Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Wholesale Seed Growers, Cambridge, N. Y. 
• WHITE BOSTON <76 days)-—W. S. A cabbage butter head variety of a light 
green color with a distinctly yellow heart; very resistant to tip burn. Very 
similar in size to Big Boston. (Illustrated on preceding page). 
LOOSE LEAF VARIETIES 
•GRAND RAPIDS, SELECTED STOCK —B. S. The favorite loosedeaved forcing 
lettuce, which does well in the North for early planting outside. Leaves short, 
spatulate in shape, excessively blistered and crumpled, and the border heavily 
fringed; color very light green, with no trace of brown. A most handsome 
and attractive lettuce of fair quality. 
GRAND RAPIDS 
PRIZE HEAD EARLY, or BEEFSTEAK - - W. S. A crisp, tender, loose-leaved, non¬ 
heading sort, and one of the most popular; leaves much crumpled and exces¬ 
sively frilled at the borders; color light brown on a medium green base; 
quality good. 
SIMPSON BLACK SEEDED — One of the best and most popular large, early, 
loose-heading varieties, succeeding everywhere, and always reliable. Leaves 
very broad, much blistered, crumpled and excessively frilled on the borders; 
color light yellowish-green; quality fine. 
SIMPSON EARLY CURLED — W. S. A leading early, loose-heading variety of 
fairly large size; leaves broad, crumpled and well frilled at the edges; color 
light green; quality good. 
CHICKEN LETTUCE — W. S. A tall-growing, leafy variety, grown solely for 
poultry. 
ROMAINE, COS OR CELERY 
WHITE PARIS —W. S. A medium large, strictly self-closing lettuce, making a 
well-blanched, firm, loaf-shaped head; leaves oval in form, flat and smooth; 
color medium dark green; quality excellent. Also known as Trianon Cos. 
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