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HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



HEADING 

 VARIETIES 



LETTUCE 



May King 



GOOD FOR FIRST 

 OUTDOOR PLANTING 



This early butter-head variety of Lettuce is very well suited for 

 the first outdoor planting. 



The heads are of a medium size and very compact in form, being 

 very tightly wrapped. The hearts are creamy yellow in color, 

 very tender and crisp, and of excellent flavor. (See engraving.) 

 Price, oz. 20c, )i lb. 60c, lb. $2.00. 



New York Henderson's 



Immense Heads as Solid as a Cabbage. Blanches Beautifully. 

 Crisp, Tender and Free from Bitterness. 



The King of Main Crop Head Lettuces. It produces immense 

 heads, often 15 and 16 inches across, and weighing enormously. 

 The interio? is beautifully blanched, creamy-white, crisp, tender 

 and delicious, being absolutely free from any trace of bitterness. 

 It is a very large, robust growing variety, rooting deeply, resisting 

 hot, dry weather, very slow to run to seed and a sure header under 

 most trying conditions. The outer color is of a distinct apple 

 green. We introduced this variety a number of years ago, and 

 it has been extensively grown by our 

 customers in almost all sections of the 

 country and from whom we receive most 

 gratifying reports. As a standard main 

 summer crop, hot weather Lettuce, it is 

 in every way desirable and has no equal, 

 but is not recommended for forcing. 

 [See engraving.) Price, oz. 35c, 

 H lb. $1.00, lb. $3.50. 



"Your New York Lettuce is superior to anything 

 we can secure even when compared with muchly 

 advertised stuff at a much higher price." 



MR. R. FT. DeBAUM, Pine Brook, N. J. 



All Seasons. A splendid variety for general use but particularly valuable 

 for summer crop. Leaves dull green, but of great substance, 

 heart solid and tender. Price, oz. 20c, y± lb. 60c, lb. $2.00. 



Black-Seeded Butter. Form s good-sized, hard heads, extensively 



used as an early outdoor variety. Price, 

 oz. 20c, y± lb. 60c, lb. $2.00. 



Golden Queen. A very desirable first early variety and second to none 

 for forcing. Price, oz. 30c, } 4 lb. 90c, lb. $3.00. 



Mammoth Black-Seeded Butter. Ver y g° od for second crop 



and early summer use. It is 

 distinctly a butter lettuce, and the largest of the type. It succeeds well at any 

 season, excepting in the very hottest weather. Price, oz. 20c, \i lb. 60c". 

 lb. $2.00. 



Mignonette. A sma ll> sturdy, all-head Lettuce; the hearts yellow, tender 

 and crisp; outside leaves tinged russet. It is very early, 

 hardy, long-standing, and fine for late fall crops in cold frames. Price, oz. 30c.. 

 \i lb. 90c, lb. $3.00. 



Salamander, Henderson's Perfected. The stand- 

 ard sum- 

 mer lettuce. There is no variety which stands heat better. It 

 will produce good lettuce when it is scarcest on the market, and 

 will prove one of the most profitable crops. Our stock is as nearly 

 perfect as possible, and we confidently recommend it. Price, 



oz. 20c, J41b. 60c, lb. $2.00. 



St. Louis Market. Excellent for midsummer use, exten- 

 sively used in the middle west. Price, 

 oz. 20c, \i lb. 60c, lb. $2.00. 



Unrivaled. This new variety is early in maturing being read} 7 

 for use about the same time as Henderson's 

 Big Boston which it resembles in appearance with the exception 

 of the red tinge. We highly recommend it. Price, oz. 30c, 

 Klb. 85c, lb. $2.75. 



"Such heads of lettuce as 1 have raised from the seed of your New York variety are 

 seldom seen around here." 



FRED THOMAS, Fort Plymouth, Mass. 



"We had fine success with your seeds last year especially your New York Lettuce. 

 The heads were as large as half gallon jugs." 



J. L. SHEARER, Denver, Colo. 



Important Notice Regarding 



Henderson's New York 



Lettuce 



This Lettuce was introduced by 

 Peter Henderson & Go. in 18S6, and 

 the seed has been sold by us con- 

 tinuously ever since. 



During the past few years growers 

 have been shipping to the principal 

 markets of the country vast quan- 

 tities of New York Lettuce under the 

 name of Iceberg. All of this has been 

 grown from seed of Henderson's New 

 York, which is the true name of the 

 variety. 



Hendersons' World Famous Introductions are only genuine when bought direct from us. We do not supply dealers. 



