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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 
HARVESTING THE HEED FROM A FIELD OF OUR MAMMOTH SALAMANDER LETTUCE. Sec. head Iiext page. 
Cabbage or Heading Varieties of LETTUCE 
By Mail, Postpaid. 
One ounce will sow about one hundred square feet and produce three thousand plants. 
All varieties in regular large-sized packets at 5 c. each per packet. 
White-Seeded Tennis Ball, or Boston Market. A well-known forcing sort . . 
Arlington Tennis Ball. Improved strain; saved from plants started under glass, 
Johnson’s Hot-House. Double the size of Tennis Ball ; never rots. 
Myers! “ All Right.” Equally valuable for forcing or open ground planting . . 
Relchner’s Early White Butter. Large, solid ; fine for forcing or open ground, 
Big Boston. A fine strain for forcing or open ground ; very large, solid heads . . 
Johnson’s Summerlead. Large, handsome yellow heads of perfect quality . . 
Holy rood Hot Weather. Seed offered for first time. See Novelties,page 10. Pkt.,10c. 
Golden Gate. Immense solid heads, crisp, tender ; sure header; resists heat . . 
Mongolian. A new variety from Asia, valuable for spring and fall planting, 
Copperhead. Large, solid light brown outside, shading to light pink inside . . 
Giant Glacier. Large, light green heads; leaves crimpled like Savoy Cabbage, 
Sensation, Forms a solid head before half grown ; light yellowish green . . . 
Silver Ball. Head white, solid, firm ; splendid for spring and summer use . . 
Philadelphia Dutch Speckled Butter. Fine large heads of excellent quality . 
Hornberger’s Dutch Butter. Improvement on Dutch Butter ; private stock . 
White Russian Summer. Very large, handsome heads; fine for open ground, 
California Cream Butter, or Royal Summer Cabbage. Fine, solid heads . . 
Salamander. Old sort. Fine compact heads, which resist heat admirably . . . 
Deacon. A large, solid cabbage lettuce for summer; heads light green outside . 
Nansen, or North Pole. Style of Deacon ; ten days earlier, very hardy . . . . 
New York (Wonderful). Large, dark green heads; used only as a summer sort, 
Improved Hanson. Very large, solid and of fine quality; withstands the hot sun, 
Per oz. 
V* lb. 
Per lb. 
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1 60 
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1 75 
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1 50 
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1 25 
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1 50 
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1 75 
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1 00 
3 50 
20 
45 
1 50 
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1 50 
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1 75 
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1 50 
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1 50 
15 
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1 10 
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1 25 
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1 75 
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1 10 
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1 00 
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1 25 
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1 25 
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1 40 
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1 25 
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1 15 
Photograph of head of myers, “all right” lettuce. 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; % lb. f 45c.; lb., §1.50. 
Johnson’s summerlead. Best to stand heat. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., 20c.; % lb., 60c ; lb.. $1.75. 
