CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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LETTUCE. 
German, Lctiich-Salal. — French, 
Laitue. — Spanish, Lechuga. 
(For price on Lettuce Plants see 
Vegetable Plants.) 
The most easily grown of all 
open-air plants used for salads. 
It requires a warm soil that has 
had a liberal dressing of well- 
rotted manure and abundant 
moisture. To be of a satisfactory 
quality, the growth should be 
rapid and vigorous. Seed may 
be sown in a frame in February 
or March, the plants set out as 
early as the ground can be worked, 
as light frosts will not injure them. 
Set the plants 9 inches apart in 
the rows, and 18 inches between 
the rows. For successive crops, 
sowings may be made every two 
weeks up to the end of August. 
One ounce of seed will produce 
about four thousand plants. 
Grand Rapids Lettuce. 
All the Year Round, an excellent summer lettuce, also valuable for forcing 
Arlington Black-Seeded Tennis Ball, a local grown, extra fine strain, a favorite sort 
Asparagus, especially desirable for spring and late summer planting . . . . . 
Big Boston, a larger Boston Market. 
Black-Seeded Simpson, one of the best for out-door culture ...... 
Black-Seeded Tennis Ball, well-formed heads ; one of the best for out-door culture ; 
compact and tender. 
Boston Curled, esteemed for its 
earliness, beauty, and good 
table qualities 
Breck’s Boston Market, a su¬ 
perior selection of White- 
Seeded Tennis Ball, grows 
very compact, and is a most 
profitable forcing variety 
Defiance, one of the best cab¬ 
bage sorts and very tender . 
Denver Market, an early head 
variety, with blistered leaves 
like the Savoy Cabbage 
Early Curled Simpson, forms a 
compact mass of tender 
leaves of a yellowish-green 
color. 
Early Prize Head, large, hardy, 
and tender .... 
Grand Rapids, a desirable cab¬ 
bage variety, leaves crisp 
and tender . 
Hanson, one of the best in culti¬ 
vation, large, solid, heavy, 
Defiance Lettuce. cjdsp heaf J s . 
Hittinger’s Belmont, unsurpassed as a forcing variety. 
Paris Cos or Romain, a sort with long, narrow upright leaves. When tied up blanches 
nicely and bears close planting. 
Salamander, one of the best summer cabbage sorts, pale green. 
White Summer Cabbage, large, extra tender, and keeps well. 
Pkt. 
Oz . 
I.b 
•05 
•25 
$2-5° 
• IO 
.40 
4.00 
.IO 
•35 
3-50 
•05 
•30 
3.00 
•05 
•25 
2.50 
•05 
•30 
3.00 
•05 
•25 
2.50 
.10 
.40 
4.00 
•05 
.20 
2.00 
•05 
• 3 ° 
3.00 
•°A 
.20 
2.CX) 
•05 
•25 
2.50 
•05 
•25 
2.50 
•05 
.20 
2.00 
•05 
•30 
3.00 
•05 
.20 
2.00 
•05 
.20 
2.00 
•°5 
.20 
2.00 
MARTYNIA. 
The seed-pods are used for pickling, and should be gathered when green and tender. Plant in the 
open ground the last week of May in rows two feet apart, making hills one foot apart in the rows; place 
several seeds in each hill, and when well up thin out to one plant. One ounce will plant fifty hills. 
Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
. . .40 54.00 
See special offers on third page of cover. 
Martynia Prv>boscidia 
