SEED GROWERS 
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LETTUCE—COS or ROMAINE 
All cos varieties should be planted for late summer or early fall use when they form firm nicely 
folded heads. If they come to maturity in the heat of summer, the flower stalks develop before the 
head is well formed. Cos varieties are distinct from other varieties of lettuce, and on account of the 
thick leaves and the thick brittle midrib are sometimes called celery lettuce. Cos lettuce is very 
popular and of superior quality. 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
Balloon, b. s. leloo 
Large, round light green head which runs to seed slowly. An 
autumn variety which does not head well in summer. 
Dark Green, w. s. lecos 
A medium large, dark green variety which forms a good sized, 
firm, well folded head. 
Express, w. s. LERES 
Small, dark green, early variety. Well folded heads. The best of 
the small Cos varieties. 
Giant White, w. s. lejin 
The same as Kingsholm, except that the head is somewhat 
smaller. 
Hick's Hardy White Winter, w. s. 
Similar to Giant White. 
LEHIC 
Lobjoit's Dark Green lejoy 
A refined strain of Paris Green Cos, and like it is deeper green 
than White Paris Self Folding. 
White Paris Self Folding, w. s. (Trianon) lepar 
77 days. Most popular variety for the home and market garden; 
likewise the best for forcing. Plants medium large and upright; 
medium light green with firm, spoon-formed straight-edged outer 
leaves and upright, loaf-shaped, well folded firm head 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 excellence in lettuce. 
MUSKMELON 
We have indicated the number of days ordinarily required to produce ripe fruits at our Oakview 
Experimental Gardens near Detroit, the seed being planted directly out of doors early in June. 
ORANGE FLESHED VARIETIES 
BENDER'S SURPRISE 
85—90 days. Delicious salmon-fleshed melon, very popular in New 
York State. Fruit medium to large; oval; distinctly ribbed and 
covered with slight patches of netting; skin light yellow when ripe. 
Telegraph 
Code. Word 
MEBEN 
Burrell’s Gem (Defender) medfe 
100 days. (Also known as Ordway Pink Meat.) Fruits oval; 
6H in. long, 4in. diameter, and with uniform heavy netting. 
Flesh thick; rich orange-yellow; sweet and aromatic. 
Early Osage metra 
84 days. Standard variety of splendid quality for nearby markets 
and home gardens. Fruits 6—7 in. long; almost round; with 
shallow furrows and sparse shallow netting. Flesh very thick; 
salmon-orange; fine grained, sweet, and aromatic. 
Emerald Gem megem 
80 days. The standard very early variety for home garden and 
nearby market. Fruits flattened globe shape, 5—5^ in. long, 
ribbed; smooth with practically no netting; not suitable for 
shipping. Flesh very thick; deep salmon-orange; sweet, juicy, and 
aromatic. 
