Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Bock Eiver Valley Seed Farm, Eockford, Illinois. 
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CONDON’S “Sure Crop” LETTUCE 
V 2 oz. of Lettuce seed will sow a row 100 ft. long in drills. 3 lbs. of seed will sow one acre. 
425 Black Seeded Big- Boston 
415 Black Seeded Simpson 
Black Seeded 
Simpson 
Sxtra Selected Strain 
One of the best for sowing out¬ 
doors where an exceedingly tender 
leaf is desired and for those mar¬ 
kets which demand a very large 
loose clustering sort. The color is 
an attractive light yellowish green. 
It is used also for growing under 
glass or in frames. The leaves are 
ruffled and blistered and even the 
large outer ones are very tender. 
This curly and thin-leaved, bunch¬ 
ing variety is uniformly attractive 
and remains of excellent ouality a 
very long time. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 
14 cts.; % lb., 33 cts.; % lb., 60 cts.; 
lb., $1.15; 2 lbs., $2.20, postpaid. 
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420 Simpson’s Early Curled 
429 Simpson’s Early Curled 
A very extensively used early 
loose-leaved, or clustering variety. 
The leaves are light green in color, 
slightly frilled and much blistered, 
crisp, sweet and tender. The sort 
is especially adapted for sowing 
thickly and cutting when the plants 
are young. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 14 
cts.; % lb., ,33 ct.s.; lb., 60 ct.s.; lb., 
$1.15; 2 lbs., $2.20, postpaid. 
427 Paris White Cos 
Cos Lettuce is distinct from 
other varieties, in having long, 
narrow, spoon-shaped leaves, 
folding into loose, sugar-loaf 
shaped heads which blanch bet¬ 
ter by having the outer leaves 
drawn about them and tied. 
Packet, 7 cts.; ounce, 15 cts.; *4 
lb., .35 cts.; % lb., 6.*, cts.; lb., $1.25; 
2 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
427 Paris White Cos 
Chicken Lettuce 
Wonderful for Poultry, Rabbits, etc. 
Here is a genuine leaf lettuce which will yield as 
much or more chicken or rabbit feed as any “greens” 
plant. When once cut it .starts to grow again. The 
leaves can be pulled off each stem like kale. Chicken 
lettuce does not make a head, but sends up vigorous 
stalks just loaded with leaves. Prices: Pkt., 10 cts.; 
ounce, 16 cts.; Vi lb., 40 cts.; V 2 lb., 68 cts.; lb., $1.20, 
postpaid. 
420 Early Prizehead 
Reddish Bronze Edged 
42 S Black Seeded Big Boston 
Or Lapp’s Black Seeded 
Cabbage Head 
This new cabbage heading 
lettuce is an improved black- 
seeded strain of the famous 
Big Boston. Producing larger 
white heads, which are always 
tender and crisp, more compact 
and will stand shipping better 
than Big Boston. Excellent for 
forcing in the greenhouse, hot 
bed or cold frames, also for 
growing in the open ground 
spring or fall. Packet, 7 cts.; 
ounce, 15 cts.; % lb** 45 cts.; 
lb., SO ct.s.; lb., $1.45; 2 lbs., 
$2.75, postpaid. 
420 Early Prizehead (Red Edge) 
Curled 
A large, clustering, nonhead¬ 
ing lettuce, most excellent for 
the home garden and undoubt¬ 
edly the most easily grown 
variety in cultivation. It is too 
tender, however, to stand ship¬ 
ping or handling on the mar¬ 
ket. The leaves -are finely 
curled and crumpled, bright 
gi-een tinged with brownish 
red, and are very crisp, tender 
and sweet. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 
14 cts.; % lb., .3.3 ct.s,; V 2 lb., 60 
cts.; lb., .$1.15; 2 lbs., $2.20, post¬ 
paid. 
Common Sense Cultural Directions printed on every package. 
