HENDERSON'S SUPERIOR SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



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HENDERSON'S "BIG BOSTON" LETTUCE 



H ENDERSON'S 



Big 

 Boston 

 Lettuce. 



Wins Praise 

 from all 

 Growers. 



HENDERSON'S BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 



A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE. 



For either Midsummer or Fall use. Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp White Heads. 



THIS grand variety, introduced into cultivation by us several years ago, has 

 proved to be most valuable, steadily gaining in popularity until it is now 

 more extensively grown than any other kind of lettuce, either for the private 

 table or for sale, North, South, East or West; whether grown in the open ground for 

 summer and fall use, or in frames for spring, or forced cool in greenhouses for winter 

 use, it invariably gives both grower and user the utmost satisfaction, producing dur- 

 ing all seasons, under ordinarily favorable conditions, splendid large buttery-yellow 

 heads, packed with thoroughly blanched leaves, crisp, tender, and sweet, delighting 

 both the palate and the eye. This grand variety makes a handsome plant, with 

 but few outside leaves, and stands long before bolting to seed. Although Big Boston 

 is one of our best large-heading midsummer lettuces, it is also peculiarly adapted 

 for cool open-ground culture ; large areas of it may be seen in the vicinity of New 

 York as late as Nov. 15th; a slight covering of salt hay amply protects the plants 

 from hard frosts, and when cut for market the leaves are as fresh, bright and untinged 

 as if in midsummer. Thousands of acres of it are grown during the winter in Florida 

 and other Southern States for shipping to Northern markets; as far north as Maine it 

 is a wonderfully popular summer lettuce; in fact, we know of no other variety that 

 gives such general satisfaction under so many varied conditions. (See cut.) Price,' 

 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 60c. J lb., $1.50 lb. 



A List of Bool£s on Market Gardening. Fruit Growing, Fertilizing, Insects, etc. will be found on page 65. 



" / don't think there is a lettuce to beat your Big 

 Boston. They look like cabbages. All of my lettuce 

 will be Big Boston next year." 



R. L. RICE, Sunrise, La. 



" Your Big Boston Lettuce was a great success — the 

 finest ever seen around here." 



H. W. M. DRAKE, Port Gibson, Mich. 



" The Big Boston was a splendid success. Hardly 

 a head weighed less than 2 lbs., while I had many that 

 weighed 3 lbs." 



Maj. W. H. NASH. Vancouver, Wash. 



" The lettuce I have raised frorx your Big Boston 

 seed created quite a sensation here. Every one asked 

 mt where I got the seed. You will get several orders 

 from here." 



H. HUEBSCH, Austin. Texas. 



" / made an extra fine crop from the Big Boston 

 Lettuce seed you sent me; 25 heads would often fill a 

 half bushel basket." 



ALFRED AYER, Mcintosh, Flo. 



" Your Big Boston Lettuce is fine." 



CHAS. RIESS, St. Bernard, Ohio. 



" W* were much pleased with your Big Boston 

 Lettuce — they produced fine large heads." 



W. L. TA YLOR. Lawton, Mich. 



