PETER HENDERSON ACO.,NEW YORK 



HENDERSONS 

 BIG BOSTON 

 LETTUCE 



The best 

 on earth 

 and 

 more 

 extensively 

 grown than 

 any other. 

 Is praised by 

 all users. 



"When my neighbors see my Big Boston Lettuce 

 they think they are cabbages." 



M. A. GARRETT, Patterson, La. 

 "You ought to see my Big Boston Lettuce I 

 planted the 14th of August. It is grand. Every- 

 one that sees it admires it." 



J. J. WEST, Salisbury, N. C. 

 "I had some of your Big Boston Lettuce last year 

 and it was simply grand." 



M. M. STEWART, Hollidaysburg, Pa. 

 " The Big Boston was a splendid success. Hardly 

 a head weighed less than 2 lbs., while I had many 

 that weighed 3 lbs." 



Maj. W. H. NASH, Vancouver, Wash. 

 " The lettuce I have raised from your Big Boston 

 seed created quite a sensation here. Every one 

 asked me where I got the seed. You will get several 

 orders from here. " 



H. HUEBSCH, Austin, Texas. 

 " We were much pleased with your Big Boston 

 Lettuce — they produced fine large heads." 



W. L. TAYLOR, Lawton, Mich. 

 "I 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, 

 Sarsdenfield, Camberley. 



Surrey. England. 



HENDERSON'S 



BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 



A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE. 



For Either Midsummer or Fall Use. Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp 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 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, splendid 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 outside 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 wonderfully popular summer lettuce: in fact, we know of 

 no other varietv that gives such general satisfaction under so raanv varied conditions. 

 (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. H lb., $2.50 lb. 



Our SUCCESSION COLLECTION of Lettuces offered on page 30, is worthy of your attention. 



