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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., 
LA CROSSE, WIS 
1937 
Salzer’s Creamy Heart Lettuce 
Salzer’s 
New York 
or 
Wonderful 
NEW YORK OR WONDERFUL LETTUCE 
A curled or crisp heading: variety, large, dark green 
and slightly juried on the edges. It is the most exten¬ 
sively grown of any of the head lettuces by market gar¬ 
deners, and it is likewise in much favor with home gar¬ 
deners everywhere. The mature head is flattish globu¬ 
lar, and has well folded leaves with the immediate out¬ 
side leaves slightly incurved to protect the head from 
sunburn. The heads range from 16 to 18 inches in 
diameter and weigh from 3 to 3y 2 pounds each. 
The heart is beautifully blanched, creamy 
white, crisp, tender, and free from any trace 
of bitterness. It is robust and is a standard 
hot weather variety. 565—Pkg., 5c 5 oz., 14c; 
Yk lb., 4Gcs Yz lb., S5c; Ib„ $1.50, postpaid. 
547—New York or Wonderful, Salzer’s 
Cliffwood Farm TRIPLE-A-TESTED— A 
special reselected strain certified by 
THREE-WAY tests: Pkg., 10c; oz., 10c; Yk 
lb., 63c; Yz lb., $1.15; lb., $ 2 . 00 , postpaid. 
SALZER’S ICEBERG 
A most satisfactory crisp heading va¬ 
riety with curly leaves of light green 
tinged with brown on the edges. It forms 
a hard bead of crisp tender quality, and 
blanches to a creamy whiteness. One of 
the best for the home garden and home 
market. 563—Pkg., 5c; oz., 12c; Yk lb., 38c; 
Yz lb., 70c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
SALZER’S MAY KING 
Salzer’s May King is a cabbage, butter 
head type, medium small, light green, 
tinged slightly at edges with brown. Very 
early. The heart is well folded, solid, and 
blanches to a beautiful light golden yellow. It 
is tender, brittle, juicy, and of a fine buttery 
flavor. Very hardy, and a sure header. 
560—Pkg., 7c; oz., 14c; Yk lb., 38c; Yz lb., 70c; 
lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
SALZER’S BIG BOSTON 
A cabbage head, butter type, medium large, about 
11 inches across, finely shaped, globular, medium 
light green with a slight tinge of brown on mar¬ 
gins of outer leaves. It is early and hardy, and 
stands shipping well. The leaf is smooth and is 
practically not blistered or crumpled, with a 
tendency to a bright sheen. Heads are tender, 
brittle, juicy, fine buttery flavor, and 
the interior is an attractive light golden 
yellow. 553—Pkg., 5c; oz., 17c; Yk lb., 
45c; Yz 11 >., 78c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
58 1—Big Boston, Salzer’s Cliffwood Farm 
TRIPLE - A - TESTED — A special re-selected 
strain certified by THREE-WAY tests. Pkg., 
10 c; oz., 23c; Yk lb., 57c; Yz lb., $1.00; lb., 
$1.75, postpaid. 
Creamy Heart Lettuce 
A new. black-seeded, cabbage head lettuce 
of the butter type, medium green color and of 
medium size. The head is firm and solid and 
the heart is a very rich cream color. It has a 
very firm, tender, buttery flavor, matures early, 
is slow to go to seed, and stands the heat of 
summer well. 
It is much superior in every way to many 
of the other butter types of lettuce, both in 
quality, earliness and ability to form sound, 
solid heads. Is a sure header. 579— Pkg., 9c; 
oz., 15 c4 2 oz., 25c; Yk lb., 38c; Yz lb., 65c; 
lb., $1.00, postpaid 
PARIS WHITE COS LETTUCE 
The Cos Lettuces are distinguished-from other lettuces 
in that their leaves are elongated and almost always 
somewhat spoon-shaped. They are grown in exactly the 
same way as other lettuce. When young, the leaves are 
pale green. When full grown, they form a loose, conical 
head, outer leaves light green and rather crimped, inner 
leaves very pale green with the midrib white and very 
prominent. Very crisp and has a delicious flavor. 
Succeeds very well everywhere, never wilts under the 
severest sun and can be grown to an immense size; plants 
weighing six pounds have been grown of this variety. 
598—Pkg., 5e; oz., 14c; Yk lb., 3Sc; Yz lb., 76c; lb., $1.25, 
postpaid. 
CHINESE OR CHICKEN LETTUCE 
You have doubtless often read that lettuce is an excel¬ 
lent feed for chickens. In this new variety you will find 
a feed that yields more than other green feeds, and that 
is much preferred by poultry. 'When Salzer’s Chicken Let¬ 
tuce is cut, it grows rapidly again, and may be cut again 
and again. The yield is extremely heavy; grows 3 to 4 
feet high and does not form a head. For table use, it 
perhaps will be found too coarse. If you have any 
chickens, by all means sow some this year. It will be the 
best investment you can make. 
578—Pkg., 5c; oz., 12c; Yk lb., 34c; lb., $1.06; 5 lbs., $4.60, 
postpaid. 
SALZER’S 
IMPROVED HANSON 
Exceptionally early, large 
globular, crisp heads which 
are firm and well blanched. 
The leaves are broad, crumpled 
and twisted, of light green 
color, never spotted or 
brownish. It is of very sweet 
flavor, and succeeds every¬ 
where and at all times. Heads 
well during hot weather. Miss 
Agnes Sandford, 431 No. First 
Ave., Canton, Ill., writes, “I 
have never had such fine head 
lettuce as last year, when I 
planted your Improved Hanson 
Lettuce. Friends all remarked 
about it.” 
562—Pkg., 5c; oz., 14c; Yk lb., 
38c; Yz lb., 70c; lb., $1.25, post¬ 
paid. 
Thirty years ago, my father always said that Salzer’s Seeds were the best to piant.-Mr. O. A. Hoffman, Forsyth, Mont. 
