MIGNONETTE— A 



New Cabbapre Let- 

 tuce. Entire plaut 

 measures only seven 

 inches across, wliilc 

 the tieads are solid 

 and compact. The 

 outer leaves are 

 richly colored with 

 russet-red and pret- 

 ty bronze green, and 

 the solid hearts are 

 of a light, creamy 

 color. Is very hardy 

 and lit for use five 

 days after Boston 

 Market; it is also 

 long standing, — ex- 

 cellent even for 

 midsummer. Pkt. 

 5c, oz. 10c. 1^ lb. 30c, 



MIONON'ETTE LETT0CE. 3^2 lb. 55c, lb. $1.00. 



NEW VORK MARKET— Standard variety and forms large, solid 

 heads often three to four pounds in vreight. Color dark green. 

 Inside leaves are a greenish-white and crisp. Pkt. 4c, oz. 8c, 14 

 lb. 25c, lb. 40c, lb. 75c. 

 DENVER MARKET— An eaily variety of head Lettuce, either for 

 forcing or open ground. It forms large, solid heads of a good, 

 light-green color, and is very slow to go to seed. The leaves are 

 beautifully marked and blistered (like the Savoy Cabbages), and 

 very crisp and tender and of excellent flavor. By these blistered 

 leaves it distinguishes itself from any other kind of lettuce. Pkt. 

 3c, oz. 7c, Ji-lb.20c, ^Ib. 35c,lb.60c. 

 GOLD NUGGET— Choice, new variety 

 noted for its solidity and buttery 

 flavor; quick grower, very hard 

 heading ; leaves golden yellow ; is 

 verv productive and fine flavored. 

 Pkt.4c,ozSc,>i'lb.25c,3^1b.40c,lb.75c. 

 PARIS WHITE COS- This Lettuce is 

 distinct from other sorts, having 

 long narrow, spoon-shaped leaves 

 which fold into loose, sugar-loafed 

 heads, which blanch better by 

 having outer leaves drawn about 

 them and tied. On account of its 

 crispness and delicate flavor it is 

 becoming most popular. Pkt. 4c, 

 oz. 8c, 3^ 'b. 25c, }4 lb. 40c, lb. 75c. 

 TOMHANNOCK— This Lettuce doesn't 

 head ; makes a loose bunch of leaves 

 of very fine quality ; forms a beau- 

 tiful plant teu to twelve inches 

 high by nine to ten inches across: 

 leaves grow upright, upper part or 

 outer leaves turning outward, and are wrinkled ; edges of outer 

 leaves are a reddish bronze, ornamental and fresh in appearance ; 

 within, the leaves are almost white; very crisp and tender; it 

 is a very early sort. Pkt. 4c, oz. 8c, % lb. 25c, }4 lb. 40c, lb. 75c. 

 DWARF WHITE HEART, OR CELERY. LETTUCE— Earliest in culti- 

 vation and is the slowest to shoot to seed. The plants grow 

 about eight inches high and four to five inches across. Outer 

 leaves are well folded over blanching the inner leaves thoroughly 

 without any "tying up" or any artificial aid. Of stiff growth, 

 every plant making a weU-developed head of the most excellent 



DWARF WHITE HEART, OR CELERY LETTUCE. 



flavor, and crisp and tender. 

 55c, lb. tl.OO. 



Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, U lb. 30c, ]4 lb. 



IMPROVED HAN- 

 SON— It is so well 

 known as to hardly 

 need description. 

 Plant large, form- 

 ing a very large, 

 flat head resemb- 

 ling a cabbage, and 

 is so slow to run to 

 seed that it often 

 fails to form any. 

 Outer leaves light 

 green with light 

 colored veins; in- 

 ner leaves white 

 usually curved and 

 twisted at base. 

 Very fine; heads 

 grow as large as 

 cabbage. Pkt. 4c, 

 oz. 7c, 1^ lb. 20c, 

 i^lb. 35c, lb. 60c. 



IMPROVED HANSON. 



EARLY PRIZEHEAD— This old standard sort stillstandsat the liea4 

 of the large, thin-leaved, clustering sorts. The very large leaves 

 are savoyed or crimped, bright green, tinged with red, and are 

 exceedingly tender, crisp and sweet, forming a large loose head. 

 Best for gardenand market. Pkt.4c,oz.8c,J4:ib.25c,Xlb-40c,lb.75c. 

 TILTON'S WHITE STAR— Of the Black Seeded Simpson type, but 

 grows larger and more rapidly has a broader, thicker, darker 

 colored leaf, less frilled at the ; forms a larger, moredistinct 

 and solid central cluster of leaves. Blanches perfectly and is of 



excellent quality ;plants remain long 

 iu condition for use before going to 

 seed ; good keeper when cut owing to 

 its thick leaves. Pkt. 4c, oz. 8c, 

 lb. 25c, K lb. 40c, lb. 75c. 



SILVER BALL— A remarkable va- 

 riety in that it is an excellent sort 

 both for forcing and out-of-door cul- 

 ture. The thick, light-green leaves 

 have so much sheen that they look 

 silvery white in some lights, and the 

 good sized head is of a most excellent 

 quality. Pkt. 4c, oz. 8c, % lb. 25c. K 

 lb. 40c, lb. 75c. 



GRAND RAPIDS— As a lettuce for 

 green-house forcing this variety un- 

 doubtedly stands at the head of the 

 list, being of quick growth and little 

 liable to rot, standing for some da^s 

 after being flt to cut. The plant is 

 upright and forms a loose head of 

 large, light, yellowish-green leaves, 

 which will stand shipping long dis- 

 tances better than most sorts. Pkt.Sc, oz. 7c, J^^lb. 20c, Klb- 36e, 

 lb. 60c. 



MAMMOTH BLACK SEEDED BUTTER— A strain of large, smooth- 

 leaved head lettuce, forming very large, solid, cabbage-like heads 

 of thick brittle leaves, the inner ones becoming very white, 

 tender and fine flavored. A most excellent sort. Pkt. 4c, oz. 8c, 

 U lb. 25c, Jilb.40c, lb. 75c. 



MRS. LAMPE, St. Jamet, III, writes: The seeds you sent uswereveni 

 fine, we had the best garden around here, all came up well and did splen- 

 didly. The Lettuce was the best I ever had. Shall always order from yon 

 and will tell my friends of the good results obtained by planting BVCK- 

 BEF/S SEEDS 



Packet of Lettuce 

 ', contains from 2000 

 'cds or more. 



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