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The Murvon Seed Company, South Norwalk, Conn. 
Big Boston Lettuce 
LETTUCE 
Big Boston 
Extra Select 
One of the Best Shipping Varieties 
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, comparatively 
smooth but wavy at the edge, thin, very hard 
and crisp. In color they are bright light green, 
the head slightly tinged with reddish brown. 
The inner leaves blanch to an attractive green¬ 
ish white, tinged with light yellow. It heads 
up under cold weather conditions better than 
most other varieties and is grown very exten¬ 
sively in the south for shipment north in the 
winter. Y- 
No. 4000 Pkt. 10c: 3 Pkts. 25c; 4 ozs. 45c; 
1 lb. $1.50, 
MURVON’S WAYAHEAD 
California Cream Butter 
ICEBERG 
Wayahead in Earliness and Wayahead in Quality 
It will thrive and produce excellent results under a great diversity of conditions. Wayahead cannot 
be too highly recommended as a spring and fall Lettuce for planting in frames or in the open. Wayahead 
is vigorous and healthy, producing medium sized plants with medium dark green foliage. The buttery 
heads are compact, with few outer leaves. The hearts of this quality variety blanch to a creamy white 
and they are of a deliciously tender, tasty, and sweet flavor. 
No. 4001 Pkt. 10c; 3 Pkts. 25c; 4 ozs. 50c; 1 lb. $1.50 
New York or Wonder Lettuce 
New York or Wonder 
An Excellent Stock of the Iceberg Type ■” 
More N .Y. Lettuce is grown in the U. S. than all other varieties com¬ 
bined. Its first success was made in the Imperial Valley of California, and 
since that time it has spread over the entire country. Over 20,000 carloads 
are shipped from the Western States yearly. It is now being grown in 
most of the market gardens of the East. 
OUR NEW STRAIN is an improvement on the regular N. Y. Lettuce. 
It is fully ONE FOURTH again as BIG as New York and has been selected 
to a point where practically every plant develops into a hard compart head. 
This strain insures the Eastern Gardeners a type of lettuce to compete 
with the California and Western Iceberg in any market. It is highly 
resistant to warm weather. 4045. Pkg. 10c: 3 Pkgs. 25c 
% lb., 70c; 1 lb. $2.00. 
A first quality variety for the home garden and for market. 
Adapted for early summer plantings. It is planted extensively 
in the South for shipping to the northern markets during win¬ 
ter. The heads are of large size and very solid. The large, 
thick outer leaves are dark, glossy green, lightly tinged with 
brown. The heart is blanched to a beautiful golden yellow. Of 
excellent flavor. 
No. 4002 Pkt. 10c: 3 Pkts. 25c; V, lb. 50c; I lb. $1.50. 
Curled, crisp plants of medium size, producing medium 
green, wavy, fringed leaves, having the edges tinged with 
blown The heads are compact, medium large, with few green 
outer leaves. The most delicious, crisp, tender hearts blanch 
almost white even under average garden conditions. Iceberg 
is an exceedingly vigorous, hardy variety so that it will with¬ 
stand quite hot weather. 
No. 4004 Pkt. 10c; 3 Pkts. 25c; V-t lb. 60c; 1 lb. $2.00 
MUSK MELON 
GOLDEN HEARTS OR HEARTS OF GOLD 
Golden Hearts is a medium early Melon, and ripens 6 to 8 days ahead of 
our Sugar Rock. The flesh is thick, very tender and of a beautiful 
golden salmon color. It is of excellent flavor, being very sweet and de¬ 
licious. It ripens clear to the skin. The Melons are well ribbed, and are 
covered with a dense netting of grayish color. The thin rind is a rich, 
dark green color. They are nearly round, and average a little more than 
5 inches in diameter and w'eigh about 1% pounds apiece. The Melons grow 
very uniform in size, the vines very productive. The fruits set early and 
cluster about the hill, as many as twelve fruits rave been found to the 
vine. Golden Hearts is an excellent shipper, and is so good that the hotel 
trade inquires for them, taking all they can get. Ripe fruits in 70 days. 
Similar to Hoodoo. No. 4003 Pkt. 10c; 3 Pkts. 25c; *4 lb. 50c; I !b $1.60 
The ideal melon to cut in halves and serve alone 
or with ice cream. 
Gardening for Pleasure or Profit 
A useful Book for all Lovers of the Garden 
A helpful and practical guide to the propogation and culti¬ 
vation of flowers; vegetables, bulbs and fruits. 
Full description of this. ( book on page 64. 
Hearts of Gold 
