BUCKBEE'S "FULL OF LIFE" SEEDS. PLANTS AND BULBS. 



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BUCKBEE'S "FULL OF LIFE" LETTUCE 



More of the Varieties that never fail to delight Buckbee's Customers 



EARLY PRIZE HEAD 

 None Better for Garden or Market. 



This old standard sort still stands at the head 

 of the large, thin leaved flustenng sorts. The 

 very larf;e leaves are savoyed. or crimped, 

 brisht sreen, tinged with red, and are exceed- 

 ingly tender, crisp and sweet, forming a large, 

 loose head. Best for garden or market. Pkt. 

 4c.; OT. Sc.; 2 oz. 16c.; ki ib. 26c.; lb. 40c.; 

 lb. 76c. 



ROYAL SUMMER CABBAGE 



strong growing variety with large green leaves 

 marked with scattered brown dashes. It forms 

 a very solid head of ricli cream colored lea\es, 

 very thick, t^ider and of splendid qnality. Stays 

 in conditionior the table a long time. Pkt. 4c.; 



oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 16c.; '.i lb. 25c.; ' j lb. 40c.; lb. 75c. EARLY PRIZE HEAD. 



BIG BOSTON 

 Best Midseason Head Lettuce . 



Very popular variety with gardeners who 

 want a large-heading, forcing .sort, and also for 

 outdoor Winter culture. Plants large, very 

 hardy and vigorous, with broad, comparatively 

 smooth, thin and very hard briglit green leaves. 

 Quite tender. Indoors this forms a solid head, 

 while outside is less distinctively a heading sort. 

 Pkt. Sc.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 16c.; M lb. 25c.; }<_. lb. 

 40c.; lb. 70c. 



SALAMANDER 



A large, compact light green head of excellent 

 quality. Leaves broad, thick, somewhat crump- 

 led and closely overlapping so that the inner 

 ones are very finely blanched. One of the most 

 .satisfactory heading Lettuces for growing out- 

 doors. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 16c.; M lb. 26c.; 

 1^ . lb, 40c.; lb. 76c. 



IMPROVED HAS soy. 



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. Sc.; 2 oz. 16t.; M 

 lb. 26c.; H lb. 40c.; lb. 76c. 



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. 

 Blanclies perfectly, and is of excellent 

 quality. Plants remain long in condition 

 for use before going to seed. Good keep- 

 er when cut, owing to its thick leaves. 

 Pkt. 3c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 16c.; Jl lb. 25c.; 

 y2 lb. 40c.; lb. 70c. 



TILTONS 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. 

 AVIien the leaves are large enough they can be 

 stripped and the stems cooked like asparagus — 

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

 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 16c.; M 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 in- 

 to 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 nuttv in flavor. Pkt. 4c.; oz. Sc.; 2 oz. 

 15c.; H lb. 25c.; \i lb. 40c.; Ib. 76c. ^ 



NEW ASPARA O US LETTUCE. 



SAN FRANCISCO MARKET 

 Or the Deacon Lettuce* - 



This magnificent Butter LetttJCE te imaiHp€i3e» 

 ed for family garden or for marked With ilie' 

 Deacon even the amateur gardener can raise 

 fine, soUd, nicely blanched lieads equal to any 

 the market affords. It stands hot weather bet- 

 ter than any other of the rich ljutter varieties, 

 and seldom becomes acrid in flavor even under 

 the greatest Summer heat. Plants grow quickly 

 and make firm heads nearly as large and high as 

 a Cabbag3, there being but few outer leaves 

 when the head is fully grown. The heads are 

 light green outside, while the inner blanched por- 

 tion is beautiful cream yellow, of delicious, rich, 

 butter.y flavor. It is the result of more than 

 forty years' careful selection in the garden of a 

 private family. Pkt. 4c.; oz. Sc.; 2 oz. 16c.; \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. Sc.; 2 oz. 

 15c.; li lb. 25c.; lb. 40c.; lb. 75c. 



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 cri.sp and tender. It is a very early sort. 

 Pkt. 4c.; oz. Sc.; 2 oz. 15c.; J-| lb. 25c.; 3-2 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 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 mak- 

 ing a well-developed head of the most excellent flavor 

 and crisp and tender. 



TOMHAXXOCK. 



Pkt. 6c.; oz. 10c. ; 2 oz. 16c. 

 lb. $1.00. 



H lb. 30c.; H Ib. 55c. 



nWARF WHITE HEART. 



SUE MINICH, Loysville, Perry County, Pa. 



I am very much pleased with your .Seeds, especially the Gold Coin 

 Lettuce which is the finest Lettuce lever had. Thetown people come in 

 to.look at. Your Seeds are fine. 



TENA HALLMAN, Bridgeport, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo County. 



People will come three miles for some Lettuce and say they have 

 never seen anything like Buckbee's Lettuce. 



PROMPTNESS, ACCURACY, BEST SEEDS. THE TRIO THAT HAS MADE BUCKBEE'S REPUTATION. 



