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MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901. 



A Grand New Cabbage= Headed Lettuce. 



MAULE'S UNNAMED. 

 Trial Packet Free to All Customers Ordering $1.00 Worth of Garden Seeds. 



While in France last summer, visiting the El 

 position, I was so fortunate as to secure a ven 

 limited amount of seed of a brand new cabbagl 

 headed lettuce, that for the present will be know] 

 as Maule's Unnamed. It is certainly a lettuce ■ 

 very high merit, and 1 hold it in such esteem tha 

 1 am willing to pay liberally for an approprial 

 title for it. It is well worthy of universal attei 

 tion, and I wish to have it so well and so wise! 

 christened that its name and its fame will travi 

 together for many years to come. Its shape ail 

 general appearance are excellently shown in tn 

 illustration herewith. 



Maule's Unnamed Lettuce is of good size. Ta 

 plant covers an area 8 orlO inches in diameter. TD 

 head is full and compact, of a pale green color, a 

 most yellow on ton. The outer leaves are vei 

 much rounded in ratline, with a few coard 

 broad crimpings, and not nearly so pale in cold 

 as the leaves which form the head. Seed is whin 

 It is, in all respects, a very fine lettuce; in qualll 

 as well as in appearance. It is regular in shape ad 

 the head forms quickly. It is slow to run to seel 

 It is not the largest lettuce on the market, 1 

 spread of leaves, but in actual crop it outyiel<| 

 many larger sorts. It is nearly all head, with bi 

 little waste, and is to be strongly recommends 

 for home and market. 



This lettuce is not for sale this year; but on 

 small trial packet will be sent free, on request,! 

 any person buying vegetable seeds from this cau 

 logue during 1901 to the extent of 81.00 or upward] 

 Only one packet of seed will be sent to one persoi 

 no matter how large the order. 



4f\/\ Each packet will entitle tt 

 jS|l II I recipient to suggest a suitab 



•,\w §\ _w \ w name for this new sort, and i 

 the person or persons who su 

 gest the most appropriate name, I will pay Nov. 

 1901, a cash prize of 8100. No person will be ij 

 cognized as a competitor for the 8100, who has n< 

 procured a packet of seed of Unnamed Lettue 

 MAULE'S unnamed. and all names must reach me by Nov. 1, 1901. 



Crisp=as=Ice Lettuce. 



A PRAISE WINNER. 



This fine, large head lettuce is winning the praise and approbation which I predicted for it. It is 

 a beautiful lettuce of the cabbage type. The solid heads are of great size, and the leaves are so 

 tender and brittle as to have suggested the name bestowed upon it. The head has a rich, creamy 

 yellow heart. The leaves are thick and glossy, somewhat curled, green, variegated with bronze. 



IT CANNOT BE OVERPRAISED FOR HOME USE. 



This lettuce cannot be overestimated or overpraised for home use in spring and summer, but it 

 is rather too brittle for market. This sounds like saying that it is too good for market, for brittle- 

 ness or crispness is a virtue rather than a fault. I mean, of course, that it is too tender to bear 

 rough handling. It must have plenty of room in the row, on account of its size, it will every- 

 where prove to be one of the best lettuces ever grown, either for hotbeds or for open air culture. 



I have long predicted that Crisp-as-Ice would give great satisfaction, and have received much 

 testimony in support of that opinion. I will quote Mr. F. S. White, of Iowa, an expert seed grower 

 and experimental gardener, on this subject. 



Under date of July 20, 1900, Mr. White wrote me as follows : "Of the many new varieties of vege- 

 tables which you sent me for testing on my trial grounds, I wish in particular to speak a word 

 of praise for your new Crisp-as-Ice Lettuce. This is certainly a grand acquisition to our vege- 

 table list. It forms very large, solid beads of a rich, golden color, and remains sweet, brittle and 

 free from any strong bitter taste through our hottest mid-summer weather. It is very slow to run 

 to seed. We are very fond of good lettuce, and nothing has given us more satisfaction than the crop 

 of lettuce from the little packet of Crisp-as-Ice sent with the other seeds." Packet, in ce nts. 



-AS-ICE LETTUCE. 



NEW COS LETTUCE LIMAGNE. 



A NEW COS LETTUCE. 



LIMAGNE. 



This excellent new cos lettuce, which I offer this year for the first tint 

 is a great favorite In Paris, and Is served exclusively in the most fashio 

 able restaurants and cafes ot that city. I have long sold the cos type 

 lettuce, and have quite a demand for the seed, but regard this new sort 

 something distinctly better than anything heretofore offered by mys 

 or any other American seedsman. 



Cos Lettuce is not yet a common market type anywhere in Amerl 

 but is in high favor in many private gardens. It is really an excelle 

 and palatable lettuce, especially when quickly grown In good soil. Limag 

 is especially delicate and desirable. The seed is white. It will bear clc 

 planting In the row. 



The upright habit of growth of the cos lettuce tends towards maki 

 the central leaves crisp and tender, and also toward blanching the 

 More than that, t lie shape of the leaf in the tall, compressed head Is I 

 garded as being very suitable and desirable for use upon the table in t 

 preparation of salads. I think this new Cos Lettuce should be wld^ 

 tried by all desiring the best up-to-date variety of the Cos family. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 50 cents. 



