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LcttllCC —Plant Buist's 
/4 Oz. per 100 Ft.; 3 Lbs. per Acre 
Culture —Head lettuce is most tender and 
crisp when quickly grown and thus requires 
a well enriched soil, plenty of moisture, thor' 
ough cultivation and cool weather. A check 
in growth from lack of nourishment or mois' 
ture usually prevents heading. Lettuce is quite 
hardy and can be planted outdoors on the 
approach of Spring as soon as soil and weather 
conditions permit. Sow ]/£ in. deep in rows 
18 ins. apart and thin out to stand 6 to 10 
ins. apart in the row. If the larger heads 
crowd, thin out again and use as required. 
After the plants have made some growth, a 
light application of fertilizer such as nitrate 
of soda will give that vigor necessary to pre' 
vent any check in growth. 
Lettuce seldom heads well in hot weather. It 
is best not to plant after May unless special 
care such as irrigation or artificial shading 
can be provided. For Fall use, sowings can 
again be made in August. 
Buist’s White Boston Lettuce 
BUIST’S WHITE BOSTON 
70 Days —Our strain of this handsome early 
Butterhead type is the best in existence. An 
excellent garden lettuce either for forcing or 
sowing in the open ground early in the sea' 
son. A very desirable shipping variety for 
nearby markets. Many complimentary reports 
come from New Jersey truckers 
insisting that our stock is the 
finest. Popular wherever lettuce 
is grown and a very valuable 
kind for growing on muck land. 
Leaves light green without a 
brown tint, smooth and straight 
on the edges, forming a closely 
folded head with golden hearts. 
Deliciously tender and buttery. 
BUIST’S SELECTED BIG BOSTON 
75 Days—Our strain of this very popular let' 
tuce is unsurpassed. Market and home gar' 
deners who use it agree that Buist’s stock is 
supreme. This variety is more extensively 
grown than any other in the butter head class. 
Always reliable, it produces a quality head at' 
tractive for market and home use. A standard 
for cold frame forcing and for Spring and 
Fall outside planting; excellent for shipping 
limited distances. Leaves glossy, smooth, wavy 
at the edge and slightly tinged with reddish 
brown. Plants are large and vigorous, pro' 
during creamy yellow, compact heads of med' 
ium size. Stands very long before shooting to 
seed. 
BUIST’S “VERIBEST” CABBAGE HEAD 
65 Days—This is the best early cabbage but' 
ter lettuce on the market and is excellent for 
general home use or market gardening, either 
for forcing, or sowing in the open ground 
early in the season. It forms a beau' 
tiful solid head with crumpled gold' 
emyellow leaves inside; very tender, 
soft in texture, rich buttery flavor 
and free from any bitterness. Outer 
leaves light green and will not turn 
red from cold. It can be sown broad' 
cast in September and transplanted 
in frames to cut early in the Spring. 
An excellent shipper and keeps well. 
HUBBARD MARKET OR 
WHITE SUMMER CABBAGE 
70 Days—Here is one of the best 
cabbage butter varieties listed, beau' 
tiful while growing and always 
tempting to the taste. The quality 
is excellent, soft in texture, sweet 
and very buttery in flavor. One of 
the best for the home or market 
garden. Good for forcing, for early 
Spring, Summer or late Fall. It is a splendid 
cabbage lettuce for the South, standing ex' 
treme heat and is slow shooting to seed. Plant 
compact, forming a round, solid, well bah 
anced, creamy heart. Leaves medium green, 
crumpled, with straight edges. 
BLACK SEEDED BIG BOSTON 
75 Days—Similar to the Big Boston with 
larger outer leaves. The heads are large and 
will stand a few days longer before shooting 
to seed. 
BUTTER HEAD LETTUCE 
Pkt. 
Vi Oz. 
Oz. 
y 4 Lb. 
Lb. 
Buist’s White Boston- #0.05 #0.10 #0.15 #0.50 #1.50 
Buist s Selected Big Boston 
.05 
.10 
.15 
.50 
1.50 
Buist’s Veribest Cabbage 
Head . 
.05 
.10 
.15 
.50 
1.50 
Hubbard Market or White 
Summer Cabbage. 
.05 
.10 
.15 
.40 
1.25 
Black Seeded Big Boston. 
.05 
.10 
.15 
.50 
1.50 
