STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 



ICEBERG (x 1/3) 



No. 464 — Iceberg 



Days to Maturity, 82. Will hold twenty-one days before shooting 

 to seed. A variety of European origin, introduced into this country 

 under the name of Iceberg by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 1894. Ap- 

 parently, it is a selection of the dark-green type of Marblehead 

 Mammoth and India Head, the latter being a very old sort. Except 

 that it is smaller and lighter in color, it is very much like Hanson. 

 It is a very crisp variety, loose cabbage heading, late and, as noted 

 above, very slow to shoot to seed. The head is extremely hard and 

 well blanched, the leaves very completely and tightly overlapping 

 each other. The color is light green, excepting for the faint brown 

 tinge along the extreme border. It is never spotted and the inner 

 head leaves never colored. The quality is good, crisp and firm, 

 very sweet but not buttery in flavor. Seeds large white. Pkt. 10c, 

 oz. 25c, H lb. 65c, 1 lb. $2.00, postpaid. 



No. 452 — New York or Wonderful 



Days to Maturity, 87. It will hold twenty-four days before shoot- 

 ing to seed. This is the old Chou de Naples or Neapolitan, and 

 introduced, under the name of New York, by Henderson in 1896. 

 The synonyms Los Angeles and Wonderful have been attached to 

 it since its introduction. In England the variety is better known 

 under the name of Webb's Wonderful. It is one of the largest of the 

 heading varieties, curled and crisp, dark green, and slightly curled 



BLACKJSEED SIMPSON (x 1/4) 



at the edges. The head at first is pointed or conical, but at maturity 

 becomes globular. Although of good quality, being exceedingly 

 crisp and sweet, we do not advise this lettuce for home garden pur- 

 poses, as some of the more buttery sorts are desirable. However, 

 to those who have had difficulty in growing well-formed heads, 

 New York might be tried with success, providing plenty of room is 

 allowed between the individual plants. Seed is white. Pkt. 15c, 

 oz. 40c, M lb. $1.00, 1 lb. $3.00, postpaid. 



No. 462 — Black Seed Simpson 



Days to Maturity, 78. Will hold twenty-two days before shooting 

 to seed. Introduced by Peter Henderson & Company in 1880. 

 One of the most largely planted varieties in this country, and it is 

 a loose-leaved lettuce late-intermediate in attaining full develop- 

 ment and, as noted above slow to shoot to seed. The plant is fairly 

 compact and consists of firm, well-blanched V-shaped clusters of 

 leaves, the innermost heart curving inward and showing a tendency 

 to form a head. The leaves are very much blistered, crumpled and 

 twisted, with large, protruding mid-ribs, and color is a very hght 

 green, never spotted or brownish. The quality is very fair, being 

 sweet but somewhat firm in texture. Seeds are black. This variety 

 must not be confused with the Early Curled Simpson, which is a 

 white-seeded Simpson. The Morse is a white-seeded selection out 

 of it, but rather thicker leaved. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, lb. 65c ? 1 lb, 

 $2.00, postpaid. 



GRAND RAPIDS (x 1/4) 



No. 460 — Grand Rapids 



Days to Maturity, 69. Will hold ten days before shooting to seed. 

 It was originated after fifteen years' selection of Black Seeded Simp- 

 son by Eugene Davis, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was known 

 in Grand Rapids ten or more years prior to 1890, when it was formally 

 introduced by D. M. Ferry & Company under the name of Grand 

 Rapids. A variety of very wide popularity, but of very poor quality. 

 It is early-intermediate in season and will shoot to seed quickly. 

 The plant is very spreading when young, but becomes very com- 

 pact when mature, forming a loosely rounded cluster of leaves, grow- 

 ing close enough for only slight blanching, but when fully matured, 

 they never spread out at the center. The leaves are excessively 

 blistered and crumpled and slightly twisted, very thick and heavy 

 with coarse veins and protruding mid-ribs. Color is a very light 

 green, never spotted or brownish in any part. Quality is very 

 poor, being coarse and rank in flavor, at least to the extent of lacking 

 in sweetness and delicacy. Seeds black, slow to germinate. Pkt. 

 10c, oz. 25c, \i lb. 65c, 1 lb. $2.00, postpaid. 



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