ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS BEST BY EVERY TEST 
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LETTUCE 
Hanson 
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CULTURE —Lettuce is easily grown, but 
needs cool weather and plenty of moisture. 
Sow outdoors as early as the ground is work¬ 
able in rows 18 inches apart and thin to 12 
inches apart in the rows. For winter use, may 
be sown in hot-beds. Two ounces will sow 150 
feet of row; 4 pounds required per acre. 
CABBAGE OR HEADING 
VARIETIES 
ROYAL —Has glossy, green leaves, splashed 
with brown. Inner leaves form a crisp solid 
head, rich yellow in color, tender and buttery. 
82 DAYS 
HANSON —None more reliable for outdoor 
cultivation. Heads grow to a remarkable size, 
resembling that of a flat cabbage. Outer leaves 
are bright green and beautifully frilled on the 
edges; inner leaves white and deliciously 
sweet, tender and crisp. 76 DAYS 
BIG BOSTON —If enormous size, heads 10 
to 12 inches across, with a tightly folded heart 
of blanched, juicy, buttery leaves is desired, 
select Big Boston. Is extensively used by gar¬ 
deners and shippers everywhere. 
NEW YORK or WONDERFUL — This 
splendid mammoth-heading and long-keeping 
variety has been grown to weigh six pounds 
to the head; frequently weighs two to three 
pounds. Heart is solid, of light green color, 
very sweet, tender and crisp. Long-standing; 
perfect heads may be cut from the same bed 
for many weeks. This lettuce is grown in large 
quantities on the Pacific Coast and shipped 
all over the country. It is wrongly called Ice¬ 
berg by produce dealers, which variety is dif¬ 
ferent and listed below. 82 days 
ICEBERG —Fine for home gardens but not 
so good for shipping on account of its tender 
head and thin leaves. Grows very large head 
somewhat crumpled, white inside, very sweet 
and crisp. 
DENVER MARKET — The well known 
standard crisp head, medium-sized type, bear¬ 
ing light green leaves, very much crumpled. 
The young heads are pointed but grow more 
nearly round when mature. 
CURLED or LOOSE-LEAVED 
VARIETIES 
GRAND RAPIDS —As a lettuce for home 
gardens, greenhouse forcing this variety un¬ 
doubtedly stands at the head of the list, being 
of quick growth, hardy, little liable to rot and 
remaining in condition several days after be¬ 
ing fit to cut. The plant is upright and forms 
a loose cluster of large, thin, bright green 
leaves, savoyed, finely crimped at edges. The 
leaves do not wilt quickly after cutting so 
that the variety will stand shipping long dis- 
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EARLY CURLED SIMPSON or SILESIA— 
Is widely known and an old time favorite 
variety, the most popular loose leaved sort. 
Heads are a handsome green. 
EARLY PRIZE HEAD —The plants are me¬ 
dium large, and are composed of many curly 
leaves. The foliage is bright green, shaded 
with light brown. This is one of the best home 
garden varieties, as it grows quickly and 
makes a lot of good eating leaves which are of 
remarkably good flavor. It is strictly non¬ 
heading and of excellent flavor. 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON— A standard 
variety for forcing and early outdoor culture. 
It forms large, loose clusters of leaves of light 
yellowish green color; the leaves are large, 
thin, very tender, slightly ruffled and blis¬ 
tered; the inner ones nicely blanched, and 
even the large outside leaves are tender and 
of good quality. 
CELERY LETTUCE 
TRIANON or PARIS —This variety is 
the finest of the Cos or blanching sorts. The 
long, narrow leaves form solid heads, blanch 
and become snowy white. Excels in quality 
and crispness. The leaves, when blanched, are 
stiff like celery, and can be eaten in the same 
manner. 
MUSKMELON 
CULTURE —Because of their high sugar 
content, muskmelons are one of the most deli- 
