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LETTUCE 



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nce to i,ooa Plants. Two Poinds to the Acre. 

 Culture of Lettuce. —Sow the seed in hot-beds in February or March, and transplant into a sheltering; border with a southern 

 exposure ... the open ground as earl\ 



r the plant! 



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W'llITK LOAF LETTUCE. 



' 4 pound, 25 cents ; pound, 



BOLG/ANO'S WHITE LOAF LETTUCE. 



: k for careful growers. The best of 



: solid heads, suitable for frames or 



.rerienced truckers pronounce 



the best they ever grew. 



frames and outdoor is a most important 



-rge truckers. To suit their purpose 



' '"orm a reliable head, be crisp, with 



: flavor. These qualities they find in our 



-h is used in large quantitis for fall 



and makes a paying crop. ( 



:;: ounce, 15 cents; 2 ounces. 



25 cents : : + pound. 35 cents : pound. $1 .00. 



Hubbard Market Lettuce. Oneof the very 



jce for planting in the fall to stand over 



□ cold frames or outside. Makes a 



large, solid head, with outside leaves a delicate 



green, and inside head a fine light color, of superior 



Our trade has been much pleased with 



i market gardeners pronounce it one 



5 and 10 cents ; ounce. 15 



. pound. 35 cent: pound. $1.00. 



Perfected Salamander Lettuce.— One of 



"'or summer use. forming good sized, com- 



is. Color, light green on the outside and 



'emain longer in head and 



-eater amount of heat without burning or 



any other variety. Packets, 5 and 1 cents : ounce. 1 5 cents : 



Bart] < Dried Simpson Lettuce.— Heads are a yellowish green, are a compact mass of curly leaves, very 



Packets. 5 and 10 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; }♦ pound, 35 cents ; pound. Si. 00. 

 H. in-. .11 Lettuce Improved.— Heads are green outside and white within. Grows to a large, solid, crisp, 

 ead. and very long standing, with fringed, curly leaves. Packets, 5 and 10 cents ; ounce, 15 cents, 

 1 i pound. 35 cents ; pound, $1.00. 

 N.w Golden Queen Lettuce.— A very remarkable new lettuce, which withstands hot summer heat without 

 — :ng to seed, and produces cabbage-like heads of large size and superior quality. Outside it 

 is a pale green, and inside holds a large crisp heart of cream yellow collor and delicious buttery flavor. The most 

 -owers give particular praise. It will please you, Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents ; J 4, pound, 

 :s : pound, $1.15. 

 <.iant < rystal Head Lettuce.— A splendid new cabbage-head lettuce; very large, solid; outside leaves 

 ien: inside, crystal white, with yellow heart; crisp and tender. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents: 

 '+ pound. 50 cents : pound, $1.50, 



Bolgiano's Oak Leaf Lettuce.— is most 

 remarkable for resisting the summer's heat, and 

 retains its remarkable condition long after oth- 

 er sorts become worthless. Packets, 5 and 10 

 cents; 2 ounces, 30 cents; \{ pound, 50 cents; 

 pound, $1.50. 



Mammoth Black Seed Butter Let- 

 tuce. — In a trial of several hundred lettuce we 

 were impressad with this kind for summer use. 

 It markes a large, light green head ; the leaves 

 are slightly crimpled like our White Loaf. It 

 withstood the summer heat and made a finer ap- 

 pearatce than any other sart maturing at the 

 same time. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 

 15 cents; % pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 



Bolgiano's Black Seed Summer Let- 

 t ace. -A perfect heading outdoor lettuce, espe- 

 cially during our dry, hot summer, because it is 

 long standing and always tender and pleasant 

 to the taste. It spontaneously heads from the 

 start, the heads growing larger as the plant 

 matures. It does equally well for forcing under 

 glass in hot-beds, cold frames, greenhouses and 

 for outside cultivation. Packets, 5 and 10 

 cents; ounce, 15 cents; J^pound, 25 cents; 

 pound, 75 cents. 



BLACK SEED SUMMER LETTUCE. 



