H. W. BUCKBEE, BOCKFOBD, ILLINOIS. 



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LETTUCE 



EARLY PRIZE HEAD 

 None Better for Garden and Market 



This olfl 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 ten- 

 der crisp and sweet, forming a large, loose head. 

 Best for garden and market. Pkt. 4C ; OZ. 8C. ; 



2 oz. 15c; i lb. 25c.; 5 lb. 40c; lb. 75c 



GOLD NTJGGET 

 A Solid-Headed, Fine Variety 



Choice new variety, noted for its solidity and 

 buttery flavor. Quick grower, very hard head- 

 ing. Leaves golden yellow. Is very productive 

 and fine flavored. Pkt. 3c ; OZ. 8c; 2 OZ. 15c; 

 i lb. 25c; 4 lb. 40c; lb. 70c 



EARLY PRIZE HEAD 



MORE OF THE VARIETIES 

 THAT NEVER FAIL TO DE- 

 LIGHT BUCKBEE'S CUS- 

 TOMERS. 



BIG BOSTON 

 Best Midseason Head Lettuce 



Very popular variety with gardeners who want 

 a large-heading, forcing sort, and also for out- 

 door Winter culture. Plants large, very hardy 

 and vigorous, with broad, comparatively smooth, 

 thin and very hard bright green leaves. Quite 

 tender. Indoors this forms a solid head, while 

 outside is less distinctively a heading sort. Pkt. 



3c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; i lb. 25c; J lb. 40c; 

 lb. 70c 



SILVER BALL 

 A Good Variety Anywhere 



A remarkable variety, in that it is an excellent 

 sort both for forcing and outiof-door culture. 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. 3c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; £ lb. 25c; * lb. 

 40c; lb. 70c 



IMPROVED HANSON 



IMPROVED HANSON 

 A Great Heat-Resisting Sort 



Large, firm heads, deliciously sweet, 

 crisp and tender. Heads green outside, 

 white within. None better for outdoor 

 culture. Pkt. 4c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c. - 

 i lb. 25c; i lb. 40c; lb. 75c. 



TILTON'S WHITE STAR 

 Keeps Long Time After Cutting 



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. 

 3c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; i lb. 25c; i lb. 

 40c; lb. 70c. 



TILTON'S WHITE STAR 



NEW ASPARAGUS LETTUCE 



Stems Cook Like Asparagus 



A distinct new variety, and is already one of 

 the most popular sorts, made so not only on ac- 

 count of its original features, but also by its su- 

 perior quality. The young leaves are crisp and 

 tender, and are desirable for all Lettuce purposes. 

 When the leaves are large enough they can be 

 stripped and the stems cooked like asparagus — 

 makes a delicious dish. Bv all means try it. Pkt. 

 4c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; i lb. 25c. 



PHILADELPHIA BUTTER 



Often Called California Butter or Cabbage 

 Lettuce 



Many prefer a large-growing, thick-leaved, 

 smooth, rich-flavored Lettuce, and to meet this 

 demand we present this sort. Plant dark green, 

 with many nearly round, thick leaves formed into 

 a very solid round head, which stands a long time 

 without running to seed. Leaves very thick, 

 folded or puckered at the base, the inner ones 

 blanched to a rich yellow color, and exceedingly 

 rich and nutty in flavor. Pkt. 4c.J OZ. 8C.; 2 



oz. 15c; i lb. 25c; i lb. 40c; lb. 75c 



NEW ASPARAGUS LETTUCE 



SAN FRANCISCO MARKET 

 1 or The Deacon Lettuce 



This magnificent Butter Lettuce is unsurpassed 

 for family garden or for market. With The Dea- 

 con even the amateur gardener can raise fine, solid, 

 nicely blanched heads equal to any the market 

 affords. It stands hot weather better than any 

 other of the rich butter varieties, and seldom be- 

 comes acrid in flavor even under the greatest Sum- 

 mer heat. Plants grow quickly and make firm 

 heads nearly as large and tight as a Cabbage, 

 there being but few outer leaves when the head is 

 fully grown. The heads are light green outside, 

 while the inner blanched portion is beautiful 

 cream yellow, of delicious, rich, buttery flavor. 

 It is the result of more than forty years' careful 

 selection in the garden of a private family. Pkt. 



4c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; i lb. 25c; i lb. 40c; 

 lb. 75c. 



MAMMOTH BLACK-SEEDED BUTTER 

 Solid and of Most Excellent Quality 



A strain of large smooth-leaved head Lettuce, 

 forming large, solid, Cabbage-like heads of thick, 

 brittle leaves, inner ones becoming very white, 

 tender and fine flavored. Pkt. 4c. ; oz. 8c; 2 

 oz. 15c; $ lb. 25c; J lb. 40c; lb. 75c. 



TOUHANNOCK 



TOMHANNOCK 

 The Handsome Reddish-Bronze Lettuce 



This Lettuce doesn't head — makes a loose bunch of leaves 

 of very fine quality. Forms a beautiful plant ten to twelve 

 inches high by nine to ten inches across. Edges of outer 

 leaves are a reddish bronze; within the leaves are almost 

 white. Very crisp and tender. It is a very early sort 



Pkt. 4c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; i lb. 25c; i lb. 40c; lb. 75c 



DWARF WHITE HEART, or CELERY LETTUCE 

 Noted for Its Most Excellent Flavor 



Earliest in cultivation, and is the slowest to shoot t6 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 well- 

 developed head of the most excellent flavor and crisp and 



tender. Pkt. 5c. ; oz. 10c. ; 2 oz. 16c; i lb. 30c; i lb 

 55c; lb $1.00. 



DWARF WHITE HEART 



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