30 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



LETTUCE— HEADING VARIETIES (Cont.) 





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Mammoth Black Seeded Butter lebut $0.70 $0.65 



72 days. Reliable butter-heading sort much esteemed for home 

 and market gardens; especially desirable for summer culture. 

 Plant large, medium green; head large, firm; interior well 

 blanched to light golden yellow; of excellent quahty with delicate 

 buttery flavor. Similar to Black Seeded Tennisball and Sala- 

 mander, but larger. 



May King, w. s lemay .75 .70 



61 days. The earUest heading lettuce; standard for greenhouse 

 forcing and does splendidly out of doors in early spring. Plants 

 small, allowing very close planting, Ught green tinged sUghtly 

 with brown; head medium small, round, firm; interior rich 

 golden yellow, buttery, of splendid quahty. 



Mignonette, b. s lemig .90 .85 



66 days. Splendid for the home garden; the most popular lettuce 

 in Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines. Plant medium small; com- 

 pact; medium brown with dark greenish tinge; leaves frilled; head 

 globular; firm; heart well blanched, almost white; of excellent 

 quahty. 



NEW YORK, Wonderful, or Los Angeles, w. s lenew 1.10 1.00 



The most largely used lettuce in the world; grown in immense 

 quantities on the Pacific Coast and shipped to all parts of the 

 country in refrigerator cars. Plant large, dark green, crisp head- 

 ing, with large outer leaves which are notched and sHghtly curled 

 on the edges and large, tightly folded cabbage-hke head which 

 is weU blanched, crisp and sweet. Our Special is a strain of 

 regular New York carefully selected for several generations. 



New York Special No. 12 lesia 1.10 1.00 



An early sure heading strain adapted to warmer weather than 

 the original type. Forms somewhat flat, exposed heads with 

 rather light green, thin leaves. 



Salamander, b. s lesal .80 .75 



70 days. Very dependable; particularly popular with market 

 gardeners because it forms fairly good heads when the weather 

 is so warm that most varieties fail. Head globular, hard and 

 buttery; of sweet, dehcate flavor. The same as Black Seeded 

 Tennisball, which name is equally popular. 



Wayahead, w. s leway .70 .65 



A medium dark green butter heading variety with plain edged 

 outer leaves, somewhat crumpled, and a yellow heart. It is 

 easily grown and heads well from spring till fall and is a good 

 home garden variety. 



WHITE BOSTON, w.s. (Unrivalled) lewhi .80 .75 



This is a cabbage, butter-head type, leaves smooth and straight 

 on the edges. Plant and head entirely hght green; heart buttery 

 and yellow. This strain is the best in existence and we have given 

 H this name properly to distinguish it from Big Boston. 



