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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Grand Rapids Forcing Leaf Lettuce 



LETTUCE 



One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill 



Dig the soil deep for Lettuce, use plenty of manure or nitrogenous 

 fertilizer, and add sand or humus if the soil is hea\y. For a very early 

 crop, start seed indoors or in a hotbed in early ^larch, thinning or trans- 

 planting the seedlings as soon as they are large enough to handle, harden 

 them off and set them out in the garden in early April. The first sowing 

 outdoors may be made as soon as the ground is fit. ^lake the rows 

 15 to 18 inches apart and thin the plants out as they develop so that 

 they eventually stand 10 to 12 inches apart according to variety. Timely 

 thinning and plenty of room is especially important in growing head 

 Lettuce. For the first crops grow loose-leaf or early butterhead varieties ; 

 follow these with the late butterheads; and for hot weather use, grow 

 the crisphead or Cos types. 



LOOSE LEAF OR CUTTING SORTS 



Grand Rapids Forcing. We have a specially selected strain for 

 forcing under glass, suitable also for extra early planting outdoors. 

 Handsome plants with large, crisp, curled and fringed leaves. Pkt. 

 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., 34 lb. 60 cts., lb. SL25. 



Black-Seeded Simpson. Large, bushy, plants with attractively 

 crumpled and fringed light green leaves. A favorite for both home and 

 market. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., H lb. 45 cts., lb. $L10. 



Early Curled Simpson. Gives quick results in the home garden. 

 Broad, crumpled, vellowish green leaves of fine quality. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 15 cts., H lb. 40 cts., lb. Sl.OO. 



The Morse. Outer leaves light green; inner leaves blanched light 

 vellow. \'igorous and a good forcer. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 15 cts., 34 lb. 

 40 cts., lb. Sl.OO. 



Golden Curled. Good for both earh- and late sowings as it is quite 

 heat resistant. Compact bunches of tender, vellowish leaves. Pkt. 

 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., M lb. 60 cts., lb. $1.25. 



