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LETTUCE— THE LOOSE-HEADED OR EARLY - 
CURLY-LEAVED SORTS 
T HESE will not form heads, but make large plants of 
attractively curled and crinkled leaves. While 
their quality does not compare with that of the butter- 
head lettuces, their curly leaves are most acceptable. 
The loose-leaved lettuces will do better under more 
widely varying conditions of soil and climate than any 
other class. This is the reason, perhaps, why Prizehead 
is the most popular lettuce in the country to-day, though 
of indifferent quality. It will not develop heads. 
Black Seeded Simpson forms handsome plants, a foot in 
diameter, within fifty days after seeds are sown. In 
a rich, moist, warm soil, which favors rapid develop- 
ment, it is far superior in quality to Prizehead. 
Grand Rapids (illustrated) is the standard loose-leaf 
sort for under-glass growing in all parts of the country. 
Grown outdoors, it is a few days earlier than Black Seeded 
Simpson, forms more upright plants, and is more curly. 
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