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c) Winter varieties. 

 Brown G erman Winter, w. s. . . . 

 Green German Winter, w. s. . . . 

 Besson or Marvel, hi. s. (Electro) . 

 Nansen, w. s., green, very hardy . 



Varieties for picking and 

 cutting. 



American brown curled, w. s. . . . 

 Australian yellow curled, w. s. . . . 



Cos varieties. 



Balloon, bl. s 



Brown Bath, bl. s 



Cooling's Leviathan, br. s 



Frascati, w.S. White self-folding, most excellent 



per ll>. 



S. (I. 



1 — 

 1 — 

 1 1 



1 2 



- 11 

 1 2 



1 2 



1 3 



1 3 



1 2 



per cwt. 



H. (I. 



100 

 100 

 115 



(Ml 



Cabbage Lettuce, Besson or Marvel. 

 Electro 3/—. 



Paris white, w. s 



,, Green, w. s 



I'otcnza , w. s. of enormous size and most excel- 

 lent; leaves very numerous, white, bronze, self- 

 folding, very solid ; does not easily run to seed 



Tankred, w. S. splendid, new; white, self- 

 folding, beautiful 



Trianon, w. s 



Lettuce seed for bird's food, w, s. 



), >> m >> Id. s. 



Asparagus Lettuce. 



Lactuca angusfana, bl. s 



,, ,, bl. s. A new form 



with broad green deeply cut leaves, 



which is far superior to the former one for its 

 exquisite flavor; quite specially recommen- 

 ded for southern countries 



1 3 

 1 2 



1 — 

 1 3 



- 8 

 4 



in 



60 

 30 



Melon. 



Neapolitan Winter, white flesh keeps very 



well per oz — /2 



Netted of Naples . . . . ,, ,, — /2 



Malta, red flesh „ ,, — /3 



», green „ „ „ — /3 



Honfleur nellcd . . . . ,, ,, — /4 



Tours netted „ ,, — /4 



Pine Apple, white flesh . . ,, ,, — /3 



,, red flesh . . . ,, ,, /3 



Hackensack ,, ,, — /3 



Skillman's netted . . . . ,, ,, — j3 

 Blenheim Orange . . . . ,, ,, — /4 

 Best of all (Marcellus) . . ,, „ — /4 

 The following sorts have been intro- 

 duced by us two years ago and we can 

 quite especially recommend them. 

 Asiatic long white, flesh glaucous, like 

 frozen water .... peroz — /3 

 Bujukdere, round, smooth, light yellow with 

 green spots or stripes ; flesh snow white, 

 thick and juicy; of finest flavour 



per oz — /3 



PortOghese, oval, yellow dark green spotted; 

 flesh white , tender of best flavour ; con- 

 tains but few seeds . . per OZ — j3 



Cercola, oval, dark green, strongly netted; 

 flesh white , sweet and of fine flavour ; 

 the fruits grow up to 8 to io lb. weight 



peroz — /3 



Galata. Fruit large, oval, about 16 inch, 

 long , yellow , dark green marbled ; flesh 

 greenish white, very juicy and sweet 



peroz — /3 



Therapia, large, yellow-netted; flesh thick, 

 dark green, changing into a yellowish red 

 towards the interior ; very juicy and of 

 excellent flavour . . . per OZ — /4 



Turkish Giant, fruits large, orange yellow, 

 smooth, oval, weighing up to 1 1 lb. ; flesh 

 glaucous, very sweet and juicy peroz — 5 



Iberia, of medium size, green-fleshed, of best 

 flavour peroz — /5 



Tajo , netted , green-fleshed, very juicy and 

 aromatic per OZ — ^5 



San Martino, of medium size, and roundish 

 shape, bright yellow, orange-marbled; flesh 

 white, excellent .... per OZ — /5 



Large Spanish, very large, yellow, much 

 netted ; flesh yellowish, red, juicy and of 

 an exquisite flavour . . . per OZ — /6 



Spanish Pearl, very juicy and aromatic 



peroz — /5 



Giant of Porto, very large, attaining a 

 weight of about 15 lb.; slightly netted, 

 juicy and of line flavour . perOZ 16 



per Hi. 

 n. d. 



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