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VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES 
Henderson’s Succession Collection superior Head Lettuces. 
This set comprises the four varieties named below, with which may be produced a continuous 
supply of the most delicious lettuce that can be raised from early spring until late fall. .... 
Mignonette for ICxtra Early.Described on page 29 I New York for Main Summer Crop.Described on page 30 
Salamander for Second Early. “ “ “ 29 | Big Boston for Summer and late Fall .... “ “ “ 28 
Price, 1 pkt. each of the above four Lettuces for 30c. 
“l our Iho Boston Lettuce is a grand 
success. / don't think there is a lettuce to 
beat it. / have some that look like cab¬ 
bages. Next year all of my lettuce will he 
Big Boston." 11. L. RICE, Sunrise, La. 
“/ had some of your Big Boston Lettuce 
last year and it was fine. Sirnply grand." 
MBS. M. STEW A HD. 
Ilollidaysburg. Pa. 
HENDERSON’S BIG BOSTON LETTUCE. 
PnOTECTINC HIO HOSTOV LETTUCE WITH 
SALT MAY—KOK TH A N K8« JIVI MG. 
HENDERSON’S 
Bi^ Boston Lettuce 
WINS PRAISE 
from all users : 
“ Big Boston is the finest lettuce 
in this section, and it is certainly fine." 
K. NADLER, Chester, N. Y. 
"The Big Boston was a splendid success. 
Hardly a head weiahed le.s.s than 2 lbs., 
while I had many that weighed 3 lbs." 
Maj. ir. 11. N.’iSII, Vancouver, ITasA. 
"Your Big Boston Lettuce was a great 
success—^ the finest lettuce ever seen around 
here." 
11. It . .V. DRAKE, Port Gibson, Mich. 
" The lettuce I have raised from your 
Big Boston seed created (luite a sen¬ 
sation here. Every one asked me where 1 
got the seed, }'ou will get several orders 
from here." 
II. II U EBSCII, Austin, Texas. 
hen 7ny neighbors come into my 
garden they think your Big Boston Lettuce 
are cabbages—they are beauties." 
M. A. GARRETT, Patterson, La. 
5 our Big Boston Lettuce is fine." 
CIIAE. RIESE, St. Bernard. Ohio. 
“ H'c were much pleased with your Big 
Boston Lettuce—they produced line large 
heads." W. L. TA YLOR, Lawton, Mich. 
A GRAND LARGE CABBAGE LETTUCE. 
For either Midsummer or Fall Use. Bid. 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 anv 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 invariabl}^ 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 our 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. loth; 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., 76c. \ lb., $2.60 lb. 
Our SUCCESSION COLLECTION of Lettuces, offered above, is worthy of your attention. 
