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small space. Several of the Cabbage types of lettuce also will sprout after the 

 hearts are cut, but they are rarely very satisfactory so treated. The ' Cutting 

 and Bunching ' Lettuces are little grown or known in the British Isles, although 

 well known both on the Continent and in America. Several other varieties 

 besides those mentioned below, some of which occasionally appeared in our 

 trials, are catalogued abroad. Almost all stand dry weather well without running 

 to seed. 



I. Central leaves loosely bunched. 

 a. Seeds white. 



2. Green Fringed Salad (Barr). — A medium-sized plant with regularly- 

 arranged rosette of pale green much-fringed leaves, of fair quality, mild and 

 tender. Mature June 25. Very slow to run. A very ornamental plant. 



b. Seeds black* 



1. Dark dull green. 



1. Endive-leaved (Barr *). — Of medium size, with deeply-lobed more or less 

 erect leaves of bitter flavour, and rather coarse texture. Mature June 17. Slow 

 to run, 



2. Medium dark green. 



3. New Brown Oak-leaved (Barr *). — Of large size, with lobed more or less 

 erect, bitter but tender leaves. Mature June 9. Quickly running. In spite 

 of its name, had no trace of brown. [Note. — There is a brown variety of this 

 type.] 



II. Central leaves tightly bunched. 



a. Seeds white. 



1. Foliage more or less tinged red-brown. 



4. Tomhannock (Burpee). — Very large; leaves broad, blistered, light 

 green within but exposed parts dark brown-red ; of good quality, somewhat 

 bitter and tender. Mature June 16. Very slow to run. 



5. Prize Head (Morse). — Indistinguishable from No. 4. 



6. American Gathering (Barr*). — Description as No. 4. 



7. American Gathering (Thorburn). — Similar to No. 4, but leaves rather 

 more cut and blistered and of a darker tinge. 



2. Foliage medium dull greeri. 



13. Golden Beauty (Barr*), H.C. June 13, 1919. — Large ; leaves broad, 

 blistered, of good quality, bitter and tender. Mature June 20. Very slow 

 to run. Some tendency to heart. 



14. Early Curled Silesia or Simpson (Burpee) \ u r T 



15. 16. Early Curled Simpson (Thorburn, Morse) ) 11 u June * 3 ' I 9 I 9>— 

 Very large, and perhaps rather more blistered than No. 13, otherwise similar. 



3. Foliage light green. 



17. Australian (Thorburn), H.C. June 13, 1919. — Similar to Nos. 14 to 16, 

 but paler. 



50. Giant Glacier (Burpee). — Very large, and somewhat like Nos. 14 to 16, 

 but with a greater tendency to heart when planted close, forming a transition 

 to the hearting types. 



b. Seeds black. 



1. Foliage medium dull green. 



18. 20. Black Seeded Simpson (Morse, Burpee)) u r T 



19. Simpson Black Seed (Thorburn) J M ' u J une I3 ' ■ 

 Very large ; leaves broad, blistered, somewhat darker than ' Early Curled Simpson,' 

 of good quality and crisp. Mature June 16. Ran to seed very slowly. 



* This sender does not yet list this variety. 



