Lettuce Improves a Poor Sandwich 
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Endive, Green Curled 
ENDIVE 
One ounce of seed for 100 feet of drill 
One of our best salad plants. For a first 
crop sow about the middle of April; for suc¬ 
cession small sowings may be made every 
month till August, when the main planting is 
made. Set out the plants 1 foot apart in rows 
and when well grown blanch by folding the 
leaves. 
Prices on Endive as follows: pkts. 5 and 
10c., oz. 15c., J4 lb- 35c., lb. $1.10. 
Broad-leaved Batavian. (Escarolle). Full 
hearted. One of the best varieties for salads. 
Leaves broad, bright, dark green. 
Giant Green Curled or Ruffick. (30 days.) 
This variety is sometimes called Oyster as 
in the Eastern States where Oysters on the 
shell are exhibited, it is frequently used as a 
garnish to display them. This is a hardy 
growing variety, with deep green leaves. 
When tied up these plants of red footstalks 
bleach white very quickly. 
Green Curled. Hardy, finely curled; easily 
blanched. One of the best. 
White Curled. Blanches rapidly; excellent 
and very tender. 
KALE, or BORECOLE 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill 
Sow about the middle of April in prepared 
beds, covering thinly and evenly; plant out in 
June following the directions recommended 
for cultivating Cabbage. 
Siberian Dwarf, Curled. (65 days.) This 
variety grows a little larger and coarser 
than the preceding. The leaves are not so 
deeply curled and are of a bluish green 
color. Very hardy. Pkt. 10c., oz. 15c., )4 
lb. 25c., lb. 80c. 
Green Curled Scotch. (55 days.) A rather 
dwarf variety, growing about 18 in. in 
height, but spreading under good cultiva¬ 
tion to 3 ft. in diameter. Leaves of a bright 
green, beautifully curved. Pkt. 10c., oz. 
15c., M lb. 25c., lb. 80c. 
LEEK 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill 
The Leek is very hardy and easily culti¬ 
vated. Sow as early in the Spring as prac¬ 
ticable, in drills 1 inch deep and 1 foot apart. 
When 6 to 8 inches high, transplant in rows, 
as deep as possible, that the neck, being cov¬ 
ered, may be blanched. 
Large American Flag. The most desirable 
for market or family use. Pkt. 10c., oz. 
20c., Vi lb. 50c. 
LETTUCE 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill 
Sow the seed in hotbeds in February or 
March, and transplant out in rows 8 inches 
apart. For succession sow in the open ground 
as early as the weather permits, continuing 
until July. Always thin out well, or the plants 
will not be strong. 
Prices on Lettuce seed unless otherwise 
noted as follows: pkts. 5 and 10c., oz. 
15c., lb. 40c., lb. $1.25. 
HEADING VARIETIES 
Big Boston Improved. Very popular for 
outside as well as for forcing. Color, light 
green, slightly tinged reddish brown. 
Crisp as Ice or Bronze Head. (76 days.) 
Particularly valuable for home and market 
gardens; forms heads under rather adverse 
weather conditions. Plant medium small; 
deep green overlaid with dark brown; forms 
firm well blanched heads of delicate buttery 
flavor and tender quality. 
Hanson. Curled crisp heading variety of 
medium size; light green, leaves curly and 
edges fringed. 
Iceberg ( California Simpson). A splendid 
crisp-head sort. Has strong center ribs, 
which bend toward the heart of the plant, 
keeping it thoroughly blanched. 
Imperial No. 847. Imperial No. 847 is of 
the same general appearance as other 
strains of Iceberg. The color is medium 
deep green. Heads are well rounded, firm, 
and with short core. This variety produces 
heads of excellent size and surprising so¬ 
lidity under conditions which usually pro¬ 
duce loose or mediocre heads in other 
strains. Pkt. 10c., oz. 20c., J4 lb. 65c., 
lb. $2.00. 
Lettuce, Wonderful 
KOHL-RABI 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of row 
It forms a bulb at the base of the stem 
above the ground. Successive sowings should 
be made throughout the season and good cul¬ 
tivation is necessary. Use the bulbs of Kohl¬ 
rabi when they are about the size of an apple 
as they become hard and stringy if grown too 
long. 
Prices on Kohl-Rabi: pkt. 10c., oz. 15c., 
14 lb. 50c., lb. $1.75. 
Early Purple Vienna. Similar to Early 
White Vienna, except in color. 
Early White Vienna. Very early and should 
be used before being fully grown. Flesh 
white with greenish white skin. 
May King. Large heads with broad green 
outer leaves tinged brown. Solid. 
White Boston. The best strain of the butter 
head type, 10 days earlier than Big Boston. 
Very large frame and head. Will not tip- 
burn, nor turn red, and will hold several 
days in the field after maturity before bolt¬ 
ing to seed. 
White Paris Self Folding. (77 days). 8-9 
in. tall which is whitish-green inside, 
with heavy, white brittle mid-ribs; hard 
and crisp in texture, but very sweet and 
considered by some the standard of excel¬ 
lence in lettuce. 
Wonderful (New York). Larger and a better 
color than Iceberg Lettuce. This is con¬ 
sidered the finest strain of the well known 
Wonderful Lettuce. Pkt. 5 and 10c., oz. 
20c., M lb. 60c., lb. $2.00. 
LOOSE LEAF VARIETIES 
Black Seeded Simpson. Early. Dependable 
in all parts of America and widely grown in 
home and market gardens. Plant large, 
attractive, compact; with broad, frilled light 
green leaves that are of fine crisp texture 
and splendid quality. 
Early Curled Simpson. Early. Plant 
large, compact, bright light lustrous green; 
leaves broad, frilled, firm, crisp, sweet 
and of good quality. 
Grand Rapids. Very early. Hardy, dis¬ 
ease resistant; the most widely used and 
best adapted variety for greenhouse forc¬ 
ing. Plants large, upright, compact and 
handsome; bright solid light green; leaves 
large, broad, margin much waved and 
frilled; very tender and sweet when grown 
under glass. 
Prize Head. Very early, quick growing 
and one of the most popular for home 
gardens, particularly on the Atlantic Coast. 
Plant medium large, strictly loose-leaf; 
leaves broad, crumpled and frilled; outside 
leaves tinged red, inner leaves wholly green 
very crisp, sweet and tender. 
Kohl-rabi, Early White Vienna 
