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.-. JOHNSON .-. & .-. STOKES .•. PHILADELPHIA .■. 



JojHI^$o,M aST0l:^E.5 CH/Ay^f^loN SPPv't^G/'SJM^A^^LIJTUCE 



Johnson & Stokes' Champion Spring and Summer Lettuce . 



This new variety was offered for sale for the first time last spring, and, from the number of 

 favorable reports, it has certainly proven a boon to everj- market and family gardener who planted it. 

 It is certainly one of the most valuable and distinct varieties in existence. The photograph above 

 hardly does it justice, as it would be impossible to portray on paper its beautiful bright golden color and 

 flaky light appearance, in which it is unapproached by anj- other lettuce. It is not only one of the 

 best early lettuces for spring planting, forming good solid heads before half grown, but alike valuable 

 for growing during the hottest summer months, being one of the slowest to shoot to seed. The quality 

 and flavor are simph" perfect, surpassing all other varieties of cabbage lettuce. The seed is also very 

 distinct from any known lettuce, being a brownish j-ellow in color. The testimonials below speak for 

 themselves, we have enough similar ones on file in our office to fill several pages of this book. All are 

 unanimous in givmg Champion Spring and Summer the highest praise. Pkt., 15c.; oz., 45c.; X ^b., 

 .gi.25 ; lb., g4-00. 



" Champion Spring and Summer Lettuce cannot be beat. 

 It knocks out anything in this section of the country. It is 

 carher than Salamander by ten days, and makes mucji larger 

 and handsomer heads in June. Its equal certainly does not 

 exist."— I. W. Fisher, Springfield, X. Y. 



"Your seeds have given the greatest satisfaction here. 

 The new lettuce. Champion Spring and Summer, proved 

 the very best of all sorts. It stays in its headed state longer 

 than any other variety we have ever grown. It simply can't 

 be beat." — John F. Williams, Anna, 111. 



" \V*e were delighted with the Champion Spring and 

 Summer Lettuce It is three times as large as the Boston 

 Market or White-Seeded Tennis Ball, at the same time being 

 equally as tender and as quick in growth. In appearance and 

 in all other respects it is far superior to any we have ever 

 seen or grown ; and too much cannot be said in its favor. 

 The Cumberland Red Tomato is superior to any we have 

 ever raised. All the other seeds purchased of you are the 

 finest and best we ever had."— C. H. Metc^lf &. Sons, 

 Milford, Mass. 



THORBURIM'S LONG KEEPER TOMATO. 



PHOTO OF A BASKET OF THORBURN'S LONGEEEPER, 

 FROM OUR TRIAL GROUNDS. 



We tested this new tomato on our Trial 

 Grounds the past season and find all the claims 

 made b}- the originator^ E. S. Carman, editor 

 the Rural New Yorker, fully substantiated. 

 Mr. Carman wrote last year the following letter, 

 giving its origin and history ; 



About thirteen years agolraisedallthekindsof toma- 

 toes popular at that time. Six of each were selected the 

 same day, of apparently the same stage of maturity, and of 

 a bright red color, as well as of the largest size and shape- 

 liest form. These were kept in a darkened room until 

 all were more or less decayed. 



From the last one to decay I .selected seeds, which 

 were planted the next year. Careful selections have been 

 made every year since, always with a view to increasing 

 their long-keeping qualities, uniformity in shape, earli- 

 ness in ripening, as well as the productiveness of the 

 vines. 



This is the origin of this tomato, which has been 

 named "Thorburn's Long-Keeper," and which is now 

 offered to the public for the first time." 



(Signed) E. S. CARMAN. 



We recommend this tomato stronglj- to 

 all growers with whom keeping is a desider- 

 atum. Pkt, loc; oz., 35c.; }i lb., $1.00. 



