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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



Lettuce Trials at Salinas, California 



Every year we conduct most extensive trials of all our own lettuce stocks as well as those of 

 other growers. The continued grading for purity and quality and the knowledge of all new 

 developments is of great value in the intelligent production of superior seed stocks. 



LETTUCE 



Our lettuce seed is the standard of excellence throughout America and Europe; in fact, wherever 

 lettuce is grown. We are continuously carrying on extensive breeding operations to maintain this 

 standard and to develop such strains as the lettuce growing industry requires. At present we are 

 busily engaged with marked success in developing strains which are highly resistant to disease as 

 well as uniform and desirable in type and quality. 



In the following concise descriptions we have indicated the usual number of days required by 

 the varieties to produce heads in northern sections of the United States from seed sown out-of-doors 

 late in April or early in May. The number of days is not indicative of the time required under best 

 conditions for growth in the lettuce growing sections of Cahfornia and Arizona, but does indicate the 

 comparative earhness of the varieties we hst. Symbols: w. s. — \A^hite Seeded; b. s. — Black Seeded. 



CABBAGE or HEADING 



Code Word 



All Seasons, b. s ladyship 



75 days. Valuable market as well as home garden variety, par- 

 ticularly popular on Long Island; does well in hot summer 

 weather. Plant large with medium dark thick leaves and with 

 large, round, firm, butter-head, which is deep yellow inside and 

 of excellent quaUty. 



BIG BOSTON, w. s lanchup 



76 daj^s. Very popular in all parts of the world; known as Troca- 

 dero in Europe. Especially valuable for summer and fall use out- 

 of-doors, and for hotbed and cold frame culture. It is a cabbage, 

 butter-head type with glossy, plain edged leaves tinged brown on 

 the margins; forms a fom, well folded head, buttery-yellow at 

 the heart and of excellent quality. 



Black Seeded Big Boston, b. s lap 



Similar to regular Big Boston, w. s., but has larger outer leaves 

 and the head is usually not as firm. 



Black Seeded Tennisball, b. s logment 



70 days. Very dependable, medium green, butter-head variety; 

 particularly popular with market gardeners because it forms 

 fairly good heads when the weather is so warm that most varieties 

 fail. Head globular, hard and buttery; of sweet delicate flavor. 

 The same as Salamander, which name is equally popular. 



1 lb. 



25 lbs. 



or more 



or more 



per lb. 



per lb. 



$0.75 



S0.70 



.90 



1.00 



,75 



.85 



.95 



.70 



