HENDERSONS 



:: :: BIG :: :: 

 BOSTON 



The Best Head Lettuce on 



Earth. More Extensively 



Grown Than Any 



Other Lettuce 



IT IS PRAISED BY ALL USERS 



"I am not in the habit of writing testimonials, 

 but heretofore I have never been able to raise crops 

 of realy good Lettuce. At last I have struck what 

 I want in your Big Boston.'' 



HENRY CASSON.^Jr., Madison, Wis. 

 "I find that your Big Boston is the most delicious 

 Lettuce I have ever used." 



JOHN J. McNEVIN, Elmira, N. Y. 

 "From Big Boston Lettuce seed got from you I 

 have raised (so my friends say) the very best they 

 ever ate." 



HENRY 0. HASKELL, Skaneateles, N. Y. 

 "I wish to stale that I got some very fine Big 

 Boston Lettuce seed from you last season, and 

 succeeded very well with them." 



MARTIN A. LYONS, Homeplace, La. 

 "Thanks to your seeds of dependable merit I've 

 enjoyed the praises on all sides for my Lettuce 

 (especially the Big Boston), making it hard for me 

 ■not to become vain." 



Mrs. F. K. IRVINE, Lemont, III. 

 "My father, C. H. Slade, of Belmont, always 

 claimed you had the best Big Boston Lettuce seed 

 obtainable." 



L. H. SLADE, Whitman, Mass. 

 "My Lettuce is perfectly grand, both the Big 

 Boston and New York. I think the latter the 

 finest I ever saw. The leaves are so thick and 

 tender. The order is in every way perfect." 

 WM. F. MYERS, 518 Concord St., Cary, Pa. 



We deliver free in U. S. l by c Parc u d 



— - , . ■ — ' or Freight. 



Henderson's Big Boston LettUCe 



:: A Grand Large Cabbage Lettuce :: 

 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 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 early summer and fall use, in 

 frames for spring, or forced cool in greenhouses for winter use. It invariably gives both 

 grower and user the utmost satisfaction, producing, under ordinarily favorable con- 

 ditions, splendid, large, creamy-white 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. Big Boston is one of the best large-heading Lettuces, and, while it 

 succeeds at all seasons, except during the very hottest months, it is 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 protecting the plants from hard 

 frosts, which when cut for market are as fresh, bright and untinged as at any season. 

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

 States for shipping to Northern markets ; in every state it is wonderfully popular; in fact, 

 we know of no other variety that gives such general satisfaction under such varying 

 conditions. (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 70c. % lb., $2.00 lb. 



Pos.. Express) Vegetable and Flower Seeds { by " he pk '- «■ I Also Lawn Grass Seeds 



at our option } - - ■ ' and quarter lb. ' , -.-.-■ ■ - ■ 



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