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Early Curled Silesia.— Very tender and sweet ; leaves 
large, light yellow and curled ; the best for bunch lettuce ; does 
not form a distinct head. Per packet, 5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; ^ 
lb., 50 cents ; lb., $1.75. 
All the Year Roimcl. — A very compact growing cabbage 
lettuce, with close, small heads ; remains tender a long time ; an 
excellent summer variety. Per packet, 5 cents; oz., 20 cents; 
ilb., 60 cents; lb., |2.00. 
Hanson. — One of the largest and one of the best of the 
cabbage varieties. Forms large heads, green outside and white 
inside, something like a cabbage ; stands summer heat well and 
remains tender a long time. Per packet, 5 cents ; oz., 20 cents ; 
ilb., 60 cents; lb , $2.00. 
Black-Seeded Simpson. — A very large and very fine 
cabbage lettuce. Very popular. It does not form so compact a 
head as the Hanson, but iv-> larger and more crisp ; very slow to 
run to seed Per packet, 5 cents ; oz., 20 cents ; i lb., 60 cents ; 
lb., $2.00. 
Imperial White Head, — A very fine, large cabbage let- 
tuce, and stands a long time without going to seed. Per packet, 
5 cents ; oz., 20 cents ; i lb., 60 cents ; lb., $2.00. 
Brown Dutch. — An old variety 
noted for its hardiness. Leaves large, 
thick, green tinged with brown, tender 
and fine flavored. Valuable because of 
its hardiness and fine quality. Per pack- 
et, 5 cents ; oz., 20 cents ; I lb., 60 cents; 
lb., $2.00. 
Paris White Cos. — One of the best 
of the upright or cos varieties. Per 
packet, 5 cents ; oz. , 20 cents ; ^ lb. , 60 
cents ; lb., $2.00. 
Lettuce Plants. — Grown under 
cos LETTUCE. glass for early spring use; 40 cents per 
100. If by mail, 50 cents. 
MELO]SrS. 
Melons, being of tropical origin, require a quick, warm soil 
to ripen thoroughly in this climate. I have found that it is 
nearly useless to attempt to grow the large southern watermelons 
as far north as Rochester. They do not ripen suflSciently to be- 
come sweet and tender. The two melons best adapted to our 
climate are the Ice Cream and Mountain Sweet. They will do 
the best in a light, sandy soil, if the hills are made rich with 
manure. Make the hills with two or three shovels full of fine, 
well rotted manure well mixed with the soil, the hills to be 
raised slightly above the surface of the ground. Plant a dozen 
or more seeds in the hill, and when all danger from bugs is past, 
thin to four good plants in the hill. Musk melons should be 
planted 6 feet apart each way, and water melons 9 feet. If the 
vines grow too rank, pinching off the ends of the shoots will 
cause them to fruit better. 
Do not plant mush melons near cucumbers. 
MUSK MELONS. 
Glass' Early Prolific 
^fiitmeg". — I have grown 
this melon for ten or twelve 
years, and I consider it the 
earliest and best of the nut- 
meg melons. Medium size, 
flesh green and very sweet ; 
quite prominently ribbed 
,and netted; very productive, 
a capital breakfast melon. 
Per packet, 5 cents; oz,, 15 
cents; ^ lb,, 40 cents; lb., 
^1-^0. EARLY PROLIFIC NUTMEG. 
Early Christina.— A verv^ early variety, flesh a light 
orange ; liked by many ; its chief claim to cultivation is its earli- 
ness. Per packet, 5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; J lb., 30 cents ; lb., $L25. 
