Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, Illinois. 
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426 May King 
The Earliest of All Heading Varieties 
This is a handsome, extremely early, com¬ 
pact, cabbage or heading variety for the 
home garden and market, forming very firm 
heads of medium size and excellent 
quality. The color is light yellowish 
green, tinged with reddish brown when 
mature. The inner leaves blanch rich 
golden yellow, very tender and buttery. 
The plant is very compact for so large a 
head. The variety is exceptionally early 
outdoors, attaining a size suitable for use 
before other sorts and is also very satisfac¬ 
tory for forcing. Packet, 7 cts.; ounce, 15 
cts.; i/ 4 lb., 45 cts.; y 2 lb., 75 cts.; lb., $1.40; 
2 lbs., $2.70, postpaid. 
May King Solid Heading 
414 Big Boston 
Extra Select Strain for 
Critical Planters 
414 Selected 
Big 
Boston 
—The Old 
Reliable 
This market variety is very popular for out¬ 
door culture and is also in demand as a com¬ 
pact, large heading, forcing sort for cold- 
frames. The plants are large, very hardy 
and vigorous. The leaves are broad, com¬ 
paratively smooth but wavy at the edge, thin, 
very hard and crisp. In color they are bright 
light green, the head slightly tinged with red¬ 
dish brown. The inner leaves blanch to an 
attractive greenish white, tinged with light 
yellow. It heads up under cold weather con¬ 
ditions better than any other variety, and is 
grown very extensively in the south for ship¬ 
ment north in the winter. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 
14 cts.; 1/4 lb., 35 cts.; y 2 lb., 65 cts.; lb., $1.25; 
2 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
Condon’s “Sure Crop” Lettuce 
% oz. of seed will sow a row 100 ft long in drills. 
3 lbs. of seed will sow one acre. 
421 Grand Rapids 
The Standard Variety for Greenhouse Forcing 
Condon’s Special Selected Strain is the Best 
Obtainable 
This variety is especially adapted to greenhouse cul¬ 
ture in winter. In the great Lettuce-growing centers 
our strain of this Grand Forcing sort is very 
largely used, and the product is sold in such 
large quantities that prices are quoted by the 
ton. It is superior to and more beautiful in 
appearance than the Simpson. It is of rapid, 
upright growth; may be planted close; not liable to 
rot, standing several days after being ready to cut 
without injury; retains its freshness a long time 
after being cut, hence is much sought after by 
dealers; its quality is very desirable. See photo¬ 
graph, cut reduced four times. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 
16 cts.; 1/4 lb., 40 cts.; y 2 lb., 68 cts.; lb., $1.20; 2 lbs., 
$2.25, postpaid. 
421 Grand 
Rapids 
Forcing- 
Extra 
Choice 
Common Sense Cultural Directions printed on all packages. 
