VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 
KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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LEEK 
Allium Porrum 
LARGE LONDON or American Flag LABEL 
The old standard variety of unusual vigor and hardiness. Stems become very long, thick, 
and white. Early, popular with market gardeners wherever leek is grown. Used in soups 
and stews, for its onion like flavor. 
LETTUCE 
HEADING VARIETIES 
Latuca sativa - var. capitata 
Lettuce has become a common and inexpensive vegetable on the table the year around. Its 
wide adaptability and the development of new or improved disease resistant varieties has enabled 
southern districts to produce heading types in the winter season and ship north. The following 
described varieties and strains offer the greenhouse forcer, home or market gardener and shipper 
a type for his requiement. 
The letters w. s. following the variety indicate that it is a white-seeded sort, and the 
letters b. s. that it is a black-seeded sort. 
Big Boston Lettuce 
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graph 
Code 
BIG BOSTON w. s. LABOR 
An old, standard variety of head lettuce which is known the world over. In Europe it is 
named Trocadero. An excellent sort for hotbed and cold frame forcing, and as an 
outdoor variety withstands much adverse weather. One of the surest heading types for 
the Middle West and Southern States. 
HEADS—Medium sized, globular shaped, light green, butter-head type, firm, compact, 
well formed, crisp, tender, with buttery, light golden yellow heart; outer 
leaves smooth, glossy, medium light green, with slight tinge of reddish brown 
on the margins. 
Season. 
Days 
Seeded 
to Mar¬ 
ketable 
Heads 
75 
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