HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



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HENDERSON'S "BIG BOSTON " LETTUCE 



====^ THE BEST AND BIGGEST HEAD LETTUCE GROWN. ^^== 



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PROTECTING BIG BOSTON LETTUCE FROM 

 FROST WITH SALT MARSH HAY. 



HENDERSON'S 

 BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 



The Best Head Lettuce on Earth 

 More Extensively Grown 

 Than Any Other Lettuce. 



MAKKET GROWERS 

 TELL THEIR EXPERIENCE. 



" From 10 rows of Henderson's Big Boston Lettuce 

 600 feet long, we cut over 6000 heads of the best lettuce 

 ■we ever grew. Some of the heads weighed-over ] j pounds 

 each. We shall use Henderson's Big Boston exclusively 

 hereafter; the lettuce was so heavy that we could get only 

 18 heads in a 3 bushel basket." 



WILLEVS FARM, East Patchogue.L.I 



" We grew the past season from your Big Boston 

 Seed 7200 baskets from 6 acres of as fine lettuce as 

 was ever grown." WHIPPLE BROS.. Beaufott. S. C. 



" I send you a photograph of my Big Boston Lettuce 

 field gro^vn from your seed. This field paid us better 

 than $1000 a7i acre." M ANTON HALL,Fulton,N.Y. 



Enclosed we send you two photos of our Big Boston 

 Lettuce field. We had the finest on the market here 

 and took First Prize a» our County Fair held last 

 month. The heads were like cabbages." 



A. ZIMLICH &■ SONS, Mobile, Ala. 



" I bought quite some Big Boston Lettuce Seed from 

 you and had a fine crop. I am culling and shipping it 

 now. It certainly is a jine leltu,.e the best in this 

 section." E. N ABLER, Chester, N.Y. 



" Please send me 4 lbs of youi Big Boston Lettuce 

 seed. I had a large acregae of it the past season and 

 it was very Jne." W. F. HALLANER, 



Grower of Fancy Celery and Lettuce 

 156 Portland Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 



H ENDERSON'S BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 



A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE. 

 For either Early Summer or Fall use. Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp, White Heads. 



THIS grand variety, introduced into cultivation by us several years ago, has 

 proved to be most valuable, steadily gaining in popularity until it is now 

 more extensively grown than any other kind of lettuce, either for the private 

 table or for sale. North, South, East or West; whether grown in the open ground for 

 summer and fall use, or in frames for spring, or forced cool in greenhouse for winter 

 use, it invariably gives both grower and user the utmost satisfaction, producing dur- 

 ing all seasons, under ordinarily favorable conditions, splendid, large, -buttery-yellow 

 heads, packed with thoroughly blanched leaves crisp, tender and sweet, delighting 

 both the palate and the eye. This grand variety makes a handsome plant, with 

 but few outside leaves, and stands long before bolting to seed. Although Big Boston 

 is one of our best large-heading midsummer lettuces, it is also peculiarly adapted 

 for late Fall culture; large areas of it may be seen in the vicinity of New York as late 

 as Nov. 15th; a slight covering of salt marsh hay amply protects the plants from hard 

 frosts, and when cut for market the leaves are as fresh, bright and untinged as if in 

 midsummer. Thousands of acres of it are grown during the winter in Florida and other 

 Southern States for shipping to Northern markets; as far north as Maine it is a wonder- 

 fully popular summer lettuce; in fact, we know of no other variety that gives such 

 general satisfaction under so many varied conditions. {See engraving.) Price, 10c. 

 pkt., 20c. oz., 50c. i lb., $1.50 lb. 



A list of books on MARKET GARDENING, FRUIT GROWING, FERTILIZING, INSECTS, Etc., will be found on pages 61 to 64. 



