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STECKLER'S SELECTED BIG BOSTON. 



— The illustration shows a field of Steckler's 

 Selected Big Boston Lettuce. It is per- 

 fection, and you cannot buy any Big- Bos 

 ton Lettuce at any price that is superior 

 to our strain. The heads of this strain 

 are so firm and solid that almost every 

 head can be cut. It is a standard market 

 garden and shipping variety, being grown 

 almost exclusively in many sections for 

 shipment and for market. Extra large, 

 round, firm, heading variety, and makes 

 a good appearance in market. Our seed 

 of this variety is grown for us by a let- 

 tuce seed specialist whom we consider the 

 best in the world. Our seed of Big Bos- 

 ton is the purest and hardest heading stock 

 that you can obtain. Packet 5c. and 10c: 

 oz., 20c; Y\ !»-, 60c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 



BIG BOSTON. — Our strain of this very 

 popular variety is unsurpassed. Thousands 

 of acres of Big Boston Lettuce are grown 

 annually in the South. Plants are large 

 and vigorous, leaves light green, slightly 

 tinged with reddish brown; stands very 

 long before shooting to seed. Can be 

 grown in the open ground, in the Spring 

 or Fall, or in frames for early Spring plant- 

 ing, does particularly well in cold weather 

 and is especially recommended for Fall 

 planting in the South. Is very popular 

 with gardeners and truckers, because it al- 

 ways produces large, solid, salable heads; 

 and with private growers because it heads 

 up at all seasons of the year and is of 

 crisp, tender quality. Packet, 5c and 10c; 

 oz., 15c; Yi lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 





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Paris White Cos. 



PARIS WHITE COS, ROMAINE, OR 

 CELERY. — This kind of lettuce is distin- 

 guished by its long, narrow, spoon-shaped 

 leaves, folding into loose, sugar-loaf shaped 

 heads which blanch better by having the 

 outer leaves drawn about them and tied. 

 The quality is distinct from that of the 

 Cabbage Lettuces and by many is consid- 

 ered very superior. Packet 5c and 10c; 

 oz., 20c; Y* lb., 50c; lb., $1.50, postpaid. 



PERPIGNAN.— A fine German variety 

 which forms large light green heads and 

 which stands the heat. It is much culti- 

 vated for the market, as it thrives well 

 when sown during the .latter part of 

 Spring. Packet, 5c and 10c; oz., 20c; 

 Ya lb., 50c; lb., $1.75, postpaid. 



GRAND RAPIDS. — This superb Lettuce 

 is especially adapted to greenhouse cul- 

 ture in Winter; also a good Lettuce to sow 

 outside early in the Spring for family use. 

 Very beautiful in appearance. Of rapid, 

 upright growth, and may therefor be 

 planted quite close, and not liable to rot; 

 retains its freshness a long time after 

 being cut, hence much sought after by 

 dealers and shippers. Qualitv the best 

 Packet, 5c and 10c; oz., 20c; \k lb., 50c: 

 lb., $1.75, postpaid. 



MAY KING. — This remarkable new cab- 

 bage Lettuce has proved i-tself capable of 

 satisfying the most exacting requirements 

 that could be made of an early outdoor 

 Lettuce. It is an excellent variety for 



