SEED GROWERS 31 



LETTUCE— LOOSE LEAVED VARIETIES 





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BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON leimp $0.50 $0.45 



Early. Dependable in all parts of America and widely grown in 

 home and market gardens. Plant large, attractive, compact, 

 with broad, frilled light green leaves that are of fine crisp texture 

 and splendid quality. 



Chicken Lettuce leken .50 .45 



Very hardy, rapid growing, medium light green, non-heading 

 butter type which produces flower stalks early and furnishes an 

 abundance of leaves over a long period of growth. 



EARLY CURLED SIMPSON, w. s lerly .50 .45 



Early. Also well known as "White Seeded Simpson." Very hardy 

 and dependable; particularly popular for home gardens. Plant 

 large, compact, bright light lustrous green; leaves broad, frilled, 

 firm, crisp, sweet and of good quality. 



Grand Rapids, b. s legra .50 .45 



Very early. Hardy, disease resistant; the most widely used and 

 best adapted variety for greenhouse forcing. Plants large, up- 

 right, compact and handsome; bright solid light green; leaves 

 large, broad, margin much waved and frilled; very tender and 

 sweet when grown under glass. 



Ohio Grand Rapids, b. s leohi .65 .60 



The same as Grand Rapids except that the foliage is darker green 

 and not so tender. The variety stands more abuse in handling. 



Prize Head, w. s leriz .50 .45 



Very early, quick growing and one of the most popular for home 

 gardens, particularly on the Pacific Coast. Plant medium large, 

 strictly loose-leaf; leaves broad, crumpled and frilled; outside 

 leaves tinged red, inner leaves wholly green; very crisp, sweet 

 and tender. 



COS or ROMAINE 



All cos varieties should be planted for late summer or early fall use when they form firm nicely 

 folded heads. If they come to maturity in the heat of summer, the flower stalks develop before the 

 head is well formed. Cos varieties are distinct from other varieties of lettuce, and on account of the 

 thick leaves and the thick brittle midrib are sometimes called celery lettuce. Cos lettuce is very 

 popular and of superior quality. 



1 lb. 10 lbs. 



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Darl< Green, w. s lecos $0.55 $0.50 



A medium large, dark green variety which forms a good sized, 

 firm, well folded head. 



\ White Paris Self Folding, or Trianon, w. s lepar .55 .50 



77 days. Most popular variety for the home and market garden; 

 likewise the best for forcing. Plants medium large and upright; 

 medium light green with firm, spoon-formed straight-edged outer 

 leaves and upright, loaf-shaped, well folded firm head 8 — 9 in. 

 tall which is whitish-green inside with heavy, white brittle mid- 

 ribs; hard and crisp in texture, but very sweet and considered by 

 some the standard of excellence in lettuce. 



j' Trianon letri .55 .50 



The same as White Paris Self Folding. 



