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HENDERSON'S 
BIG BOSTON 
LETTUCE 
PROTECTING BIG BOSTON LETTUCE WITH 
SALT HAY—FOR THANKSGIVING. 
HENDERSON'S 
BIG BOSTON 
LETTUCE 
The best 
on earth 
and 
more 
extensively 
grown than 
any other. 
Is praised by 
all users. 
“ When my neighbors see my Big Boston Lettuce 
they think they are cabbages." 
M. A. GARRETT, Patterson, La. 
“You ought to see my Big Boston Lettuce I 
planted the 14th of August. It is grand. Every¬ 
one that sees it admires it." 
J. J. WEST, Salisbury, N. C. 
"I had some of your Big Boston Lettuce last year 
and it was simply grand." 
M. M. STEWART, Hollidaysburg, Pa. 
“ The Big Boston was a splendid success. Hardly 
a head weighed less than 2 lbs., while I had many 
that weighed 3 lbs. ” 
Maj. W. H. NASH, Vancouver, Wash. 
“ The lettuce I have raised from your Big Boston 
seed created quite a sensation here. Every one 
asked me where l got the seed. You will get several 
orders from here." 
H. HUEBSCH, Austin, Texas. 
"We were much pleased with your Big Boston 
Lettuce—they produced fine large heads." 
W. L. TAYLOR, Lawton, Mich. 
'*/ must say that your Big Boston Lettuce is a 
good one for they grow like cabbage 'and are very 
crisp and good flavored. I intend planting a lot 
this year.GEORGE SPREADBOROUGH, 
Sarsdenfield, Camberley, 
Surrey, England. 
BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 
A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE. 
For Either Midsummer or Fall Use. Big, Compact, Tender and Crisp White Heads. 
T HIS grand variety, introduced into cultivation by us several years ago, has proved 
to be most valuable, steadily gaining in popularity until it is now more extensively 
grown than any other kind of lettuce, either for the private table or for sale, 
North, South, East or West; whether grown in the open ground for summer and fall use, or 
in frames for spring, or forced cool in greenhouses for winter use, it invariably gives both 
grower and user the utmost satisfaction, producing during all seasons, under ordinarily 
favorable conditions, splendid large buttery-yellow heads, packed with thoroughly 
blanched leaves, crisp, tender, sweet and white, delighting both the palate and the eye. 
This grand variety makes a handsome plant, with but few outside leaves, and stands long 
before bolting to seed. Although Big Boston is one of the best large-heading midsummer 
lettuces, it is also peculiarly adapted for cool open-ground culture; large areas of it may 
be seen in the vicinity of New York as late as Nov. 15th; a slight covering of salt hay 
amply protects the plants from hard frosts, and when cut for market the leaves are as 
fresh, bright and untinged as if in midsummer. Thousands of acres of it are grown 
during the winter in Florida and other Southern States for shipping to Northern markets; 
as far north as Maine it is a wonderfully popular summer lettuce: in fact, we know of 
no other variety that gives such general satisfaction under so many varied conditions. 
(See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. 34 lb., $2.50 lb. 
Our SUCCESSION COLLECTION of Lettuces offered on page 30, is worthy of your attention. 
