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“BEST BY EVERY TEST” 
LETTUCE 
L ETTUCE is most tender and crisp when quickly grown, and thus requires a heavy, rich, 
j moist soil. 
Sow outdoors as soon as ground can be worked, in drills 18 inches apart, inch deep 
and thin to 6 inches apart in the row. As they begin to crowd, thin out again and use as 
required. The larger heading varieties should not be closer than 12 inches in the row. Sow 
semi'monthly to September for a succession. 
In the hot Summer months Lettuce is inclined to lose its crisp and tender qualities and is 
liable to run to seed. It can be successfully grown, however, even in the South, by soaking 
the seed in water one hour, and then placing in a piece of cloth in a cold place. Keep the 
cloth moist and when the seed is well germinated, sow broadcast and transplant when the 
proper size. Do this at evening, and water liberally. An artificial shading such as a screen 
of laths nailed to a light frame the width of the laths apart, and pegged about a foot above 
the bed, is excellent protection and will promote success in hot weather. 
Lettuce seldom heads well in hot weather and should be used when young. 
Buist’s Selected Improved Big Boston Lettuce 
BUIST’S SELECTED 
BIG BOSTON 
Our strain of this 
very popular variety is 
unsurpassed. 
Thousands of acres of 
Big Boston Lettuce are 
grown annually in the 
South, the Market 
Gardeners of that sec' 
tion pronounce Buist’s 
stock the best on the 
market. Plants are 
large and vigorous, 
leaves light green, 
slightly tinged with 
reddish brown; stands 
very long before shoot' 
ing to seed. Can be 
grown in the open 
ground in the Spring 
or Fall, or in frames 
for early Spring plant' 
ing, does particularly 
well in cold weather 
and is especially recom' 
mended for Fall plant' 
ing in the South. Is 
very popular with gar' 
deners and truckers, 
because it always produces large, solid, salable 
heads; and with private growers because it 
heads up at all seasons and is of crisp and 
tender quality. Pkt., 5c; Vz oz., 10c; oz., 15c; 
34 lb., 40c; lb., #1.35. 
BUIST’S WHITE BIG BOSTON 
The head is very large, solid and of ex' 
cellent quality, the leaves are light green, well 
crumpled, remarkable for its quick growth, 
forming heads ten days ahead of the Big 
Boston, to which its general character is very 
similar, except that the color is light green, 
and not tinged with brown. Pkt., 5c; 36 oz., 
10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 50c; lb., #1.75. 
BLACK SEEDED BIG BOSTON 
A beautiful strain of the celebrated Big 
Boston, and cannot be recommended too 
highly. Heads are larger than Big Boston, 
leaves of a lighter shade of green. Pkt., 5c; 
36 oz., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 50c; lb., #1.60. 
MAY KING 
An unequaled variety for early Spring 
planting in the open ground, forming fine 
hard heads; it is of medium sizes light green 
with buttery, but crisp heads; being of rapid 
growth and quick heading, we recom' 
mend it for the home as well as market gar' 
dening. Pkt., 5c; 36 oz., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 
45c; lb., #1.35. 
GRAND RAPIDS 
A very desirable variety that is especially 
adapted to greenhouse culture and is also a 
home garden favorite. The plant forms a 
cluster of light green leaves, savoyed, finely 
crimped at edge, crisp and tender. Grand 
Rapids does not wilt quickly after cutting, 
retaining its freshness a long time and is a 
splendid shipper. It is an attractive variety 
and very desirable for garnishing. Pkt., 5c; 
36 oz., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 45c; lb., #1.35. 
