26 CONDON BROS., SEEDSMEN, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 
LETTUCE 
RECOGNIZED BY CRITICAL PLANTERS FOR SUPERIOR QUALITY 
CONDON CABBAGE HEAD 
Culture. — Lettuce to be at its best should be grown 
as rapidly as possible, hence the soil should 
be made as rich and friable as possible by liberal 
manuring and thorough preparation. For winter, sow 
under glass from Noveqiber to February and thin 
out as necessary to prevent crowding. Keep a mod- 
erate heat and give all the light and air possible. 
For general crop, sow outdoors as early in the spring 
as the ground can be worked, in drills 18 inches 
apart, and thin the young plants to 4 inches apart in 
the row. As plants begin to crowd, thin them out 
and use as required. In this way a much longer 
succession of cutting may be had from the same 
ground. 
IMMENSITY 
This grand Lettuce is claimecl to be witliout 
exception tlie very largest lettuce in cultivation. 
Notwitlistanding its gi-eat size, it is tender, 
sweet and crisp. It produces a fine large, solid 
head, often 3 feet in circumterence and 12 inches 
in diameter. It has great heat-resisting qual- 
ities, being slow to run to seed, so that it is 
very reliable for a late crop when many other 
sorts are unfit for use. Do not be prejudiced 
on account of the great size of Immensity, as it 
is not coarse, even the outer leaves being tender. 
Especially adapted to planting in the fall and 
winter, and is the most sure heading of any of 
the large, buttery varieties. A number of the 
best local market gardeners have been growing 
it and find it unsurpassed for a fine, heavy, 
shipping variety, also for home garden. Packet, 
5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; pound, 35 cents; J4 
pound, 60 cents; pound, $1.00. 
CONDON'S CABBAGE HEAD 
We have for years been experimenting, endeavoring 
to produce a variety of Lettuce that would head during 
the hot summer weather. We are now satisfied when 
■we offer you Condon's Cabbage Head, and are safe in 
saying there is none better. This grand new variety is 
a cross from Big Boston, and it is so far ahead of the old 
parent sort there is no comparison. Tile illustration will 
■give a fair idea of its particular character. Our local 
.gardeners declare they have found this to be absolutely 
the best firm heading variety to grow through the summer 
months. It will not scald or burn and will make a solid 
bead where all other sorts fail. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 
15 cents; % pound, 
45 cents; 'A pound, 
80 cents; pound, 
$1.50. 
Tomhannock 
This Lettuce does 
not head — makes a 
loose bunch of 
leaves of very fine 
quality. Edges of 
the outer leaves are 
a reddish bronze; 
within, the leaves 
are almost white. 
Very crisp and ten- 
der. Packet, 4 cts.; 
ounce, 10 cents; 
pound, 30 cents; % 
pound, 50 cents; 
pound, 90 cents. 
TOMHANNOCK 
DONT FAIL TO TRY OUR SILVER QUEEN 
OR WHITE BANTAM SWEET CORN. See 
Page 22. 
iVlAY KING 
MAY KING 
A handsome, extremely early, compact cabbage or 
heading variety, forming very firm heads of medium size 
and excellent qualit.v. Color light yellowisli-green, tinged 
with reddish-brown when matured. Inner leaves blanch 
rich golden-yellow, very tender and buttery. Plant very 
compact for so large a head. Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 10 
cents; »4 pound, 30 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, 90 
cents. 
SIMPSON'S EARLY CURLED 
A decidedly crisp variety. Color, very light green; 
never spotted or brownish in any part. Quality excellent; 
sweet in flavor. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 7 cents; !4 pound, 
20 cents; 'A pound, 35 cents; pound, 60 cents. 
ICEBERG 
Has an unusually solid head. The white main ribs of 
the leaves curve toward the center, which keep the in- 
terior thoroughly bleached. It is quick growing and 
always crisp and tender, whether propagated in early 
spring or in the hot days of summer. Packet, 4 cents; 
ounce, 8 cents; % pound, 25 cents; H pound, 40 cents; 
pound, 75 cents. 
