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LETTUCE. 
Shumway’s 
Superior Varieties of Proven Merit 
Read What My 
Customers Say: 
Reading, Penna. 
Dear Mr. Shumway: 
My father has bought 
all his seed from you 
for over twenty years. 
He was so well pleased 
with them that he 
asked me to continue 
buying for the old 
farm from the house 
of Shumway as he has 
passed on to his re¬ 
ward. You will re¬ 
member I did the buy¬ 
ing last year in my 
name, and am just as 
well satisfied with 
your seed as father 
was. Be sure to send 
your catalog early. I 
wish you could have 
seen our garden. The 
neighbors were so well 
pleased with it. I am 
sure you will get more 
orders from here. 
Yours truly, 
FRANKLIN A. MORSE 
485 Shumway’s All Season or Everbearing 
Unquestionably the Very Finest Loose Leaf Lettuce 
45 days. A popular general purpose loose-leaf 
lettuce, early and of fine quality. The plant is large 
and handsome; the leaves, broad, light green, and 
very crinkled, the inner ones forming a semi-com¬ 
pact mass. They are tender, crisp, remaining in 
fresh table condition a long time, and have an ap¬ 
petizing flavor. Suitable for hotbed or cold frame 
culture, but at its best as an outdoor lettuce. A 
favorite with the home gardener because it is so 
easily grown. When leaves are cut, others will 
grow, yielding a continuous supply from where it 
gets the name Everbearing. Very heat-resistant 
and reliable. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; % lb., 54 
cts.; y 2 lb., 96 cts.; lb., $1.75; 2 lbs., $3.30, postpaid. 
Market Gardeners’ Special 
Low Prices on Pages 
41 and 42 
475 Shumway’s Giant Crystal Head 
It Heads Where Others Fail—a Big Money Maker 
80 days. An excellent crisp-heading variety. The 
leaves are wavy with fringed edges, and they 
tightly overlap each other, for m ing a large, com¬ 
pact, crumpled head, very white inside. Good 
quality, crisp and firm in texture, very sweet, but 
not buttery in flavor. Stands a long time before 
going to seed. Well suited to either market or 
home garden. An excellent variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 18 cts.; % lb., 54 cts.; l / 2 lb-, 96 cts.; lb., $1.75; 
2 lbs., $3.30, postpaid. 
New Orleans, La. 
Dear Sir: 
Your Seed book came 
too late for me this 
spring and I had 
bought part of my 
seed from another seed 
house. I now wish I 
had waited for yours 
as my first sowing was 
not good. My Carrots 
from your seed were 
the best I ever grew 
and a big crop too. I 
thought I would never 
get all my Beans 
picked but I did, and 
my wife canned over 
100 quarts. Your Cab¬ 
bage was good too. 
Every plant made a 
good head. I could 
write you more about 
other things but I 
guess you know your¬ 
self. Be sure to send 
catalog early next 
time. 
Yours truly, 
CHAS. MONARDT 
479 May King 
Earliest of Ali Head Lettuce 
55 to 60 days. A fine strain of the butterhead 
class, and the earliest head lettuce grown. The 
plants are very compact and can be planted 
close together. Outdoor sowing may be done 
very early, since the plants resist cold damp 
weather well. The outer leaves are yellowish- 
green edged with reddish-brown. The inner 
ones are a rich creamy-yellow, and deliciously 
tender, with a sweet buttery flavor. May be 
planted in August for a fall crop. Pkt., 7 cts.; 
oz., 16 cts.; % lb., 40 ets.; y 2 lb., 68 cts.; lb., 
$1.20; 2 lbs., $2.20, postpaid. 
489 White Paris Self Folding or Cos 
55 days. Also called Romaine. Becoming steadily more pop¬ 
ular and considered by many to be superior to other varieties. 
It makes a unique and delicious salad. Tall oval heads, well 
folded, light green outside and greenish-white at the heart. A 
very desirable variety for home use. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 16 cts.; 
i/ 4 lb., 40 cts.; y 2 lb.,' 68 cts.; lb., $1.20; 2 lbs., $2.20;, postpaid. 
480 Hanson Head Lettuce 
A fine old standard strain widely used by market garden¬ 
ers. The plants are extremely hardy, resist summer heat well, 
and are grown all over the United States. A sure header. Keeps 
better than most head lettuce varieties. The outside leaves are 
light yellowish green, broad and frilled, and they curl tightly 
over the inner leaves, which are compact, crinkled, crisp, sweet, 
tender, and well blanched. The heads are good sized, globe- 
shaped, and hard. An outdoor type only. May be planted over 
a very long season. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 16 cts.; Vi lb., 40 cts.; y 2 
lb., 68 cts.; lb., $1.20; 2 lbs., $2.20, postpaid. 
478 Grand Rapids 
I Offer a Pure Bred Strain That is Unsurpassed 
45 days. A very early, loose-leaved, curled variety, bet¬ 
ter adapted than any other for greenhouse forcing, and 
widely used for that purpose. The plants are large, upright, 
and beautiful, comprising an enormous cluster of broad, 
light green leaves, delicately curled and crinkled, and much' 
frilled at the edges; The leaves are crisp and delicious, and 
retain their freshness for a long time after cutting. Stands 
shipping well. The outside leaves may be cut first, leaving 
the inner ones for further growth, or all may be cut at once. 
Though outstanding for forcing, it is equally adapted for 
field culture. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 16 cts.; y 4 lb v 40 cts.; y 2 lb., 
68 cts.; lb., $1.20; 2 lbs., $2.20, postpaid. 
