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Reichner's Early White Butter or Ridge Lettuce. 



This very excellent new variety is the result of several years' selection from the Philadelphia 

 Early White Cabbage made by the Reichners, who are among the best market gardeners around 

 Philadelphia. It is one of the best forcing lettuces, and very valuable for summer on account of its 

 slowness to shoot to seed. It is also the best variety for sowing in the fall, for planting on ridges, 

 being entirely hardy in the South, and requiring only a slight protection in the North; produces fine, 

 large, white, solid heads of superb quality, and is remarkably early. Philadelphia market gardeners 

 value this lettuce so highly that they will payalmost any price to obtain the seed. No market or private 

 grower can afford to be without this valuable variety. Pkt., loc; oz., 25c.; % lb., 70c.; lb., $2,50. 



New White Russian Summer Lettuce. 



This is pre-emiueutly one of the best sorts to withstand the extreme heat of our lojg, hot summer 

 months, as it forms beautiful large, solid heads, without showing the slightest disposition whatever to run 

 to seed. The heads generally have to be cut before any seed-stalk will appear It is not a forcing variety, 

 but one of the best for open ground crops, both North and South. Of very rapid growth, with few 

 outer leaves; in color it is a light apple-green, yellowish-white inside, and forms a very large, solid 

 head, of the finest quality for market and shipping. All who have planted it are enthusiastic in its 

 praise. This lettuce is so distinct that a casual observer could readily discover a single head of it in an 

 acre of any other sort. Pkt., loc; oz., 35c.; % lb., |i.oo; lb., $3.50. 



Denver Market Lettuce . 



We were so well pleased with this new lettuce on 

 our trial grounds this season that we have decided to 

 offer it to our customers and append the introducer's 

 description as follows : 



'■ We obtained a few seeds of this new lettuce some 

 years ago from a market gardener in Denver, Colorado. 

 It is an early variety of head lettuce, either for forcing 

 or open ground. It forms large, solid heads, of a good, 

 light green color and is very slow to run to seed. The 

 leaves are beautifully curled and crimped (like the Savoy 

 Cabbages), and are very tender, crisp and of excellent 

 flavor. The crimped leaves distinguish it from any 

 other kind of lettuce now grown. The shape of the 

 head resembles somewhat the Hanson, but is more 

 oblong." Pkt., loc; oz., 25c.; '/ lb., 70c.; lb., $2.50. 



LETTUCE IS NOT ONLY COOLING TO THE SYSTEM, BUT PRODUCES SLEEP, 



STALK IS EATEN. 



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