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LETTUCE-HEADING VARIETIES (Cont.) 
New York No. 515 Improved, w. s. 
81 days. Similar in appearance and adaptability to New York 
No. 515 but under the same conditions usually produces larger 
heads. Under some conditions is slightly lighter in color. 
Salamander, b. s. (Black Seeded Tennisball) 
70 days. Very dependable; particularly popular with market 
gardeners because it forms fairly good heads when the weather 
is so warm that most varieties fail. Head globular, hard and 
buttery; of sweet, delicate flavor. 
WHITE BOSTON, w. s. (Unrivalled) 
76 days. Our White Boston is the perfected, pure-bred strain of 
Unrivalled. This is a cabbage, butter-head type, leaves smooth 
and straight on the edges. Plant and head entirely light green; 
heart buttery and yellow. This strain is the best in existence, 
and we have given it this name to distinguish it from Big Boston. 
WHITE BOSTON CORNELL No. 43, w. s. 76 days 
A strain of White Boston developed by the New York State 
College of Agriculture. Produces larger, darker green plants than 
the parent strain. Very satisfactory in tests made during the past 
season. Worthy of trial wherever a larger type of White Boston 
is wanted. 
LETTUCE—LOOSE LEAVED VARIETIES 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON, b. s. 
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. 
Chicken Lettuce, w. s. 
Very hardy, rapid growing, medium light green, non-heading 
butter type which produces flower stalks early and furnishes 
an abundance of leaves over a long period of growth. 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON, w. s. 
Early. Also well known as “White Seeded Simpson.” Very hardy 
and dependable; particularly popular for home gardens. Plant 
large, compact, bright light lustrous green; leaves broad, frilled, 
firm, crisp, sweet and of good quality. 
Grand Rapids, b. s. 
Very early. Hardy, disease resistant; the most widely used and 
best adapted variety for greenhouse forcing. Plants large, up¬ 
right, compact and handsome; bright solid light green; leaves 
large, broad, margin much waved and frilled; very tender and 
sweet when grown under glass. 
Grand Rapids, Tip Burn Resistant, b. s. 
Said to be resistant to tip burn when grown commercially under 
glass. Leaf texture and plant type the same as the Arlington 
strain of Grand Rapids Forcing. Has a tendency to form heads 
when grown outdoors, and the leaves are not so frilled but more 
savoyed than the regular Grand Rapids. 
Grand Rapids U. S. No. 1, b. s. (Mildew Resistant) 
Developed by Dr. I. C. Jagger of the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture, and is resistant to mildew. About the same as Grand 
Rapids except that the leaf margins of U. S. No. 1 are a little 
more deeply cut and heavily frilled; the color a little duller and 
lighter green. 
Ohio Grand Rapids, b. s. 
The same as Grand Rapids except that the foliage is darker green 
and not so tender. The variety stands more abuse in handling. 
Prize Head, w. s. 
Very early, quick growing and popular for home gardens. Plant 
medium large, strictly loose-leaf; leaves broad, crumpled and 
frilled; outside leaves tinged red, inner leaves wholly green; very 
crisp, sweet and tender. 
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