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Read What My © 
Customers Say: 
Reading, Penna. 
Dear Mr. Shumway: 
My father has bought 
all his seed from you 
for over twenty years. 
He was so well preased 
with them that~ he 
asked me to continue 
buying for the old 
farm from the house 
of Shumway as he has 
passed on to his re- 
ward. You will re- 
member I did the buy- 
ing last year in my 
name, and am just as 
well satisfied with 
your seed as: father 
was. Be sure to send 
your catalog early. I 
wish you could have 
seen our garden. The 
neighbors were so well 
pleased with it. I am 
sure you will get more 
orders from here, 
Yours truly, 
FRANKLIN A. MORSE 











55 days. 
480 Hanson Head Lettuce 
A fine old standard strain widely used by market garden- 
ers. The plants are extremely hardy, resist summer heat well, 
and are grown all over the. United States. 
better than most head lettuce varieties. 
light yellowish green, broad and frilled. 
over the inner leaves, which are compact, crinkled, crisp, sweet, 
tender and well blanched. The heads are good "sized, globe- 
shaped and hard. An outdoor type only. May be planted over 
Pkt., 7 cts.; 0z., 16 cts.; 
Ib., 65 cts.; 1b., $1.10; 2 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. 
a very long season. 
489 White Paris Self Folding or Cos. 
Also called Romaine. Becoming steadily more pop- 
ular and considered by many to be superior to other varieties. 
It makes a unique and delicious salad. 
folded, light green outside and greenish-white at the heart. A 
very desirable variety for home use. 
Y \b., 38 cts.; 4 lb., 60 cts.; Ib., $1.00; 2 Ibs, $1.85, postpaid: 
R. H. Shumway—"The Pioneer Ame rican Seedsman”'—Established 1870 
LETTUCE. Shumway’s Superior Varieties of Proven Merit 
14, oz. of seed to 100 feet in drill—3 Ibs. per acre. 
485 Shumway’s All Season or Everbearing 
Unquestionably the Very Finest Loose-Leaf Lettuce 
45 days. A popular general purpose loose-leaf 
lettuce, early and of fine quality. The plant is large 
and handsome; the leaves, broad, light green, and 
very crinkled, the inner ones forming a semi-com- 
pact mass. They are tender, crisp, remain in 
fresh table condition a long time, and have an ap- 
petizing flavor. Suitable for hotbed or cold frame 
culture but at its best as an outdoor lettuce. A 
favorite with the home gardener because it is so easily grown. 
When leaves are cut, others will grow, yielding a continuous 
supply from where it gets the name Everbearing. Very heat- 
resistant and reliable. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; \% Ib., 54 
cts.; 4 Ib., 96 ets.; lb., $1.75; 2 Ibs., $3.30, postpaid. 
Market Gardeners’ Special 
Low Prices on Pages 
8 and 9 
475 Shumway’s Giant Crystal Head 
It Heads Where Others Fail—a Big Money Maker 




For choicest solid heads transplant from seedling beds. 

NOTICE. 
New Orleans, La. 
Dear Sir: 
Your Seed book came 
too late for me _ this 
spring. and I: had 
bought part of my 
seed from another seed 
house. I now wish I 
had waited for yours 
as my first sowing was 
not good. My Carrots — 
from your seed were 
the. best I. ever grew 
and a-big crop too. E 
thought I would never 
get all 
picked but I did, and 
my wife canned over 
100 quarts. Your Cab- 
bage was good _ too. 
Every plant made a 
good head. I could 
write you more about 
other things 
guess you know your- 
self. Be sure to send 
catalog early next 
time. Yours truly, 
CHAS. MONARDT - 


my Beans 7-4 
IDAUrES —E ere 
_ Shumway’s Giant ~ 
Crystal — 
Head 



























80 days. An excellent crisp-heading variety. The 
leaves are wavy with fringed edges, and they 
tightly overlap each other, forming a large, com- 
pact, crumpled head, very white inside. _ Good 
quality, crisp and firm j in texture, very sweet, but 
not buttery in flavor. Stands a long ‘time before 
going to seed. Well suited to either market or 
home garden. An excellent variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 20 cts.; 14 lb., 54 cts.; 14 lb., 96 cts.; lb., $1.75; 
2 lbs., $3.30, postpaid. 
45 days. 
widely used for that purpose. 
frilled at the edges. 
shipping well. 
Though outstanding for forcing 

479 May King 
Earliest of All Head Lettuce 
55 to 60 days. A fine strain of the butterhead 
class, and the earliest head lettuce grown. The 
plants are very compact and can be planted 
close together, Outdoor sowing may be done 
very early, since the plants resist cold damp 
weather well. The outer leaves are yellowish- 
green edged with reddish-brown, The inner 
ones are a rich creamy-yellow, and deliciously 
tender, with a sweet buttery flavor. May be 
planted in August for a fall crop. Pkt., 7 ets.; 
oz., 15 ets.; % Ib., 38 ets.3 % Tb., 60 cts.; Ib., 
$1.00; 2 Ibs., $1.85, postpaid. 


Head 
Lettuce 







Hanson 
Tall oval heads, well 
Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 13 cts.; 
A sure header. Keeps 
The outside leaves are 
They curl tightly 
Old 
ak 4 
¥/, Ib., 40 ets.; Ye Reliable 
478 Grand Rapids 
I Offer a Pure Bred Strain That is Unsurpassed — 
Excellent Garden and Greenhouse Sort 
A very early, loose-leaved, curled variety, bet- 4 
ter adapted than any other for greenhouse | forcing, and 
The plants are large, upright, 
and beautiful, comprising an enormous cluster of broad, 
light green leaves, delicately curled and crinkled, and muck 
The leaves are crisp and delicious, and 
retain their freshness for a long time after cutting. Stands 
The outside leaves may be cut first, leaving 
the inner ones for further growth, or all may be cut at once. 
it is equally adapted for 
field culture. Pkt., 7 cts.; 0z., 16 cts.; 4 Ib., 38 ets.; 4 Ib., 
55 cts.; Ib., $1.00; 2 Ibs., $1.85, postpaid. 

Grand Rapids 
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