Lettuce 
Culture—For summer use the seed can be sown in hotbeds in March. Transplant when the 
weather will permit in rows 12 inches apart and 8 inches apart in the rows. For a succession sow in 
the open ground every two weeks until fall. Lettuce requires a rich and a rather moist soil. The 
more rapid the growth, the better the quality. One ounce of seed will produce about 3,000 plants. 
Big Boston. Fine for forcing or open-ground 
planting; large, solid heads. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; *4 lb. 60c. 
“A. S. & L.” White Boston 
“A. S. & L.” White Boston. The heads re¬ 
semble Big Boston but form earlier and do not 
have the red tinge of that variety. Heads are 
firm and of high quality. An excellent kind for 
home and market gardens. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 25c; X A lb. 75c. 
Boston Curled. Crisp non-heading variety, 
medium size, dark green, very curly leaves. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; X A lb. 60c. 
Black Seeded Tennis Ball. Forms a good solid 
head. Leaves straight on edge, but crimped. A 
medium size butter heading variety. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; *4 lb. 60c. 
Chicken. This very hardy, rapid growing, 
medium light green, non-heading, butter type of 
lettuce, will produce more greens for poultry 
than any other plant. It will produce a suc¬ 
cession crop. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; X A lb. 45c. 
Crisp as Ice. Large, solid heads, yellow heart, 
outside dark green and bronze. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; X A lb. 60c. 
Grand Rapids. A very popular variety, leaves 
crimped, very attractive, matures quickly; the 
heads are dark green, very crisp and tender. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; X A lb. 60c. 
Hanson. A popular home and market garden 
variety. Heads very hard with a crisp, sweet, 
tender white heart. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; X A lb. 60c. 
Iceberg. A very superior solid heading variety 
for out-door growing. Makes large, solid heads. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; X A lb. 60c. 
May King. Large, round, solid heads, one of 
the best varieties for planting in open ground. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; X A lb. 60c. 
New York No. 12. An early, even, well bred 
variety which does well in mid-summer. Par¬ 
ticularly adapted for Eastern states. Heads 
large, compact, blanch well, sweet, tender and of 
excellent quality. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 25c; X A lb. 75c. 
Paris White Cos. An early variety with long, 
narrow leaves. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; X A lb. 60c. 
Simon’s Cabbage Head. Our grower has 
worked for many years on this strain and with 
pure line culture has what we believe to be a 
perfect strain of this variety. Especially recom¬ 
mended to market gardeners for late sowing. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 25c; A, lb. 75c. 
Musk Melon 
Culture—Melons succeed best in light, sandy, rich soil. After all danger of frost is past plant in 
hills 4 to 6 feet apart each way, six to ten seeds to a hill. When about 3 inches high and all danger 
from insects is past thin out to 3 or 4 plants to a hill. One ounce to 60 hills; 3 pounds to acre. 
“A. S. & L.” A very large variety, thickly net¬ 
ted, deeply ribbed, flesh salmon-yellow, thick 
and sweet. A great yielder. It ripens from 70 to 
80 days from time of planting. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; *4 lb. $1.50. 
Bender’s Surprise. The Melons are of large 
size, nearly round, and present a fine attractive 
appearance. The skin is lightly netted, of a pale 
green when ripe and the flesh a rich, deep orange 
color, fine grained with a very small seed cavity 
and of remarkable sweetness and spicy flavor. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; }4 lb. 75c. 
Emerald Gem. Fruit of medium size, very 
early and of fine flavor; flesh deep orange. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; *4 lb. 50c. 
Golden Champion. See page 3. 
Hale’s Best. Fruits oval, slightly ribbed with 
heavy netting. Flesh extremely thick, salmon- 
orange, sweet and of fine quality. An outstand¬ 
ing early market melon. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; % lb. 75c. 
Honey Dew. A late variety. Fruits large, glob¬ 
ular, smooth, hard creamy white. Flesh thick, 
emerald green, juicy, tender, with a distinctive, 
luscious sweetness. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; X A lb. 75c. 
Honey Rock. Matures 90 days. Flesh thick, 
juicy, orange salmon, with fine flavor. Fruits 
nearly round, weigh 4 pounds. Skin gray green, 
closely netted. Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00. 
Long Yellow. Very large, slightly ribbed and 
thickly netted; flesh salmon-yellow and sweet. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; & lb. 50c. 
Thousand Dollar. See page 3. 
Allen, Sterling and Lothrop, Portland, Maine 
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