325. 
GRAND 
RAPIDS— 
finest 
Loose Leaf Lettuce. 
331. ALL SEASONS -B.S. (75 
days.) A highly prized variety for home 
or market garden. Does well in hot 
summer weather. Plant is large with 
medium dark thick leaves and with large, 
round, firm butter-head which is deep 
yellow inside and of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00, 2 
lbs. $1.90, prepaid. 
332. F. S. & N. CO’S MAY KING 
-W. S. (61 days.) The earliest heading 
variety—for the first qutside planting. 
Leaves: light green, tinged with brown. 
Head: small, compact, with golden yel¬ 
low interior and buttery flavor; of fine 
quality. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 35c, lb. 
$1.15, 2 lbs. $2.20, prepaid. 
F. S. & N. Co. 
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promptly and in good condition, am 
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the best we have ever seen. Thank you 
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335. CRISP-AS-ICE -B.S. (74 
days.) A popular sort for the home gar¬ 
den. Forms compact medium-sized head, 
well blanched and of delicate flavor. 
Leaves thick and crumpled; deep green 
overlaid with dark brown, giving a 
bronze appearance. Pkt. 6c, oz. 15c, V4 
lb. 35c, lb. $1.20, 2 lbs. $2.30, prepaid. 
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Your^wn 
GARDEN 
Crisp-As-lce 
Lettuce. 
Note: The letters B.S. and W.g. refer to the black 
seeded and white seeded varieties. 
Early Loose Leaf Lettuce 
CULTURE —Sow as early in spring as the ground can be worked, in rows 12 inches 
apart; cover seed 14 inch. A rich, sandy loam is best. When plants are 3 or 4 
inches tall, thin out to stand 6 inches apart. For early crop, start in hotbed in early 
March, later transplanting the seedlings to coldframes, or to a sheltered position in 
the garden. If lettuce is cut above the crown, it will grow new leaves. 
335. CRISP-AS-ICE—the ideal salad Head Lettuce. 
Crisp Head Lettuce 
325. GRAND RAPIDS- B.S. 
One of the most popular loose-leaved 
varieties. Excellent for early planting 
and greenhouse forcing. It is very 
early, hardy, and disease resistant and 
is exceptionally tender when grown un¬ 
der glass. Handsome leaves are light 
green, broad, wavy, curly and heavily 
fringed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 16c, % 35c, 
lb. $1.10, 2 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 
329. PRIZEHEAD -W.S. A very 
early, qiiick growing, non-heading sort, 
which is rapidly becoming the most pop¬ 
ular loose-leaf variety for home gar¬ 
dens. Leaves are broad, crumpled and 
frilled; outside leaves tinged red, inner 
leaves wholly green; very crisp, sweet 
and tender. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, Vi !!>• 
30c, lb. $1.00, 2 lbs. $1.90, prepaid. 
326. BLACK SEEDED SIMP¬ 
SON -Early and dependable in all 
parts of America. Popular in many 
home and market gardens. Plant is 
large, attractive, compact, non-heading. 
Leaves are light green, broad and frill¬ 
ed; of fine, crisp texture and quality. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, Vi lb. 30c, lb. $1.00, 
2 lbs. $1.90, prepaid. 
327. SIMPSON’S EARLY 
CURLED -W.S. The most widely 
used home garden variety. Early, hardy, 
dependable. Plant is large, compact, 
lustrous green, non-heading. Leaves 
broad, frilled, firm, very crisp and 
sweet—of excellent quality. Pkt. 6c, 
oz. 10c, Vi lb. 30c, lb. $1.00, 2 lbs. 
$1.90, prepaid. 
(See inside back cover) 
CULTURE —For early crops start seed in March in the hotbed, covering VL inch. 
When seedlings are 2 inches tall, transplant to coldframes, setting them 4 inches apart 
each way. When the ground is warm enough transplant to garden, setting plants 1 
foot apart, in rows 12 to 16 inches apart. For general crop, make successive sow¬ 
ings during April and May, thinning plants to proper distance apart. For a fall 
crop, sow seed in August, to head during the cool weather of September and October. 
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American Pure Culture—This 
spawn is obtained by selecting 
spores from individual specimen 
mushrooms, and is propagated 
and transferred to bricks of ma¬ 
nure, which will produce mush¬ 
rooms true to type with excep¬ 
tional uniformity and regularity. 
Bricks weigh about IV 2 lbs.; a 
brick will spawn a bed 4 feet 
square. Pamphlet on mushroom 
culture with every order. 
To grow mushrooms on the 
lawn, break up the brick of 
spawn into inch square pieces. 
Have ready some fresh horse 
manure, and place a trowel full 
under the sod at intervals about 
the lawn. Put a piece of spawn 
on the manure, and replace the 
sod. Do this in May. After the 
warm rains, the lawn will be full 
of mushrooms. 
Price: Brick, 40c, prepaid.— 
Not prepaid; 5 bricks, $1.65; 
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336. HANSON -W.S. (80 
days.) Here is a very hardy, sure 
heading sort for home gardeners 
or truckers. Can be grown with 
success anywhere in America, and 
good for midsummer planting. 
Plant: very large with broad, cur¬ 
ly leaves, fringed at the edges. 
Head is large, round, hard, white 
at the heart, tender and sweet. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, V4 lb. 35c, lb. 
$1.15, 2 lbs. $2.20, prepaid. 
338. WONDERFUL, NEW 
YORK, OR LOS ANGELES 
-W.S. (80 days.) The out¬ 
standing shipping variety, known 
in all markets. Flavor and ten¬ 
derness are combined with unusual 
keeping qualities. Our special 
strain is noted for the large size 
of heads. The dark green leaves 
are slightly curled on the edges. 
The large, tightly folded cabbage¬ 
like head is well blanched, crisp 
and sweet. Quality is excellent. 
Pkt. 8c, oz. 20c, Vi lb. 50c, lb. 
$1.50, 2 lbs. $2.80, prepaid. 
339. BIG BOSTON -W.S. 
(75 days.) Especially valuable for 
summer and fall use out-of-doors, 
and for hotbed and coldframe cul¬ 
ture. Good for shipping short dis¬ 
tances. Leaves smooth and glos¬ 
sy, with edges wavy and tinged 
reddish brown. The firm, well fold¬ 
ed head, buttery-yellow at the 
heart, is of excellent quality. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 10c, Vi lb. 30c, lb. $1.15, 
2 lbs. $2.20, prepaid. 
340. MIXED LETTUCE 
SEED- " -All kinds mixed. If 
not sown too thickly, will make a 
continuous crop. The best early 
and late varieties of curly leaf as 
well as head lettuce. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
8c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c, 2 lbs. 
$1.40, prepaid. 
341. CHICKEN LET¬ 
TUCE -Chickens need green 
food. This lettuce will yield a 
large amount of greens through¬ 
out the season, as it makes suc¬ 
cessive crops after cutting. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 8c, Vi Ifi. 25c, lb. 85c, 
2 lbs. $1.60, prepaid. 
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