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THE SEfiSflTIOH IiETTOCE. 



This«remarkable new candidate from France 

 appeals not only to the shrewd market gardener 

 but to every owner of a home garden who may 

 desire something extra choice in quality. It is now 

 creating a great sensation among Paris market 

 gardeners, where more lettuce is probably grown 

 than any other place in the world ; the French 

 being fine judges and great lovers of lettuce. L,ast 

 year we imported, direct from the originator, suf- 

 ficient seed to put up several thousand small pack- 

 ets, which we distributed free for trial among our 

 customers. We have received many hundred let- 

 ters from both market and family gardeners, who 

 all agree in pronouncing it the best lettuce they 

 have ever grown for forcing, and equally valuable 

 for growing in open ground during the hottest 

 summer months. It is a beautiful light yellowigh- 

 green color, leaves much blistered on the surface, 

 and of very siiperior even quality. It has the 

 peculiarity of forming a solid head, even before half 

 grown. It is the shyest seeder of any lettuce we 

 have ever grown, and is necessarily high in price. 

 We offer American seed of our own growing. 

 Large pkt., 20c.; oz., 50c.; X lb., I1.50; lb., fs.oo. 



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C. K. Ballard, Milwau- 

 kee, Oregon, Sept. 27, 1891, 

 writfes: "Sensation Let- 

 tuce is entitled to the l)lue 

 ribbon, andis indeed asen- 

 sation here. It is by far the 

 best ever grown for family 

 use or market, grows vig- 

 orously, every plant a pei- 

 fecthead, and maintains its 

 tender and delicious qual- 

 ity throughout the entire 

 season." 



J. B. Bl'TTS, Americus, 

 Ga., Oct. 15, 1891, writes: 

 "The Sensation is decid- 

 edly the best lettuce I ever 

 planted; it well deserves 

 the name." 



I. S. Gibson, Brentwood, 

 N. Y., Sept. 7, 1891, writes: 

 "You have a gem in the 

 new Sensation lettuce. I 

 am a large grower of let- 

 tuce and for the past thirty 

 years have been growing 

 all the most noted varie- 

 ties, but yours is an im- 

 provement on them all." 



Albert Crist, Stafford, 

 Kansas, Oct. 1, 1891, writes: 

 "Sensation Lettuce is the 

 very finest of all. Very 

 large and beautiful, remain- 

 ing tender and sweet long- 

 er than any other kind 

 known here." 



Wm. H. Purdie, Colum- 

 bus, N. Y., Aug. 20. 1891, 

 Avrites: " Your riglitly 

 named lettuce— the Sensa- 

 tion — is the finest I ever 

 saw: it is the very best in 

 quality, and in my opinion 

 no gardener can aflord to 

 be without it." 



.T. Fuller, Leominster, 

 Mass., Aug. 24, 1891, writes: 

 "The new Sensation Let- 

 tuce is the best I ever had 

 anything to do with. It 

 seems to melt in the 

 mouth." 



E. L. Shafto, Hamilton, 

 N. J., Oct. 14, 1891, writes: 

 "I gave your Sensation 

 Lettuce a trial alongside 

 three other kinds and 

 found it the best. Heads 

 large as Early Cabbage and 

 does not shoot to seed. 



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For some years past the city of Elmira, New York, h'as had the reputa- 

 tion of having on sale the finest and largest asparagus grown in the State. 

 This asparagus has attracted much attention from dealers and commission 

 merchants generally throughout the State, all anxious to get it. Upon 

 inquiry we found this asparagus was grown entirely by one prominent market 

 gardener, Mr. A. Donald, who had become noted as growing this asparagus 

 for which he realized handsome prices and although a large grower, was 

 unable to supply half the demand. Mr. Donald being an old customer of 

 ours, by paying a high price we induced him, last fall a year, to save vis 

 some seed from one of his choicest beds and from which we have grown and 

 offer for sale this season splendid and strong one-year-old roots. The color 

 is notably different from either the famous Barr's Philadelphia Mammoth or 

 Palmetto, while the stalks are more tender and succulent. Its mammoth 

 size can be realized from the fact that in whole crops five stalks will average 

 a pound in weight. Mr. Donald has been offered fifty cents a pound for his 

 asparagus to ship to New York City, but the dealers in Elmira would not 

 allow him to ship it even at such figures. We have on file in our ofiice tes- 

 timonials from the leading produce merchants of Elmira fully substantiat- 

 ing all claims made for Donald's Elmira Asparagus. Prices of seed : Pkt., 

 lb., $2.50 ; strong roots, I1.75 per lOO ($2.00 per 100, post-paid) ; |6.oo for 500 



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