GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 41 



PBOTSCHEB'S NEW OR- 

 LEANS IMPBOVED LABGE 

 PASSION. — This is a Cabbage 

 Lettuce introduced by Richard 

 Frotscher; it attains a large size, 

 srovrs slowly, but heads very 

 hard. It does better here during 

 late Autumn and Winter than in 

 Summer, as it cannot stand the 

 heat. If sown late in the Fall and 

 transplanted during- V.'inter, it 

 grows to very large heads, hard 

 and firm. This is the kind 

 shipped from here in the Spring 

 and cannot be surpassed for that 

 purpose. 



SUBBABD'S M A B E E T.— A 



large cabbage variety, forming a 

 solid head, buttery and yellow in- 

 side, and of very fine flavor. 

 Color light green. Is a favorite 

 in some markets. 



niFBOVED Z.ABGE PASSION. 



A popular variety among market 

 gardeners, medium size cabbage, butter 

 heading sort. 



BI.ACE SEEDED SIMPSON. — A bunch- 

 ing variety, forming no definate head. It 

 has a large mass of fine brittle leaves of a 

 light-green attractive color. 



MAY KING. — This remarkable new Cab- 

 bage Lettuce has proved itself capable of 

 satisfying the most exacting requirements 

 that could be made of an early outdoor 

 Lettuce. It is an excellent variety for 

 forcing. It is not in the least affected by 

 cold or wet weather, grows very quickly 

 and produces splendid globular heads, 

 which are ready 10 to 14 daj's in advance 

 of any other, and which stands a long time 

 before running to seed. The outer leaves 

 are of a yellowish green, with light brown- 

 ish tinge, while the inner leaves are of a 

 golden yellow shade. Flavor unexcelled. 



GBAND BAPIDS. — This superb Lettuce 

 is especially adapted to greenhouse cul- 

 ture in Winter; also a good Lettuce to sow 

 outside early in the Spring for family use. 

 Very beautiful in appearance. Of rapid, 

 upright growth, and may therefore be 

 planted quite close; and not liable to rot; 

 retains its freshness a long time after 

 being cut, hence much sought after by 

 dealers and shippers. Quality the best. 



FBIZE HEAD. — One of the finest varie- 

 ties ever introduced, forming a very large 

 head, but not a solid one; the leaves are 

 slightly tinged with: brown, and is remark- 

 able for its crispneiBs and delicacy of 

 flavor; is well adapted: fpr either forcing 

 or outdoor culture. 



STECKIiEB'S FBENCH M A B E E T. — 



This lettuce is a great improvement on the 

 old and well-known Royal strain, forming 

 much larger and more compact heads. It 

 is very crisp, tender and olive green in 

 color, a good shipper. 



BBOWN DUTCH CABBAGE. — A very 



hard kind, forms a solid head; good for 

 winter. 



IMPBOVED BOYAZ. CABBAGE.— A very 

 celebrated variety, forming fine, large, 

 solid heads, both crisp and delicate flavor; 

 stands the heat remarkably well, and is 

 especially adapted to the Sounthern States, 

 or for planting to succeed the early varie- 

 ties in the North; It is a variety that can 

 be sown at any season of the year and will 

 do well. 



EABIiY CABBAGE OB WHITE BUT- 



TEB. — An early variety, forming a solid 

 head, but not quite so large as some 

 others. It is the best kind for family use, 

 to sow during Fall and early Spring, as it 

 is early and of good flavor. 



MAXIMUM OB IMMENSITY. — A very 



large variety, one of the largest of the 

 cabbage sorts. It is especially adapted for 

 planting in the Fall and Winter, and makes 

 a fine, tender, buttery head. A number of 

 our best local market gardeners have been 

 growing it and find it unsurpassed for a 

 fine, heavy shipping variety. 



Big" Boston. 



BIG BOSTON. — Our strain of this very 

 popular variety is unsurpassed. Thousands 

 of acres of Big Boston Lettuce are grown 

 annually in the South. Plants are large 

 and vigorous, leaves light green, slightly 

 tinged with reddish brown; stands very 

 long before shooting to seed. Can be 

 grown in the open ground, in the Spring 

 or Fall, or in frames for early Spring plant- 

 ing, does particularly well in cold weather 

 and is especially recommended for Fall 

 planting in the South. Is very popular 

 with gardeners and truckers, because it al- 

 ways produces large, solid, salable heads; 

 and with private growers because it heads 

 up at all seasons of the year and is of 

 crisp tender quality. 



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