SELECT SEEDS FOR THE PARTICULAR GARDENER 
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CHINESE BROAD LEAP— The leaves 
are twice the size of the ordinary White 
Mustard, while the flavor is sweet and 
pungent. Plant is of very quick growth 
and fairly upright. This sort is preferred 
by many, as it is more easily prepared for 
the table than rougher leaved sorts. 
SOUTHERN CHANT CURLED— Leaves 
large, light green with a tinge of yellow; 
much crumpled and frilled at edges. Used 
for flavoring salads, etc. 
WHITE LONDON —Leaves are white 
and when young are used for salad. A 
very desirable variety for the home garden, 
as well as for market use. 
PLANTING DIRECTIONS—1 oz. to 75 ft. row; 4 to 5 lbs. per 
acre. 
Lettuce requires a mellow, moist and rich soil for best results. 
For early crop sow in hotbed or boxes inside. Outdoor culture 
can be started as soon as the ground can be worked in spring 
Sow in rows iy 2 ft. apart and thin to 3 inches between the plants 
in the row. Sow every 10 days. Water frequently. Head lettuce 
should stand 8 inches apart in the row. 
LEAF VARIETIES 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON —The best known and perhaps used 
more than any other variety of “leaf lettuce.’’ Very early and 
hardy. Good either for outside or forcing under glass. Its growth 
is compact, and the leaves are thin, early and remarkably crisp 
and tender. Stands the summer heat well. 
EARLY PRIZE HEAD (Seed White)—A large, clustering, non¬ 
heading lettuce, most excellent for the home garden and undoubt¬ 
edly the most easily grown variety in cultivation. It is too tender, 
however, to stand shipping or handling on the market. The leaves 
are finely curled and crumpled, bright green tinged with brownish 
red and are very crisp, tender 
and sweet. 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON 
(White seeded.) The variety 
most used for the early home 
garden. 
GRAND RAPIDS— Perhaps 
the best variety for forcing. A 
splendid variety for garden 
purposes, somewhat similar to 
Black Seeded Simpson except 
that the leaves are more 
crimpy and curled. Used ex¬ 
tensively for garnishing. One 
of the most popular for home 
gardens. 
HEAD VARIETIES 
ICEBURG —This is of the 
distinct crisp-head or cabbage- 
head type. It differs from all 
described above in having mid¬ 
ribs which bend in, curving ov¬ 
er the center, forming most 
tightly folded heads. One of 
the most delicious of the en¬ 
tire crisp-head class, becoming 
ready for use in from 80 to 
85 days after sowing seeds. 
BIG BOSTON —A very popu¬ 
lar variety with market gar¬ 
deners both in 
the North and 
South. Foliage is 
a very light 
green with 
ruffled edges, 
heads are 
large, c o m- 
pact, making 
Big Boston 
Head Lettuce 
them very good for shipping 
purposes. 
ALL SEASONS —A large, 
solid-headed variety and well 
known for its fine cream-white 
color, making it very desirable 
for table use. Very tender, 
crisp and sweet. 
MAY KING —-Very hardy; 
can be planted very early in 
the spring-time. Matures early 
forming a large, solid head. In¬ 
ner leaves are blanched to a 
creamy white, the outer ones 
are somewhat tinged with 
brown. Fine either for home 
or market use. 
PLANTING DIRECTIONS—1 oz. to 100 ft, row. 
Mustard thrives best in a rich, quick, loose and naturally 
moist soil. For salad, sow in rows l foot apart with 
plants an inch or two apart in the row. For general pur¬ 
pose, that is when seed is required for pickles, pepper 
sauce, etc., sow in rows one and one-half feet apart and 
plants three to four inches apart in the row. Cover the 
seed about one-half inch. Sow every ten 
days for succession. 
Mustard is grown to quite a large ex¬ 
tent in all parts of the country. 
Grand Rapids 
MUSTARD 
