MIGNONETTE LETTUCE. 



MIGNONETTE —A 



New Cabbag-e Let- 

 tuce. Entire plant 

 measures only seven 

 inches across, while 

 the heads are solid 

 and compact, nie 

 outer leaves are 

 richly colored with 

 russet-rtd and pret- 

 ty bronze preen, and 

 the solid hearts are 

 of a lisht, creamy 

 color, is very hardy 

 and fit for use live 

 days after Boston 

 Market; it is also 

 long standing — ex- 

 cellent even for 

 midsummer. Pkt. 

 5c, oz. 10c, i^'lb. 30c, 

 y.< lb. 55c, lb. $1.00. 



NEW YORK MARKET— Standard variety and forms large, solid 

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

 Inside leaves are a grceuish-white and crisp. Pkt. 4c, oz. 8c, id^ 

 Ib.aSc, Klb. 40c, lb. Toe. 



DENVER MARKET— An early vai-iety of head Lettuce, either for 

 forcing or open ground. It forms large, solid heads ofagood, 

 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 f i-om any other kind of lettuce. Pkt. 

 3c, 0Z..7C, a lb. 30c, 3^ lb. 35c, lb. 60c. 



GOLD NUGGET— Choice, new variety 

 noted for its solidity and buttery 

 flavor; quick grower, very hard 

 heading; leaves golden yellow; is 

 very productive and fine flavored. 

 Pkt.4c, oz.8c,J^lb.35c,Klb.40,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, H lb. 25c, 1^ 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 ten to twelve inches 

 high by nine to ten inches across; 

 leaves grow upright, upper part of dwarf white heaet, 



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

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

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

 a very early sort. Pkt. 4c, oz. 8c , >4 lb. 25c, X 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 theinner leaves thoroughly 

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

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

 flavor and crisp and tender Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 14 lb. 30c, }4 lb. 55c, 

 lb. n.OO. 



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, hi lb. 20c, 

 )4 lb. 35c, lb. 60c. 



IMPROVED HANSOK. 



EARLY PRIZEHEAD— This old standard sort still stands at the head 

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

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

 exceedingly oender, crisp and sweet, forming a lax-ge loose head. 

 Best for garden and market. Pkt. 4c, oz.Sc, J^lb. 25c,3^1b.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 edge; forms a larger, more distinct 

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



excellent quality ; plants remain long 

 in condition for use before going to 

 seed ; good keeper when cut owing to 

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

 lb. 35c, K lb. 4bc, 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, }i lb. 25c, 

 ^ lb. 40c, lb. 75c. 



GRAND RAPIDS— As a Lettuce for 

 greenhouse forcing this variety un- 

 doubtedly stands at the head of the 

 list, being of quick growth and little 

 liable to rot, standing for some days 

 after being fit to cut. The plant is 

 upright and forms a loose head of 

 large, light, yellowish-green leaves, 

 OB CELERY LETTUCE. which will Stand shipping long dis- 



tances better than most sorts. Pkt. 3c, oz. 7c, 34 lb- 20c, lb. 

 35c, 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, 

 }4 lb. 25c. 1..^ lb. 40c, lb. 7.50. 



MRS. LA.MPE, St. James, III., wrUes: ''The seeds you sent us were 

 very fine, we had the best garden arouud here, all came up well and did 

 splendidly. The Lettuce was the hest 1 everhad. Shallalways order from 

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

 BUCKBEE'S SEEDS. 



A Packet of Lettuce 

 seed contains from 2000 

 I to 3000 seeds or more. 



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