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VEGETABLE SEEDS 
LETTUCE 
Lettuce is divided into two classes; the Cabbage, with round head, and broad, spreading leaves; and 
the Cos, with long head and erect, narrow leaves. The Cabbage varieties arc tender and buttery, and 
the Cos crisp and refreshing. The Cabbage form lias a subdivision called Curled; that is very pretty for 
garnishing, and considered by 
many the best for the table. 
Culture. — Sow in the open 
ground as early as possible, 
barely covering the seed. If 
the hotbed is used, start quite 
early. Give but little heat and 
plenty of water; air on fine 
days. Set plants in the bed 
four inches apart. As they in¬ 
crease in size thin them out. 
Lettuce runs to seed early in 
the season ; after warm weather 
sets in it is difficult to find a 
good head of Lettuce. The 
remedy is to make a second 
sowing for late use. 
Pound, $1.25; X lb., 35 
cents ; oz., 15 cents ; X oz., 
5 cents; except as noted. 
Vick’s Premium Cabbage. 
The best we have ever grown. 
Good solid head, keeping long 
in good condition. Pound, 
LETTUCE, IMPERIAL ■WHITE CABBAGE 31.50; X lb., 40 Cents ; OZ. 
Crisp as Ice. A splendid variety for family and 
home market. Heads large, handsome, and 
solid. Pound, $1.50; X lb., 40 cents; oz., 15 
cents ; X oz -> 5 cents. 
Golden Queen. Tender, crisp, and juicy ; a 
golden color; good solid heads. Pound, 31.50; 
X lb., 40 cents; oz., 15 cents; X oz., 5 cents. 
Vick’s Royal (new). Direct from the origina¬ 
tor. A beautiful golden color. Pound, 31.50; 
X lb., 40 cents; oz., 15 cents; X oz., 5 cents. 
Thick Head Yellow. For tenderness it is un¬ 
surpassed. Pound, 31.25; X lb., 35 cents; oz., 
15 cents; X ° 7 -> 5 cents. 
Imperial White Cabbage. A fine variety for 
family use and market. Pound., 31.50; X lb., 
40 cents; oz., 15 cents; X oz., scents. 
EGG PLANT 
A tender plant, requiring starting in the hotbed 
pretty early to mature its fruit in the Northern 
States. Care is necessary Jit transplanting to pre¬ 
vent plants being chilled by the change. Those 
who have no hotbeds can sow a few seeds in boxes 
in the house. 
Early Long Purple. Eight or nine inches long; 
productive. Pound, 32.00; oz., 20 cents; 
packet, 5 cents. 
Improved New York Purple. Spineless. 
Large and fine. Pound, $3.50 ; oz., 35 cents; 
X oz., 20 cents ; packet, 10 cents. 
15 cents; X oz., 5 cents. 
Salamander or Satisfaction. Heads large and 
solid ; leaves thick, smooth, and tender. 
Improved Early Hanson. Large, solid, ten¬ 
der, crisp; fine flavor. 
Hardy Green Winter. An excellent imported 
variety ; fine for salads and garnishing. Pound, 
$2.00; X lb., 60 cents; oz., 20Cts.; X oz., 5 Cts. 
Grand Rapids Forcing. Large, crisp, and ten¬ 
der. Excellent for shipping, and will insure 
sales at sight. 
Black-Seeded Simpson. The most popular of 
all the non-heading varieties. 
Early Prize Head. Outer leaves curled, crisp, 
ana tender. Slow in running to seed. 
Paris White Cos. Best of the Cos varieties. 
ENDIVE 
A excellent autumn and winter salad. Sow seed 
late in the spring, or even as late as July, in shal¬ 
low drills. Thin out to about a foot apart. 
Pound, $1.50 ; oz., 15 cents ; packet, 5 cents. 
Moss Curled. Green Curled. 
White Curled. Batavian. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
Mushrooms can be grown in any dark room or 
cellar where the temperature is 50° to 6o°. 
English. One pound, by mail, 25 cents; eight 
pounds, by express, not paid, 31.00. 
