SEEDS AND IMPLEMENTS 



LETTUCE LattichSalat 



BIG BOSTON LETTUCE 



Deacon Lettuce. — Large solid, long standing 

 summer lettuce. Heads light green in color, and 

 very pleasing to the eye. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 

 15c. | pound, 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



Hubbard Market.— A large heading variety, 

 good for either forcing or sowing in open ground. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. | pound, 35c. Pound, 

 $1.25. 



New Golden Queen.— Popular for forcing. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. \ pound, 35c. Pound, 

 $1.00. 



California Cream Butter.— Outside leaves 

 are of medium green color, and inside is folded a 

 solid head of rich, creamy yellow color. It is 

 considered by growers one of the best in culti- 

 vation. Ounce, 15c. | pound, 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



Salamander.— B. S— Compact, tender heads, 

 resisting summer heat. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. 

 I pound, 30c. Pound, $1.00. 



Boston Market, or Tennis Ball.— This vari- 

 ety is used specially for green-house and hot-bed 

 culture, because it can be planted very close. It 

 grows very compact, fair size, heads slightly 

 tinged with red on edge of leaves. Packet, 5c. 

 Ounce, 15c. | pound, 30c. Pound, 85c. 



Immensity.— A very large heading variety, 

 one of the largest of the cabbage sorts and almost 

 a third larger than California Cream Butter, 

 which it resembles in color and shape. Packet, 

 5c. Ounce, 15c. \ pound, 35c. Pound, $1.00. 



Early Curled Simpson.— Very early, largely 

 grown in cold frames. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. 

 | pound, 40c. Pound, $1.25. 



One ounce will sow 100 square feet or 

 120 feet of drill. 



Culture. — For winter use sow in 

 greenhouse or hotbed and cover seed 

 very lightly. Transplant first to three 

 inches apart and then to eight inches. 

 For outside use sow in rows, covering 

 seed one-quarter inch, the rows eighteen 

 inches apart, then thin out plants to 

 eight inches in row. 



Selected Big Boston Lettuce. 



— Identical in color, shape and general 

 appearance as the Boston Market Let- 

 tuce, but double in size. It is about 

 one week later in maturing, but its so- 

 lidity and greater size of head will make 

 it most valuable sort, desirable either 

 for cold frames or open ground plant- 

 ing. Market Gardeners do not neglect to include 

 some of this seed in your list. Packet 5c. 

 Ounce, 15c. \ pound, 50c. Pound, $1.50. 



Grand Rapid Forcing. — There is no better 

 forcing variety among the curled-leaved sorts than 

 the Grand Rapids, and it is quite as good for out- 

 door culture as other sorts. Large, beautiful 

 leaves, very crisp and tender. Packet, 5c. and 

 10c. Ounce, 15c. 4 Ounces, 40c. Pound, $1.25. 



May King. — A recent variety of great value 

 on account of its extreme earliness, large size and 

 tenderness. Will head with heat as well as out of 

 doors, though attains a better size with open-air 

 culture. Has a globular-shaped head of enor- 

 mous size, hard and well closed. A decided ac- 

 quisition. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. \ pound, 

 40c. Pound, $1.25. 



Black Seeded Simpson.— One of the best 

 curled varieties, withstanding the summer heat. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. \ pound, 35c. Pound, 

 $1.00. 



ROMAINE OR COS LETTUCE 

 New Trianon Cos, or Celery Lettuce. — The 



finest of all the Cos sorts; leaves when bleached 

 are stiff like celery stalks, and can be eaten in 

 the same manner. Ounce, 15c. j pound, 30c. 

 Pound, $1.00. 



LEEK Lauch, Ger. 



Broad London, or Large American Flag. — 



Best American-grown seed. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 

 15c. I pound, 40c. Pound, $1.25. 



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