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W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
Lettuce. 
L^ttnce thrives best in rich, moist ground. For snocessive crops, sowing may be made in the open 
ground as early as the spring opens, and continuing until July. Always thin out well or the plants wiU 
not be strong. When wanted as a out salad, sow the seed thickly in rows or broadcast. 
Early Curled Silesia. A fine early curled vari- 
ety which does not head, leaves large, tender and 
of fine flavor. 
Early Curled Simpsou. 
This does not head, but 
forms a close compact mass 
of leaves; very early, excel- 
lent lor forcing. 
Early Curled 
Simpson. 
Boston Curled. Of super- 
ior quality; does not form 
solid heads; fine for early 
use. 
Boston Curled. 
Early Prize Head. Forms a mammoth plant; in 
which even the outer leaves are crisp and tender, 
and remains so throughout the season. It is slow 
to run up to seed, of superb flavor and very hardy, 
one of the best varieties for family use, but for mar- 
ket gardens it is too tender to stand much handling. 
Hanson. The heads are of very large size, delic- 
iously sweet, tender and crisp, even to the outer 
leaves. Color green outside and white within. 
Black Seeded Simpson. Like the curled Simp- 
son, this variety does not, properly, form a head; 
but it diflTers in the leaves being nearly white, and 
attaining nearly double the size of the Curled 
Simpson. It stands the summer heat splendidly 
while it is equally suited for forcing. 
Early Summer Cabbage. 
One of the very best head 
Lettuces for the summer that 
we know of. The heads are 
of good size, close and well 
formed. It is a splendid 
market variety. 
Oak Leaved. A distinct 
variety due to the peculiar 
outline of the leaves, which 
are shaped like those of 
oak. The heads are com- 
pact, crisp and tender, 
it is largely free from 
bitter taste peculiar to so 
many kinds of Lettuce. Oak Leaved. 
Tennis Ball. A favorite forcing variety. Well 
formed heads, hardy and crisp, of excellent quality. 
One of the earliest of the heading varieties. 
Salamander. An excellent 
summer variety,forming good 
sized heads that stand 
drought and heat longer 
without injury than any 
other sort. 
Salamander. 
Phlla. Butter or Cabbage. 
Produces fine, greenish-white 
large heads, of extra quality, 
remarkably crisp and tender, 
sure to head, of quick growth. 
It is one of the best for forc- 
Phila. Butter or ing and for summer use, as it 
Cabbage. is slow to shoot to seed, and 
resists heat well. 
Ice Drumhead. Produces a beautiful head, very 
firm, solid and compact. The head is of an attrac- 
tive and silvery white, rich, buttery, and most de- 
licious in flavor. It comes early and stands a long 
while before running to seed; excellent for early 
Spring and summer use. 
The Deacon. This is one of the dark green, 
thick- leaved sorts, nearly all of which are of good 
quality. Head compact, roundish, or a little flat- 
tened when of full size; in some plants measuring 
fully five inches in diameter. Outer leaves few in 
number which, with the perfectly defined head, 
gives the plant a very distinct appearance. We 
have found this variety the slowest to run to seed, 
and one of the best heading kinds we have ever 
tested. 
White Paris Cos. The heads are long, upright, 
with oblong leaves. It is 
very hardy, of large size, 
and long in running to 
seed; tender, brittle and 
high flavored. 
All the Year Round. A 
hardy, crisp eating and 
compact growing variety, 
with small, close heads of 
a dark green color; an ex- 
cellent summer Lettuce, and valuable for forcing. 
Strong’s Perfection. See Specialties. 
Martynia. 
Used much for 
pickling, when 
gather e d while 
green and tender. 
Sow in open ground and transplant to two feet 
deep. 
