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l>ettuce 



Continued. 



HANSON (seed white). So well known as to hardly need 

 any description. Plant lai-ge, forming a large, flat head, re- 

 sembling that of a cabbage, and so slow to throw up a seed 

 stalk that it often fails to form any seed. Outer leaves bright 

 green with prominent light colored veins, inner leaves white 

 and usually curved and twisted at the base, very tender and 

 sweet. We have seen heads of this variety as large as a cab- 

 bage and about as solid. It is the standard summer head 

 lettuce. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; % Lb, 40c; Lb. $1.25 



FRANKFORT HEAD, OR SALAMANDER (seed black). 

 A very bright green and attractive variety, forming large, 

 solid heads, composed of thick, smooth, very tender leaves, 

 the inner ones finely blanched and all of the finest quality. 

 It remains a long time in head before running to seed. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; ^Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



HANSON LETTUCE. 



MAMMOTH BLACK SEEDED BUTTER, a strain of 



large smooth leaved head lettuce, forming very large, solid 

 cabbage-like heads of thick brittle leaves ; the inner ones 

 becoming very white, tender and fine flavored. Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.50 



MARKET GARDENER'S PRIVATE STOCK (seed 



black). In this most excellent sort the leaves are very 

 large, deep bright green, slightly wrinkled or savoyed and 

 form a large head which blanches nicely and remains a 

 long time in condition for use. A sort which cannot 

 fail to please those who can appreciate high quality. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; 3^ Lb. 40c;' Lb. $1.50 



BUTTERCUP (seed white). Plants medium sized, 

 with numerous round, smooth leaves, which are of a beau- 

 tiful yellow color, and very sweet and tender. They form 

 medium sized, fairly solid heads, which, when prepared 

 for the table, are exceedingly attractive in appearance. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 2 Oz. 25c; % Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



LARGE DRUMHEAD, OR VICTORIA CABBAGE (seed 



white). Plant large, forming a fine head of excellent qual- 

 ity, bright green without, and light green or white within. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; ^ Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 



BROWN DUTCH (seed brown). An old sort, noted for 

 its hardiness. Leaves large, thick, green tinged with brown. 

 It always forms a large, solid head, which is somewhat 

 coarse looking, but the inner leaves are beautifully blanched, 

 exceedingly sweet, tender and well flavored. Desirable be- 

 cause of its hardiness and fine quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c. ; 

 2 Oz. 20c; % Lb. 30c; Lb. $1.00 





Mammoth Black Seeded Butter Lettuce. 



The Cos lettuces are distinct from the preceding sorts, in 

 having long, narrow, spoon-shaped leaves, which usually fold 

 into loose, sugar loaf shaped heads, which blanch better by 

 having the outer leaves drawn about them and tied. On ac- 

 count of their exceeding crispness, tenderness and delicate flav- 

 or, they are becoming more and more popular in this country. 



COS, EARLY WHITE SELF=FOLDING (seed white), a 

 distinct Cos lettuce which does not need tying up. The leaves 

 are yellowish-white in color, long, narrow, upright, folding 

 into a solid head like that of an Early York Cabbage and very 

 ciisp and tender. This is a truly self-blanching lettuce of 

 superior flavor. Sold also as Trianon. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 15c; 

 2 Oz. 25c; ^ Lb. 40c; Lb. $1.25 



Martynia 



PROBOSCIDEA. The common variety, 

 thin the plants out to two feet in the row. 



A strong growing, hardy annual plant with curiously shaped seed pods, 

 which, when young and tender, are highly prized for pickling. The pods are 

 produced in great abundance, and should be gathered when less than half 

 grown, as after the hardening of the flesh they are worthless. 

 Sow in rich, warm soil after corn is well up, in drills three feet apart, and 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; \ Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.50 



Musk Mduoins 



CULTURE.— Cultivate as recommended for cucumbers, except that the 

 bills should be six feet apart. Rich earth for the young plants is far better 

 than manure, but if the latter must be used, see that it is well rotted. If 

 the plants grow very rank, more and finer fruit will be secured by pinching 

 off the ends of the shoots when about three feet long. The quality of melons 

 of all varieties is largely dependent upon conditions of growth and ripen- 

 ing. Unhealthy vines or unfavorable weather produce fruit of compara- 

 tively poor flavor. 



JENNY LIND. An extra early green fleshed melon, and one of the 

 sweetest in cultivation. Fruits small, globular, or a little flattened, ribbed 

 and covered with a shallow netting. One of the best small melons for 

 hotel and restaurant use. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; % Lb. 20c; Lb. 60c. 



EXTRA EARLY CITRON, a small, round melon, valuable on account of 

 its extreme earliness and great productiveness. The skin is green, becoming 

 yellowish at maturity. The flesh is light green, sweet and of fair quality. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; 3^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 65c. 



NETTED GEM {Golden Gem, Golden Jenny). This has become one of 

 the most popular of small or basket melons. The fruit is oval, slightly ?=; 

 ribbed, densely covered with coarse netting. Flesh thick, green, very sweet '^ r. 

 and high flavored. We offer an exceptionally fine stock of this sort, the 

 fruit being wonderfully uniform in shape and quality. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 

 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c; Lb. 65c. 



NETTED GEM MUSK MELON. 



