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LETTUCE 



Beckert's 

 Golden 

 Curled 

 Lettuce 



BECKERT'S GOLDEN CURLED. (See illustration.) The best 

 Lettuce in its class for spring and early summer crops. It 

 grows rapidly and forms immense loose heads of tender 

 curled leaves. 



EARLY BUTTERHEAD LETTUCES 



These varieties are good for both very early spring and 

 fall sowing. They are quick growers, requiring cool weather 

 for their best development. Make the first sowing as soon 

 as the ground can be prepared in the spring and, for a fall 

 crop, sow again after the middle of July. 



MAY KING. Equally fine for forcing and outdoors; of me- 

 dium size and practically all head; yellowish green in 

 color with the heart blanched to a rich golden yellow. 



Days to maturity 75 to 80. This 

 variety is of great importance to 

 our trade. Every precaution has been taken to insure the 

 purity of our strain. Its brilliant green market appear- 

 ance is, no doubt, responsible for the consistently high 

 price it commands on the market. "We know of no finer 

 strain. Does well in spring and fall. 



WAY AHEAD. A very rapid grower and a sure header. It 

 produces handsome, medium-sized, solid heads of the 

 finest quality. Fine for the home-garden. 



BLACK-SEEDED BIG BOSTON. A variety somewhat similar 

 to Big Boston. Forms large, solid heads; crisp and tender; 

 slow to seed. 



ALL-HEART. A select strain o£»the variety, also known as 

 Salamander and Black-seedeflEtt'ennisball. Although is 

 very early and a splendid sprll^ Lettuce, it might als'o be 

 classed as a mid-season sort for it resists heat well and 

 will head under very unfavorable conditions. 



WHITE BOSTON. 



CRISPHEAD LETTUCE 



ICEBERG. The earliest and one of the largest headers in 

 its class. Ready in about 65 days from sowing. The heads 

 are solid, 6 to 8 inches in diameter, very crisp and tender. 

 A fine hot-weather Lettuce for the home-garden. 



HANSON. A very reliable variety under all conditions. Large 

 heads with light silvery green leaves; sweet and crisp. 

 Good for both market and home-garden. 



NEW YORK or WONDERFUL. The most popular Lettuce of 

 its type; grown in enormous quantities for market. Large 

 heads, requiring about 80 days to reach full size; outer 

 leaves deep green, heads hard and blanched white within; 

 crisp and of finest flavor. Our stock is extra-fine. 



CRISP-AS-ICE. A very compact, bronze-green sort, of deli- 

 cious flavor and great hardiness. 



The first sowing of Lettuce may be made outdoors about 

 the middle of April, at which time the loose-leaf or early 

 butterhead varieties do best. Sow the seed in rows 2 feet 

 apart and the seedlings should be thinned out as soon as 

 they are about 2 inches tall to stand 3 to 4 inches apart in 

 the row. As they transplant readily, the seedings in thin- 

 ning may be reset in another part of the garden. As the 

 plants develop and begin to touch each other, remove every 

 other one and continue to thin as needed until the plants 

 stand 14 to 18 inches apart and you can get between them 

 with the hoe. For succession, plant the late butterhead or 

 crisphead varieties. A half-ounce of Lettuce seed will sow 

 100 feet of row and produce about 1,500 plants. 



LETTUCE Pkt. 1 oz. % lb. 1 lb. 



Beckert's Golden Curled $ .10 $ .30 $1.00 $2.50 



Beckert's Brown Curled 10 .30 1.00 2.50 



Black-Seeded Simpson 10 .20 .50 1.25 



Early Curled Simpson 10 .20 .50 1.25 



The Morse 10 .20 .60 1.50 



Grand Rapids Forcing 10 .20 .50 1.25 



May King 10 .20 .60 1.50 



White Boston 10 .30 1.00 2.50 



Wayahead 10 .20 .60 1.50 



Black-Seeded Big Boston 10 .20 .60 1.50 



All-Heart 10 .20 .60 1.50 



Iceberg io .20 .60 1.50 



Hanson 10 .20 .60 1.50 



New York or Wonderful 10 .30 1.00 2.50 



Crisp-As-Ice 10 .30 1.00 2.50 



LOOSE LEAF VARIETIES 



BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. A rapid grower, standing heat 

 and drought well and forming large bushy plants. The 

 leaves are light yellowish green, much crumpled and 

 fringed, crisp and of best quality. Always reliable. 



BECKERT'S BROWN CURLED. This Lettuce is very much 

 like Beckert's Golden Curled, except in color. The leaves 

 are deeply tinged with reddish brown and of the best 

 quality. 



EARLY CURLED SIMPSON. A favorite home-garden Let- 

 tuce, growing quickly and producing broad, light green 

 leaves, crumpled and fringed, of fine quality. Often sown 

 broadcast and the leaves cut when quite young. 



THE MORSE. A vigorous grower, suitable for forcing as 

 well as outdoors. It makes good-sized, compact clusters 

 of crisp, tender, somewhat crumpled leaves, light green 

 outside and blanched to a beautiful light yellow in the 

 center 



GRAND 'RAPIDS FORCING. The leading variety in its class 

 for forcing and also a good variety for extra-early out- 

 door gardening. Grand Rapids forms large, loose bunches 

 of thin, bright green leaves, finely crumpled and fringed, 

 handsome in appearance and of very good quality. Our 

 stock of this fine Lettuce is extra choice. 



Grand Rapids Forcing 



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