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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



j— { eNDERSON'S "BIG B OSTON" LETTUCE 



The Best and Biggest 

 Head Lettuce 

 Grown 



The Best 

 Head Lettuce 

 on Earth. 



More Extensively 

 Grown than any 

 other Lettuce. 



Praised by 



All Users 



"Enclosed we send you two photos of our Big Boston 

 Lettuce field. We had the finest on the market here 

 and took First Prize at our County Fair held last 

 month. The heads were like Cabbages." 



A. ZIMUCH & SONS, Mobile. Ala. 



"Your Big Boston Lettuce is fine; sold more than ever 

 this year." CHARLES RIESS, St. Bernard, Ohio. 



"I bought quite some Big Boston Lettuce Seed from 

 you and had a fine crop. I am cutting and shipping it 

 now. It certainly is a fine lettuce the best in this 

 tection." E. NADLER, Chester, N. Y. 



"Please send me 4 lbs. of your Big Boston Lettuce 

 teed. I had a large acreage of it the past season and 

 it was very fine." W. F. H ALLAN ER, 



Grower of Fancy Celery and Lettuce, 



156 Portland av.. Rochester, N. Y. 



"Your Big Boston Lettuce was a grand success — the 

 finest ever seen around here." 



H. W. M. DRAKE. Port Gibson, Mich. 



"The lettuce I have raised from your Big Boston 

 teed created quite a sensation here. Every one asked 

 me where I got the seed. You will get several orders 

 from here." H. HUEBSCH, Austin, Texas. 



"1 made an extra fine crop from the Big Boston 

 Lettuce seed you sent me; 25 heads would often fill a 

 kuskel basket." 



ALFRED AYER. Mcintosh, Fla. 



— HENDERSON'S BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. — 



A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE. 

 For either Early Summer or Fall use. Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp White Heads. 



THIS grand variety, introduced into cultivation by us several years ago, has 

 proved to be most valuable, steadily gaining in popularity until it is now 

 more extensively grown than any other kind of lettuce, either for the private 

 table or for sale, North, South, East or West; whether grown in the open ground for 

 summer and fall use, or in frames for spring, or forced cool in greenhouse for winter 

 use, it invariably gives both grower and user the utmost satisfaction, producing dur- 

 ing all seasons, under ordinarily favorable conditions, splendid large buttery-yellow 

 heads, packed with thoroughly blanched leaves, crisp, tender, and sweet, delighting 

 both the palate and the eye. This grand variety makes a handsome plant, with 

 but few outside leaves, and stands long before bolting to seed. Although Big Boston 

 is one of our best large heading midsummer lettuces, it is also peculiarly adapted 

 for cool open-ground culture; large areas of it may be seen in the vicinity of New 

 York as late as Nov. 15th; a slight covering of salt hay amply protects the plants 

 from hard frosts, and when cut for market the leaves are as fresh, bright and untinged 

 as if in midsummer. Thousands of acres of it are grown during the winter in Florida 

 and other Southern States for shipping to Northern markets; as far north as Maine it 

 is a wonderfully popular summer lettuce; in fact, we know of no other variety that 

 gives such general satisfaction under so many varied conditions. (See cut.) Price, 

 10c. pkt, 20c. oz., 50c. J lb., $1.60 lb. (26 lb. lots and up, $1.35 lb.) 



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