30 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



LETTUCE—HEADING VARIETIES (Cont.) 



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25 lbs. 



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Mammoth Black Seeded Butter laburn $0.65 $0.60 



72 days. Reliable butter-heading sort much esteemed for home 

 and market gardens; especially desirable for summer culture. 

 Plant large, medium green; head large, firm; interior well 

 blanched to hght golden yellow; of excellent quahty with delicate 

 buttery flavor. Similar to Black Seeded Tennisball and Sala- 

 mander, but larger. 



May King, w. s lasie .65 .60 



61 days. The earliest heading lettuce; standard for greenhouse 

 forcing and does splendidly out of doors in early spring. Plants 

 small, allowing very close planting, hght green tinged slightly 

 with brown; head medium small, round, firm; interior rich 

 golden yeUow, buttery, of splendid quahty. 



Mignonette, b. s lactes 1.10 1.00 



66 days. Splendid for the home garden; the most popular lettuce 

 in Hawaii, Guam and the Phihppines. Plant medium small; com- 

 pact; medium brown with dark greenish tinge; leaves frilled; head 

 globular; firm; heart well blanched, almost white; of excellent 

 quahty. 



NEW YORK SPECIAL, w. s limbo 1.00 .90 



The most largely used lettuce in the world; grown in immense 

 quantities on the Pacific Coast and shipped to all parts of the 

 coimtry in refrigerator cars. Plant large, dark green, crisp head- 

 ing, with large outer leaves which are notched and shghtly curled 

 on the edges and large, tightly folded cabbage-hke head which 

 is well blanched, crisp and sweet. Our Special is a strain of 

 regular New York carefully selected for several generations. 



New Yorl< Special No. 41 learner 1.00 .90 



A strain we have developed with wrapper leaves which fold over 

 the head and protect it from sun and fog bum. It is a finely bred 

 selection, runs very true, almost perfect, and is popular with the 

 shippers for fall and winter use. 



New York Special No. 12 legacy 1.00 .90 



An early variety which does well in mid-summer and is an even 

 and well-bred selection. It is a trifle hghter in color than other 

 strains of New York, but is popular with shippers. 



Salamander, b. s ladstar .65 .60 



70 days. Very dependable; particularly popular with market 

 gardeners because it forms fairly good heads when the weather 

 is so warm that most varieties fail. Head globular, hard and 

 buttery; of sweet, dehcate flavor. The same as Black Seeded 

 Tennisball, which name is equally popular. 



Unrivaled, w. s lecher .85 .80 



76 days. Sometimes called White Big Boston since it has the 

 characteristics of this popular variety with its smooth leaves and 

 buttery yellow heart, but has no tint of brown on the head and is 

 lighter green. Our White Boston is the perfected pure-bred 

 strain of Unrivaled. 



Wayahead, w. s lampret .70 .60 



A medium dark green butter heading variety with plain edged 

 outer leaves, somewhat cnmipled, and a yellow heart. It is 

 easily grown and heads weU from spring till fall and is a good 

 home garden variety. 



WHITE BOSTON, w. s lanary .85 .80 



This is a cabbage, butter-head type, leaves smooth and straight 

 on the edges. Plant and head entirely hght green; heart buttery 

 and yellow. This strain is the best in existence and we have given 

 it this name properly to distinguish it from Big Boston. 



