DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Simpson s tar y Lur ed 

 Large India Head —This variety attains a large 

 «ize the plants frequently measuring eighteen inches in 

 diameter The heads are not sohd but are white with 

 in. crisp and tender, and not bitter • with.-, .r is heat 

 and drought well 



Ferry's Early Prize Head 



Hanson. —The heads are of very large size delicious- 

 iy sweet tender and crisp even to the outer leaves. 

 Color green outside and white within , free from any 

 bitter or unpleasant taste. 



Early White Head.— An excellent variety for hot- 

 bed culture, as well as open air; early and hardy. 

 Heads small, white, crisp, very compact and closely 

 cabbaged 



Early White Head. 



Early Curled Silesia.— An early variety of very 

 strong growth leaves large, iight yellow, wrinkled It 

 makes a large, loose head, of fair quality. 



Frankfort Head. — A dark green curled variety with 

 close round heads which cut open finely blanched and 

 vej-y crisp. It remains a long time in head , seeds black 

 produced very -paringly. 



Large Drumhead — Heads remarkably large some- 

 what flattened, compact : pale green without, and white 

 at the center , crisp and tender . one of the finest sum- 

 mer varieties ; seeds white 



White Paris Cob —A variety largely --^ovn for the 

 London and Paris markets. The heads arf long, upright. 



tariy Cur'ed Silesia 

 with oblong leaves It is very hardy of large size, and 

 long in running to seed tender, brittle and mild-fla- 

 vored. 



Large Uiumnead 

 CuirrtRE. — A very rich soil is necessarj' to produce 

 fine head Lettuce. Its crisp and tender quality depends 

 very much on a luxuriant and vigorous growth. The 

 earliest sowing may be made in March, under glass. 

 with slight heat Keep the plants thin, and admit 

 plenty of an to the frame ever>' fine day. For later 



White '^aris Cos 



supplies sow in the open ground as soon as the season 

 will permit , transplant oi thin out the plants gradually 

 to a foot apart, and keep well cultivated. The early va- 

 rieties, if sown early in the spring, are apt to run up 

 quickly to seed, so the head varieties are nore sL'itable 

 for summer use. 



MARTYNIA 



A strong-growing, hard\ , . . 



shaped seed-pods, which, when young and tender, are 

 highly priz d by many for pickling . he pods are pro- 



si; nual pi? t, with curious- 

 nd tender, are 



