SEED GROWERS 
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LETTUCE — Continued 
MIGNONETTE, B. S. 60 Days 
Plant medium small, compact, medium brown with dark greenish tinge. 
T.eaves frilled; head globular and firm; heart almost white. Excellent 
quality. 
NEW YORK OR WONDERFUL, W. S. 78 Days 
One of the very best of the curled or crisp heading varieties. The head, 
at first pointed or conical, becomes globular at maturity and is of medium 
large size, dark green in color and slightly curled on edges. Heads arc 
very hard and well blanched Quality is excellent, being sweet, yet never 
buttery in flavor. 
PRIZEHEAD, W. S. 47 Days 
'The name is misleading as it is a non-heading variety. Very early, quick 
growing, making a lot of good eating leaves of excellent flavor, l.eaves 
are light green with very ragged brown edges. A most popular variety 
with home gardeners. 
SALAMANDER OR BLACK SEEDED TENNIS BALL 68 Days 
Leaves medium green and crumpled. Head globular, hard and buttery, 
and of good flavor. One of the most popular with market gardeners be¬ 
cause it makes heads in h.ot weather when other varieties fail. 
TENNIS BALL OR BOSTON MARKET, W. S. 70 Days 
A forcing variety. Head of medium size, round and solid, buttery and 
of delicate flavor. Leaves crumpled, medium green, lightly tinged with 
brown. 
ROMAINE OR PARIS WHITE COS, W. S. 77 Days 
The best known and most popular Cos variety in America. It is medium 
large, medium green, and forms a good, well folded head of fine quality, 
which blanches readily. 
WHITE BOSTON OR UNRIVALLED, W. S. 76 Days 
Similar to white seeded Pig Boston but w'ith leaves slightly lighter green 
and free from a brown tint; heart buUery, yellow; of excellent quality. 
Highly desirable for nearby markets 
MUSKMELON 
Culture. For muskmelon follow our cultural directions for cucumber 
except that where a robust growing variety of muskrnelon is grown, a 
space of as much as six by six feet is sometimes required between hills. 
One ounce of seed plants fifty hills and three pounds plants an acre. The 
crop, or the last planting for a succession, should be in June. While not 
necessary it is advisable to pinch off the branches of muskmelon if a 
quicker matured or a larger or a better fruitj is required. Pick the melon 
when it parts from the stem, without difficulty and store a few days in a 
cool room. Number of days arei from planting to ripe fruit. 
BANANA 96 Days 
Fruit.s 3 X 14 iuche*^, long slim, tapered, slightly ribbed aud tapered to both 
ends. Yellowdsh green to yellow as it ripens. Flesh is thick, salmon in 
color; small seed cavity, and if jticked just as it ripens it is very well 
flavored. 
