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Henderson's 

 Big 



Boston 

 Lettuce 



Henderson s 



Big Boston Lettuce 



THE BEST HEAD 

 LETTUCE on EARTH 



Grow Like Cabbages 



Quality Superb ' 

 Tender. Crisp 



and Sweet 

 More Extensively 

 Grow/n than any 

 other Lettuce 



It is Praised by all Users 



"Enclosed we hand you a photograph of our 



Big Boston Lettuce field. We had the finest 



Lettuce grown around here and took the first prize 



at our County Fair. The heads were like cabbages." 



A. ZIMLICH. Mobile, .ila. 



"I had some of your Big Boston Lettuce last 

 year and it was fine, simply grand." 



Mrs. M. STEWARD. HoUidaysburg, Pa. 



"I have grown your Big Boston Lettuce and 

 never had anv other as good. " 



.\'lrs. JESSIE WILLIAMSON, 



Santa Rosa, Calif. 



"Your Big Boston Lettuce is a grand success. 

 I don't think that there is a lettuce to beat it. I 

 have some that look like cabbages." 



R. L. RICE, Sunrise, La. 



"The B'g Boston Lettuce was a splendid suc- 

 cess — hardly a head weighed less than 3 lbs. while 

 many weighed S lbs." 



MAJOR W. H. NASH, Vancouver, Wash. 



"I never saw and never expect to see any better 

 Lettuce than your Big Boston. Some of them 

 weighed .5 lbs. as cut off the ground." 

 H. O. BEST. 



Sugar Ward, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



"/ must say that your Big Boston Lettuce is a 

 good one for they grow like cabbage and are very 

 crisp and good flavored. I intend planting a lot 

 this year." GEORGE SPREADBOROUGH, 

 Sarsdenfifld, Camberley. 



Surrey, England. 



HENDEKSON'S 



BIG BOSTON LETTUCE 



A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE 



For Either Midsummer or Fall Use. Big. Compact, Tender and Crisp, Creamy- White Heads. 



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

 to be most valuable, steadily gaining in popvilarity 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 greenhouses for winter use, it invariably gives both 

 grower and user the utmost satisfaction, producing during all seasons, under ordinarily 

 favorable conditions, sp>lendid large buttery-yellow heads, packed with thoroughly 

 blanched leaves, crisp, tender, sweet and white, delighting both the palate and the eye 

 This grand variety makes a handsome plant, with but few ovitside leaves, and stands long 

 before bolting to seed. Although Big Boston is one of the best large-heading midsummer 

 lettuces, it is also peculiarly adapted for cool open-ground culture: large areas of it may 

 be seen in the vicinity of New York as late as Nov. 15th; a slight covering of salt 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 wonderfullv popular summer lettuce: in fact, we know of 

 no other variety that gives such general satisfaction vmder so manj' varied conditions. 

 {See cttt.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 70c. J^ lb., $2.00 lb. 



Our SUCCESSION COLLECTION of Lettuces offered on page 32, is worthy of your attention 



