Scheirs Big Boston Lettuce 
A grand variety for early, midsummer or fall use. Big, compact, cabbage-like heads, as yellow as gold 
inside and deliciously sweet, tender and crisp. It is more extensively grown than any other Lettuce, either 
for the private garden or for market. It is grown by market-gardeners everywhere in the open ground for 
summer and fall; in frames for early spring; forced cool in greenhouses for winter use, or planted out in fall 
with protection for early spring use. Our gardeners grow enormous crops of Big Boston on a comparatively 
small acreage because it can be planted close. The heads are very compact, as shown in this illustration, 
very few loose outside leaves, almost all head. It keeps its fine quality longer after being cut than most 
others, thus giving it added value for shipping. Thousands of acres of it are grown in the South during the 
winter for shipping to northern markets. My strain of it is the finest in cultivation. I want every one of my 
customers to grow Big Boston. Price: Lb. $2.50, Vi'b. 75 cts., oz. 25 cts., pkt. 5 cts. ORDER EARLY. 
/ will give you, FREE, one ounce of Big Boston and 
one ounce of Grand Rapids Lettuce 
Some of your close neighbors or friends who have gardens may not get my catalogue. I want 
them to grow my Big Boston Lettuce, so ifyou will ask four of your friends to give you 25 cents 
each, to order for them four ounces of this fine Lettuce, you may then add to your order one 
extra ounce of Big Boston and one ounce of Grand Rapids, FREE. Thus you get 50 cents 
worth of Lettuce free for helping me introduce my high quality seeds to new friends. Please 
send their names and addresses also. 
Schell's Big Boston Lettuce 
The wav it erows when you sow Schell's Quality Seed. My hiRh-fjuality strain of Big Boston is u.sed by market-gardeners 
everywh^ It ifXerTor hav°ng Trfoct unifonn heads; it is rich golden yellow inside and extremely tender to the last outstde leaf. 
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