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F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., 



Bolgiano's White Forcing Lettuce. 



^ Bolgfiano's "White Forcing- t,ettuce. This stock 

 was secured from one of the leading market gardeners of Wash- 

 ington. It has given entire satisfaction wherever used; making a 

 solid, compact head; comes early, has a fine light color, and is 

 tender and crisp. We recommend this to all growers of hotbed 

 and greenhouse Lettuce. Ounce, 20 cents; X pound, 50 cents; 

 pound, .i(?1.50. 



Boston Market or Xennis Ball L,ettuce. This 

 variety is used specially for greenhouse and hotbed culture, be- 

 cause it can be planted very close. It grows very compact; fair 

 size. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 2 ounces, 15 cents; 

 X pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 



California Cream Butter I^ettuce. Is a Lettuce of 

 much merit. It meets the expectations of expert gardeners and 

 shippers who have no use for an}- except the best. Outside leaves 

 are a medium green color, and inside is folded a solid head of rich 

 creamj' yellow color. It is one of the best in cultivation. Ounce, 

 10 cents; X pound, 25 cents; }i pound, 40 cents;, pound, 75 cents. 



Royal Cabbage L,ettuce. Is a famous sort of the very 

 best qualities for fall and winter use. It stands the severest win- 

 ter equal to cabbage, and heads under glass to the satisfaction of 

 the largest growers. It has won favor in the Southern states, 

 where it has long been regarded as a reliable sort. It forms a 

 good sized head, with a buttery white compact heart. Packets, 5 

 and 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; X pound, 35 cents; yi pound, 60 

 cents; pound, j^l.OO. 



Deacon L,ettuce. Large, solid, long standing summer 

 Lettuce. Heads light green in color and very pleasing to the eye. 

 Stands a long while without going to seed. Packets, 5 and 10 

 cents; ounce, 15 cents; X pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.00. 



Dutcll Speckled Butter. Produces heads of excellent 

 quality, and one of the best market sorts; also stands the heat 

 well in summer. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 10 cents; X 

 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 



Trianon "Wliite Cos Lettuce. This favorite of the 

 Paris table excels all other Lettuce in crispness, tenderness and 

 flavor and is unapproached by anj- other. The heads are tall and 

 conical. When blanched the leaves become .stiff like stalks of cel- 

 ery, and snowy white, and may be eaten like celery, hence it is 

 known as the celery Lettuce. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 15 

 cents; )4 pound, 50 cents; pound, 85 cents. 



Bolgiano & Co.'s Private Stock Lettuce. 



An improved type of the popular Big Boston, having the .same 

 characteristics of that variety except the leaves are free from 

 the brown tinge. The heads are .solid and very crisp when 

 other sorts become tough and flakj-. An all-season Lettuce. 

 Our seed has been selected mo.st carefully, yet it is not abso- 

 lutelj- fixed in type. Gardeners who grew it in the past de- 

 mand it again. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; X 

 pound, 50 cents; pound, si. 50. 



Bolg-iano's IVe-w Early Spring Lettuce. In 



the early spring months this elegant Lettuce does its best, pro- 

 ducing large, cabbage-like heads, which are uniform in size, 

 tender, crisp, and sell for the highest prices in the market. 

 Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 2 ounces, 25. cents; 

 X pound,, 40 cents;' ^ pound, 75 cents; pound, $1.25. 



Big Boston Lettuce. It is for forcing in cold frames 

 or open grou^nd planting. The Big Bo.ston is wanted bj- mar- 

 ket gardeners and truckers because it always produces large, 

 .salable heads, and because it heads up well at all seasons of the 

 year, and is of crisp, tender quality. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; 

 ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 40 cents; yi lb., 60 cts, ; lb., #1.00. 



Bolgiano's Celebrated Big Head Lettuce. 



It forms a compact head, has no core, but a tender golden 

 heart. It resists the cold, withstands the summer heat, is 

 always crisp and has a mild flavor. When open it becomes a 

 table ornament. Packets, 5 and 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; X 

 pound, 50 cents; X pound, 80 cents; pound, $1.50. 



Defiance. This we consider one of the very best Let- 

 tuces. It is of fine quality, crisp and tender, and remams in 

 prime condition a- long time before going to seed. As a sum- 

 mer variety it has already become a standard .sort. Packets, 

 5 and lOcents; ounce, 15 cents; '4 pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.00. 



Farmer's Pride Lettuce. 



We recommend this Lettuce, feeling that when we do we 

 have placed in the hands of our trade one that will give the 

 utmost satisfaction. It forms a large, solid head, slow to seed 

 and early in forming. Its large golden heart with outside 

 leaves of' bright green make it pleasing to the eye and when 

 used at the table is unsurpassed. The leaves are crumpled and 

 have none of the coarseness of other sorts. Packets, 5 and 10 

 cents; ounce 15 cents; ,H pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25. 



The Lettuce seed I got of you turned out splendidly. JAMES STABLER, Montgomery Co., Maryland. 



The seed I have gotten from you has always given us perfect satisfaction. Bro. CLEMENTUS, Ammendale Inst., Maryland. 



Your Big Boston Lettuce satisfied me. I cut my crop and they ran 40 heads to the barrel. They are fine. Your stock of Spinach 



has pleased me for a number of years, and I expect to continue the use of it. HARRY B. SWEENEY. 



