varieties of head lettuce. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., lb. 40 cts. 



WHITE TRIANON COS. This is the favorite 

 class of Lettuces in Europe, and this variety 

 is the very finest of its class; already they are 

 becoming popular here. The long narrow 

 leaves, which form solid heads, bleach i^u(^ 

 quickly become snow white. They excel all 

 other Lettuces in quality, having a taste and! 

 crispness unequaled. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 



LARGE BXTTTERHEAD. Forming heads in the 

 open ground, often fourteen inches in diame- 

 ter, and averaging fully a pound in weight 

 Per pkt,. 4 cts., oz. 10 cts., 14 lb. dO cts., lb. $1.10. 



MIXED LETTUCE SEED. Several varieties 

 mixed in one package, good for family use. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., li lb. 35 cts. 



Metz, Ind., February 15, 1894. 

 I have bought seeds of you for two years, and 

 am well satisfied with them, better than any 

 others that I have tried. Asa Bdrch. 



