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SEEDS AND IMPLEMENTS 
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BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 
Deacon Lettuce.—Large solid, long standing 
summer lettuce. Heads light green in color, 
and very pleasing -to the eye. Packet,  5e. 
Ounce, 15c. %4 pound, 35c. Pound, $1.00 
Hubbard Market.—A large heading variety, 
good for either forcing or sowing in open 
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New Golden Queen.—Popular for forcing. 
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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 the growers one of the best in 
Cay Ounce, 15c. % pound, 35c: Pound, 
1.00. 
Improved Big Boston.—Identical in color, 
shape and general appearance as the Boston 
Market Lettuce, but double in size. It is 
about one week later in maturing, but its 
solidity and greater size of head will make it a 
most valuable sort, desirable either for cold 
frames or open ground planting. Packet, 5c. 
Ounce, 15c. % pound, 35c. Pound, $1.00. 
Salamander—B. S.—Compact, tender heads, 
resisting summer heat. Pkt., 5c. Ounce, I5c. 
wepound, 20c. ) “Pound, $1.00: 
Boston Market, or Tennis Ball.—This va- 
riety 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. 
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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. 
It is especially adapted for planting in the fall 
and winter, and makes a fine, tender, buttery 
head. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. 4% poundy 35c. 
Pound, $1.00. 
CURLED OR CUTTING VARIETIES. 
Early Curled Simpson.—Very early, largely 
grown in cold frames. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. 
Y% pound, 4oc. Pound, $1.25. 
I oz. to 3,000 plants, 3 lbs. to an acre, 
Culture——Sow in hot-beds or the 
open ground during April and May for 
summer supply. Plants may be grown 
on a temporary bed and transplanted; 
or the seed may be sown where the 
lettuce is to mature. For a permanent 
bed, select rich, light soil, spade deep- 
ly, incorporate manure and lay off in 
drills two feet apart. 
Early May King Lettuce.—Fine for 
early spring planting in the open 
ground. Round, compact, solid heads, 
green and tender. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 
isc. 4 pounds 256, (Pound ys1.25: 
Prize Head.—One of the very best 
loose-bunching or non-heading varie- 
ties. Leaves brown, very curly, and of 
remarkably fine flavor. Packet, 5c. 
Ounce 156.54 pound. 35c, Pound, 
$1.00. 
Black-Seeded Simpson.—One of the best 
curled varieties, withstanding the summer 
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COS, OR ROMAINE. 
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, I5c. 
% pound, 35c. Pound, $1.25. 
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Broad London, or Large American Flag.— 
Best American-grown seed. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 
iyCue 4 pound +35c. Pound, $1.25. P 
