GREEN SPRINGS, OHIO 
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THE O & M SEED CO. 
LETTUCE 
Culture 1 ounce to <5 ft. tow; 4 to 5 lbs. per acre. Lettuce is one of the most widely grown and one of the 
easiest of the vegetables to grow. Sow in rows 1 V 2 feet apart and thin to 3 inches apart in the row. Head Let¬ 
tuce requires at least 8 inches apart in the rows. For a succession of crops, sow seed every 10 days. 
Big Boston 
California Cream Butter—Heads are large, globular, 
solid, with golden yellow interior. Leaves large, dark 
gTeen, tinged and spotted with brown. Excellent quality 
and desired for Market Garden and shipping a short dis¬ 
tance. 
Improved Hanson—One of the most reliable, sure head¬ 
ing varieties. A fine variety for midsummer planting out¬ 
side, as it withstands the hot season better than most 
varieties. 
Grand Rapids—A loose-leaved forcing lettuce. Leaves 
closely crumpled, of light green color, crisp and tender. 
Popular variety. 
Black-Seeded Simpson—One of the most popular varieties. 
Will succeed almost anywhere. Loose heading variety. Al¬ 
ways reliable. Leaves very broad, much blistered and 
crumpled. Color light yellowish green. Fine quality. 
Prizehead—A crisp and tender loose-leaved non-heading 
variety and one of the most popular. Frilled at the border 
of leaves. Good quality. 
New York or Wonderful—A large late cabbage-like head¬ 
ing vai’iety, with lai-ge, crumpled, dark gTeen leaves. 
May King—A good frame lettuce, quick growing. Medium 
size head, leaves pale green, edges tinged bi’own. Fine 
quality. 
Iceberg—A large late, cabbage-like heading variety. 
Heads vex-y firm, hard and well blanched. Color medium 
green with faint bi'own tracing on the border. 
Chicken Lettuce—This variety grows 30 inches high aixd 
produces leaves from the main stalk which furnishes green 
lettuce for chickens. It is being used more extensively each 
year and the public is beginning to learn its real value 
for furnishing greens for poultry. 
Big Boston—A good variety, suitable for general cultiva¬ 
tion. Heads lai’ge, flattened, of medium size. Leaves light 
gx’een, wavy and tinged with red at the edges. 
New York or Wonderful 
