LEAF LETTUCE for BOWL SALAD 
LETTUCE—BIG BOSTON 
ICEBERG. A large, crisp Lettuce, always 
tender; stands hot weather remarkably well. 
Well known and largely planted standard 
summer cabbage-heading Lettuce of very best, 
crisp quality; sure heading and reliable. 
Large, late in season. Leaves very broad, 
fairly blistered, crumpled, very thick. Color 
light green, except faint brown along extreme 
border. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; V4 lb*. 40c. 
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON (40 days). More re¬ 
liable and easily grown during summer than 
other varieties. Very crisp, buching large, late 
intermediate sort. Plant compact, with firm, 
well blanched, rounded cluster of leaves, 
which are broad, blistered and crumpled thick 
and coarse. Color light green, never spotted. 
Sweet, somewhat hard and coarse in texture. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Y 4 lb., 40c. 
CULTURE. Lettuce can be grown in Texas all the year round; to grow fine heads the 
ground has to be good, and have plenty of moisture. For an early crop sow in frames in 
January or February and plant out in March, giving them space in accordance with the 
size of the Lettuce. For summer crop, grow where sown, thinning out to six or eight inches 
apart. 
SIMPSON'S EARLY CURLED (Seed white). A 
very extensively used early, loose leaved, or 
clustering variety. The leaves are light green 
in color, slightly frilled and much blistered 
crisp, sweet and tender. The sort is especially 
adapted for sowing thickly and cutting when 
the plants are young. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 
40c. 
BIG BOSTON. Our strain of this very popular 
variety is unsurpassed. Thousands of acres of 
Big Boston Lettuce are grown annually in the 
South. Plants are large and vigorous, leaves 
light green, slightly tinged with reddish 
brown; stands very long before shooting to 
seed. Can be grown in the open ground in the 
spring or fall, or in frames for early spring 
planting; does particularly well in cold 
weather and is especially recommended for 
fall planting in this section. Is very popular 
with gardeners and truckers, because it al¬ 
ways produces large, solid, salable heads, 
and with private growers because it heads 
up at all seasons of the year and is of crisp, 
tender quality. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 1/4 lb., 40c. 
LOS ANGELES OR NEW YORK (Seed white). 
Also known as Wonderful. This very large 
heading Lettuce is desirable not only as a 
garden variety for summer use but is much 
used as a fall and winter market sort. It is 
the variety largely grown in California and 
shipped to eastern markets under the trade 
name of Iceberg. The plant is very large but 
compact and tight heading; outer leaves at¬ 
tractive deep green, broad, frilled at edges. 
The inner leaves form a large head, very 
sweet and tender when in condition for use. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; V4 lb., 40c. 
WHITE PARIS COS OR ROMAINE. This type 
of Lettuce forms long, upright heads of narrow 
leaves. Very crisp and sweet; self-closing and 
quite solid. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; V4 lb., 40c. 
LETTUCE—EARLY CURLED SIMPSON 
A Prize for Poultrykeepers 
NEW CHICKEN LETTUCE. Here is a genuine 
Lettuce which will yield as much or more 
chicken or rabbit feed as any "greens" plant. 
When once cut it starts to grow again. The 
leaves can be pulled off each stem like a kale. 
Chicken Lettuce does not make a head, but 
sends up a stout stalk three or four feet high, 
just loaded with leaves. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 
1/4 lb., 40c. 
MELONS ARE RICH IN VITAMINS 
CULTURE. Plant in hills five to six feet apart, dropping ten seeds to the hill; thin 
out to three plants to the hill; cultivate until the vines cover the ground,' and pinch the 
ends off the early shoots to induce early fruiting. 
IMPROVED PERFECTO (90 days). Excellent 
shipping and market gardener's melon; im¬ 
mensely productive. Fruits 51/2 inches long, al¬ 
most round; very uniform; solidly covered 
with grayish netting; no indication of ribbing. 
Flesh extremely thick; rich deep salmon- 
orange; fine grained; juicy, sweet and of ex¬ 
cellent aromatic flavor. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi 
lb., 40c. 
HALE'S BEST. Extremely early, prolific, good 
shipper, about 10% larger than the Rocky 
Ford types. Flesh salmon and of exceptional 
thickness. Heavily netted and fairly prominent 
ribs. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 40c. 
HONEY BALL 
HONEY BALL. This variety is of the Honey 
Dey type, but is smaller and earlier than that 
variety. Fruits round, smooth, free from ribbing 
and are yellowish white when ripe. The flesh 
is very thick and of silvery green color. Al¬ 
though of rather sweet sugary flavor it has 
somewhat more of the spiciness of the green 
fleshed cantaloupes than Honey Dew. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 15c; 1/4 lb., 50c. 
NETTED GEM or ROCKY FORD. This has be¬ 
come one of the most popular of small or crate 
melons and is shipped in large quantities from 
Colorado and Arizona. It is also a desirable 
medium early sort for the home and market 
garden. The vines are vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. The fruits are oval, slightly ribbed, 
densely covered with fine netting. The flesh 
is green, very sweet and highly flavored. We 
offer an exceptionally fine stock of this early 
sort, the fruit being very uniform in shape and 
quality and of the even size that is so de¬ 
sirable in a shipping melon. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 
1/4 lb., 40c. 
TEXAS CANNONBALL No. 114 (Green Flesh). 
This splendid muskmelon is especially adapted 
for home garden and nearby markets. Pro¬ 
duces medium sized melons in about 75 days. 
Round, medium in size, heavily netted. Flesh 
is green, very solid, melting and of a delicious 
flavor. If you have found it difficult to grow 
muskmelons, try this variety. It succeeds 
where others fail. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 
40c. 
Staiiel's Muskmelon Seed 
Are Grown in Rocky Ford, 
Colorado 
ROCKY FORD 
10-25 SALMON TINT. This excellent main 
crop melon of the Rocky Ford type is one of 
the most popular of shipping varieties. The 
fruits are nearly round or slightly oval, show 
no ribbing and are densely netted over the en¬ 
tire surface. The flesh is rich salmon at center, 
shading to light green at rind. The seed cavity 
is small and the flesh thick and of excellent 
flavor. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; Yt lb., 40c. 
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FERD STAFFEL CO., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 
