GERMAIN'S LETTUCE 
Lechuga, Sp. Laitue, Fr. Lattuga, Ital. Lattich, Salat, Ger. 
BIG BOSTON A vari ety highly recommended for home gardeners. 
Sure header, medium size, outer leaves attractive 
green color tinged with brown. Heads are a crisp, fine buttery 
flavor. Be sure to plant this variety in your home garden. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
HANSON A very hardy lettuce, excellent for a summer crop 
nAMouix. ag withstands heat. Forms a large, light green 
head which is very hard. An excellent variety for the home gar¬ 
dener for it is very sweet, crisp and tender. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi 
lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
Nf.w York or 
L os Angeles Market 
Health Properties 
of Lettuce 
Calories per lb. 87 
Vitamins A, B, C, G 
Proteins 1.2% 
Carbohydrates 2.9% 
Fats .3% 
Calcium .043% 
Iron .001% 
Note — Prices listed are postpaid 
OillTlJRE A world wide grown 
LULIukc. vegetable because 
it can be quickly and easily 
grown. Is extremely palat¬ 
able and very nutritious. 
Every garden deserves a 
lettuce plot. The quickest 
growing types are the 
loose leaf varieties, and 
we suggest for the home 
garden a plot of loose 
leaf and a bed of the 
heading type. The loose 
leaf varieties will have 
matured and be used up 
by the time the heading 
types are matured. 
The looseleaf Lettuce 
does not form heads but 
where the plants are 
grown a distance apart 
they make a large round¬ 
ed cluster of leaves. 
Leaves are heavily crum¬ 
pled and attractive in 
appearance, crisp and 
tender. We advise the planting of 
two ounces of seed for a 150 foot 
row and if the lettuce is too thick, 
thin after it has attained a size 
which can be pulled and used for 
salad or it can be thinned out 
when young and transplanted to 
another section of the garden. Let¬ 
tuce needs considerable moisture, 
applied often but not too heavily 
and plenty of cultivation to obtain 
best results. 
HEAD LETTUCE is so called be¬ 
cause of its ex¬ 
tremely solid or compact forma¬ 
tion. Such types as Los Angeles 
Market, New York, Big Boston and 
Iceberg, may be depended upon to satisfactorily mature 
a firm cabbage-like head. 
Heading varieties should be sown the same as loose leaf 
except that they should by all means be thinned out when 
the fourth leaf appears leaving plants in the row 10 inches apart. 
A rich pliable medium loam soil is best. In field planting, plant on 
ridges, 14 to 18 inches wide and in double rows about 12 inches 
apart, giving frequent irrigations between the ridges. Plant about 
2 lbs. of seed per acre. 
NOTICE TO LETTUCE GROWERS 
In the last few years many new types of the New York variety 
have been introduced which are especially adaptable to certain 
locations in California and Arizona and for planting at certain 
seasons of the year. The more popular types are Imperial D. No. 
515, No. 615, No. 152, No. 847, and Imperial X. If interested in 
these types please write us for further information and prices. 
HEAD LETTUCE 
LOOSE LEAVED VARIETIES 
NEW YORK OR LOS ANGELES MARKET. T . h f re , ls S u° wn i ? thi ? 
, „ , state for shipment east 
upwards of fifty thousand acres of lettuce, practically every acre 
of which is the New York type. Seldom is the consumption of 
any vegetable so entirely of one type as in the case of New York 
Lettuce. 
This is due to its fine appearance, excellent quality and large per- 
of perfect heads. Our stock is grown with greatest care 
and is not to be compared with some offered. 
Plant our New York and obtain large, solid, crisp heads of the 
finest lettuce grown. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 45c; 1 lb. $1.25; 5 lbs. 
NEW YORK NO 12 A comparatively recent selection of the New 
‘ York type, an early variety and does well in 
mid-summer. It is lighter in color than the regular New York 
and is popular with shippers and large growers. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 
Vi lb. 45c; 1 lb. $1.25; 5 lbs. $5.50; 10 lbs. $10.00. 
ICEBERG An exc eUent summer lettuce producing a solid light 
• green head with leaves tinged with red. The head is 
very large, white inside, crisp and sweet, but not as solid as the 
New York. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
IMPERIAL F ® ne °f the newer New York types developed for re- 
. s i s tance to both brown blight and mildew. Used by 
some planters in California for both summer and spring planting. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 45c; 1 lb. $1.25; 5 lbs. $5.50; 10 lbs. $10.00. 
m cecncn ciudcoki A favorite among the loose leaved 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. kindSi ver y crisp and tender. Pkt. 5c; 
oz. 15c; Vi lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
cadiy r'liDi cn cimdcom The best of early varieties of the loose 
caklt ou rLcu HMriUN. leaved kinds; leaves light green, crisp, 
and fine flavor. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; *4 lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.25. 
CHICKEN LETTUCE. 
This variety of lettuce should not be con¬ 
fused with the regular heading or loose¬ 
leaved varieties. The plant grows very much like kale, to a height 
of four to five feet, with much growth of leaf. It is used mainly 
for chicken and rabbit feeding. It absolutely does not head and 
is seldom if ever used for table purposes. The wonderful leaf 
growth makes it ideal for green food for chickens, etc. Pkt. 5c; oz. 
15c; Vi lb. 35c; 1 lb. $1.00. 
COS OR ROMAINE 
PARIS WHITE COS. This variety makes a delicious, crisp sweet 
salad vegetable. The heads are about seven 
inches high, dark green on the outside but lighter green inside. 
Requires cool weather for best results and plants should be thinned 
to a distance of eight inches apart. Pkt.- 5c; oz. 15c; Vi lb. 45c; 
1 lb. $1.25. 
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