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BUTZER’S SEED STORE, PORTLAND, OREGON 
LETTUCE 
A PRIZE FOR POULTRY KEEPERS 
CHICKEN LETTUCE 
This variety of lettuce should not be confused with 
the regular heading or loose-leaved varieties. The plant 
grows very much like kale to a height of four to five 
feet. With much growth of leaf it is used extensively 
for chicken am) rabbit feeding. Sow seed very 
early. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 2 oz. 25c; Vs lb. 40c; lb. $1.25, 
postpaid. 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON’S 
An early, erect growing, clustering variety. Leaves 
light green, slightly frilled and much blistered, sweet, 
tender and well-flavored. The sort is especially adapted 
for sowing thickly and cutting when the plants are 
very young. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 2 oz- 25c; Vs lb. 40c; lb. $1.25, postpaid 
ECLIPSE, OR EXPRESS 
Eclipse, or Express, is a dwarf extra early sort, 
growing about six inches in height, with the leaves 
very closely folded together. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 4 oz. 40c; lb. $1.25 
MIXED LETTUCE 
This mixture contains Head, Loosehead, Curled, 
Brown, in fact almost all styles and shapes. Try a 
package. Pkt. 6c; oz. 15c; Vs lb. 40c; lb. $1.25 
Cos or “Celery” Lettuce 
—Salad Romaine 
Early White Self-Folding—This excellent variety, 
also called Trianon, forms a large light green plant 
with a well-folded head of very good quality. The mid¬ 
ribs are white and very prominent. The inner leaves 
are naerly white, slightly tinged with green, and are 
decidedly firm and sweet. This is considered the most 
reliable of the Cos or celery lettuces for the home gar¬ 
den or market gardeners’ use in this country. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 2 oz. 25c; Vs lb. 40c; lb. $1.25. 
GRAND RAPIDS 
This does not form heads, but makes large compact 
bunches of light leaves with fringed edges. Its delicious 
quality and handsome appearance make it most popular 
in winter markets. It is useful also for outdoor plant¬ 
ing during spring and fall. Our 6tock is extra fine. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vs lb. 40c; lb. $1.25. postpaid 
MAY KING 
The heads are very attractive, outer leaves being 
yellowish-green, tinged with brown, while inside it is 
richest golden yellow. It is somewhat similar in 
appearance to Boston Market, but matures earlier and 
is lighter green in color, with less of the brownish 
tint. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vs lb. 40c; lb. $1.25 
Muskmelon or Cantaloupe 
Culture—Plant the seed in hills six feet apart each way, dropping ten to twelve seeds in a hill. After the 
plants begin to crowd and the striped beetles are pretty well gone, thin to four of the most vigorous plants in 
a hill. Give frequent but shallow cultivation, until the plants make runners so long that this is impractic¬ 
able. Kich earth for the young plants is far better than manure, but if the latter must be used, see that it is 
well rotted and thoroughly mixed with the soil. 
If the plants grow very rank, more and finer fruit will be secured by allowing the main branch to continue 
growing, but pinch off the end of each side branch after it has one fruit set. The quality of melons of all 
varieties is largely dependent upon conditions of growth and ripening. Unhealthy vines or unfavorable weather 
produces fruit of comparatively poor flavor. 
YELLOW FLESHED VARIETIES 
Hale’s Best—The earliest maturing of all large 
melons. Even in a season remarkable for its coolness 
the fruits matured to luscious sweetness in 68 days 
after planting. The melons are oval but inclined to 
produce some fruits of somewhat elongated shape. 
The popularity of Hale’s Best is due not only to its 
earliness but particularly to the sweet tasty flavor 
of its beautiful salmon flesh. 
Pkt. 5e; oz. 15c; Vs lb. 40c; lb. $1.25 
Hearts of Gold or Hoodoo (Orange)—A medium 
sized very uniform melon of fine grained flesh and 
sweetest flavor. 
Per pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vs lb. 40c; Tb. $1.25 
Honey Dew—An old French variety, requiring 150 
days to mature and having a delicious flavor when 
thoroughly ripened. It has a smooth thin rind, a del¬ 
icate yellow, and flesh blending from white near the 
rind to green. In short season localities should be 
started in a hot-bed. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; Vs lb. 75c. 
Burretl’s tern—One of the moot popular market 
melons. Melons are oblong, not deeply ribbed, well 
netted and about 4^b to 6 inches long. Flesh very 
deep, with an exceedingly small seed cavity. Flesh 
deep salmon and of excellent flavor. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 4 oz. 40c; lb. $1.25 
Emerald Gem—Small to medium size; skin deep 
green, generally smooth; flesh thick, rich salmon, not 
surpassed in richness and flavor. But few varieties 
are so nearly certain to produce uniformly good 
melons. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 4 oz. 40c; lb. $1.25. 
Edwards’ New Perfecto-—Nearly round and densely 
covered with a hard gray netting; flesh very thick 
and of a beautiful salmon color, shading into green 
as it nears the rind. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 4 oz. 40c; lb. $1.25 
Fordhook—The most perfect cantaloupe. It is about 
the same size as Improved Jenny Lind, very thick 
flesh, of orange yellow, very small seed cavity, com¬ 
paratively few seeds, flesh very solid and of very 
high flavor, flesh staying solid and firm after melon 
has become quite vellovv. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 4 oz. 40c; lb. $1.25 
BANANA MUSKMELON 
A long yellow-fleshed melon. A very interesting and 
at the same time a splendid melon. The melon is from 
20 to 28 inches long and almost solid. The meat is of 
a rich salmon color, and has a flavor which is truly 
delicious. Don't pick the melons until they are thor¬ 
oughly ripe, as they are then at their best. Plant some 
Banana Melons for home use and county fair exhibits. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Vs lb. 40c; lb. SI.25 
Osage, or Miller’s Cream—The fruits are larger than 
those of the Emerald Gem : nearly round in form, but 
having the same distinct dark green skin, with lighter 
bands between the ribs, and thick, firm, orange flesh 
of fine quality. Per pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 14 lb. 40c; per lb. 
$1.25. 
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