NORTHRUP, KING & CO.’'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 

LET TUCE—Loose Leaf Varieties 
Black Seeded Simpson 40 days 
A nationally popular variety. It is light 
green colored, with inner leaves almost 
white. Good for spring and early summer 
culture. Large growth, excellent quality. 
Chicken (for feeding chickens) 
A very hardy, rapid growing sort. Pro- 
duces flower stalks early. Furnishes an 
abundance of leaves over a long period. The 
largest lettuce plant but lacks in eating 
quality. 
Early Curled Simpson 40 days 
White seed. Especially popular in home 
gardens. Large compact plant, light lus- 
ROMAINE, COS or 
Paris White Cos 
trous green broad leaves, frilled. Crisp, 
sweet and excellent for salads. 
Grand Rapids 45 days 
Black seed. One of the most popular non- 
heading varieties. Curled, crisp, light green 
leaves are especially tender and sweet when 
grown under glass. Early, disease resistant. 
Prizehead (Reddish Leaves) 45 days 
White Seed. An early, very rapid grower. 
Very popular for home gardens. Curly, 
non-heading, crisp, medium size with bronze 
on edges of outer leaves, inner leaves 
wholly green. 
CELERY LETTUCE 
60 days 
White seed. A strong grower and very productive, with long, shell shaped, medium 
green leaves of most excellent quality. A self-folder, but when plant is over half grown it 
is best to tie it up with string so that the inner leaves may be blanched perfectly white. 
Head 8 to 9 in. high, long loaf shaped. 
MUSKMELON 
The number of days after each variety refers to the period required to ripen fruit, from 
seed planted in the open ground. 
Green Fleshed Varieties 
Delicious Gold Lined 90 days 
One of the sweetest and most delicious 
green fleshed melons of the Rocky Ford 
type. Oval in shape, covered with heavy 
grayish netting. Seed cavity small, flesh 
thick and firm. 
Rocky Ford or Netted Rock 92 days 
A comparatively small green fleshed 
melon of about two pounds, oval type, slight- 
ly ribbed. Flesh thick with gold tinge at 
center. Juicy and of excellent flavor. Outside 
covered with hard gray netting. 
Orange or Salmon Fleshed Varieties 
Banana 94 days 
A long variety tapering at both ends. 
Skin is lemon colored when mature. Pink 
flesh, delicious eating quality. Size 14x4 in. 
Weight 5 to 7 lbs. 
Bender’s Surprise 87 days 
A large size melon weighing 7 to 8 lbs. 
Round shaped, deeply ribbed with coarse 
netting. Flesh very thick and sweet. An 
excellent home garden and shipping variety, 
growing well in almost all sections. 
Early Sunrise 84 days 
A very early melon of the Bender’s Sur- 
prise group. It appears to have real merit. 
Fruits weigh 5 to 6 lbs., fairly well netted, 
slightly flattened on both ends. Flesh is 
orange, excellent quality and flavor. Vine is 
vigorous and productive. 
Emerald Gem 85 days 
A standard early variety for home gar- 
den. Small and globular, flattened at the 
poles, ribbed, netted, orange flesh, deep 
emerald green line under the skin, Size 4 by 
5 in., weight about 2 Ibs. Should be picked 
when the skin is still green. Very sweet and 
spicy. 

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