H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



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Mignonette — A new Cabbage Lettace. 

 Entire plant measures only 7 inches across, 

 whilo tho beads are solid and compact. The 

 outer leaves are richly colored with russet 

 red and pretty bronze green, and the 6olid 

 hearts are of a light creamy color. Is very 

 hardy and fit for use five days after Boston 

 Market; it is also long-standing, excellent 

 even for mid-summer. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 

 2 oz. 16c; Ml>. 30c; L jlb. 5Gc; lb. 

 $1.00. 



Wonderful— Grand New Head Let- 

 tuce — A very large-head variety, excellent 

 for furnishing fine, crisp, well-blanchedLet- 

 tuce during the hot summer months, with- 

 standing both heat and drouth to a marked 

 degree. Plants are rich dark green, f re- 

 quentlygrowingmorethanl5 inchesin diam- 

 eter; tho heads are proportionately large, 

 tightly folded and the inner leaves blanched 

 toapuro white. It is mild and refreshing 

 to tho tasto. Heads stand for quite along 

 time, even in hot summer, before running to 

 seed. PUt. 5c; oz. 10c; 2 oz. 10c; % 



z^^^g* ib.30c; K lb. 65c; lb. 



MIGNONETTE LETTUCE. 



Gold Sufzget— Choice new variety; noted for its solidity and buttery 

 flavor; quick grower, vory hard heading-; loaves goldon yellow; ia very pro- 

 ductive and fine flavored. Pkt. 3c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; )i lb. 35c; 

 Hlb. 40c; lb. 70c 



l&rly Prizchead— This old standard sort still stands at the head of 

 the largo, thin-leaved, clustering sorts. The very large loaves aro s.ivoycd or 

 crimped, bright green, tinged with red, and are exceedingly tender, crisp 

 and sweet, forming n large, loose head. Best for garden and market. Pkt. 

 4c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; % lb. 25c; X lb. 4Cc.; lb. 75c 



Dwarf White Heart, or 

 Celery Lettace — Earliest in culti- 

 vation and is the slowest to shoot to 

 seed. Thoplantsgrowabout8 inches 

 high and 4 to G inches across. Outer 

 loaves are well folded over, blanch- 

 ing the inner leaves thoroughly with- 

 out 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 

 tondor. Pkt. 5c. ; oz. 10c; 2 oz. 

 lGc; K lb. 30c.; H lb» 55c; lb* 

 S 1 .00. 



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 

 6ilvery white in some lights; and the 

 good sized head is of a mo. t excel- 

 lent quality. Pkt. t 3c; oz. 8c; 

 2 oz. 15c; H lb. 35c; X lb. 

 40c; lb. 70c 



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

 leaves of very fine quality; forms a beautiful plant 10 to 12 inches high by 9 

 to 10 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; % lb. 35c; 3^ lb. 40c; lb. 75c 



Big: Boston— Best Mid-Season Head or Cabbage Lettuce— Very 

 popular variety with gardeners who want a large-heading, forcing sort, and 

 also for out-door winter culture; plants largo, 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 distinct- 

 ively a heading sort. Pkt. 3c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; k lb. 35c; H lb. 

 40c; lb. 70c 



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San Francisco Market, or the Deacon Lettuce— This magnifi- 

 cent Uutter Lettuce is unsurpassed for family garden or for market. With 

 The Deacon, 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 becomes acrid in flavor even 

 undor the greatest summer heat. Plants grow quickly and make firm heads 

 nearly as large and tight as a cabbage, there being but few outer leaves when 

 the hoad is fully grown. The heads are light green outside, whilo the inner 

 blanched portion ie beautiful cream yellow, of delicious, rich, buttery 



flavor. It is the result of moro than 

 forty years careful selection in the 

 garden of a private family. Pkt. 

 4c; oz. 8c; 2 oz. 15c; M lb. 

 35c; H lb. 40c; lb. 75c. 



Tilton's White Star— Of the 

 Black Seeded Simpson type, but 

 grows larger and more rapidly; haB a 

 broader, thicker, darker colored loaf, 

 less frilled at the edge; forms a 

 larger, moro distinct and solid cen- 

 tral cluster of leaves. Blanches per- 

 fectly 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; X 

 lb„ 35c; H lb. 40c; lb. 70c 



Mammoth Black Seeded 

 Butter — 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; }i 

 lb. 35c; H lb. 40c; lb. 75c. 



DWARF WHITE HEART, OR CELERY LETTUCE. 



Philadelphia Butter— Often Called California Butter, ob 

 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 nuttyin flavor. Pkt. 4c; oz. 

 8c; 2oz.l5c; H lb. 25c; Hlh. 40c; lb. 75c 



Mrs. Lampe, St. James, 111., writes: "The seeds you sent us wero very 

 fine; we had the best garden here. All came up well and did splendidly. 

 The Lettuce was the best I ever had." 



Buckbee's Rockford Seed Farms are Noted or Lowest Prices, Best Seed, Promptness and Accuracy. 



