BURPEE’S LETTUCE 
Sow seed thinly in the spring as soon as the soil can be worked, 
in rows 1 to 1% ft. apart, and cover with % in. of fine soil. Thin 
heading varieties to stand 1 ft. apart; loose-leaf or cutting varieties, 
4 to 6in. apart. Lettuce grows best during the cool seasons of the 
year, and in a rich, moist, cool soil. For a continuous supply 
White 
Boston 











476 Burpee’s Wayahead © 
77 days: A favorite with both home and market gardeners, as it 
combines good appearance with excellent quality. Highly recom- 
mended as a spring and fall lettuce for planting in the open or in 
frames. It isa vigorous, healthy variety, forming plants of medium 
size with shiny, bright green blistered foliage. The buttery heart 
is a beautiful creamy yellow. Heads well under adverse conditions, 
such as drought and hot weather, which likely explains its wide- 
spread popularity. Selections are being made in our test plots each 
year in order that our seed stocks may be produced from heat- 
resistant plants. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 75¢; 1 Ib. $1.25. 
throughout the summer, make succession sowings two weeks apart 
until June. Sowings in August and September will provide lettuce 
during the fall. For very early lettuce, start seed indoors or in a 
coldframe, setting the plants outdoors when danger of frost is 
past. A pkt. of seed will sow 50 ft. of row; 1 oz. 300 ft. 
Butterhead Varieties 
These grow to good size and develop solid heads of good form, re- 
sembling a small cabbage in appearance. The heart is tightly folded 
and blanches to a light golden or buttery yellow. 
In hot weather 
sections, they may not head as readily as the Crisp-Head varieties 
but will grow rapidly and produce tender, tasty leaves of de- 
licious flavor. The Butterhead class includes a number of well- 
known varieties. Days given are from the time of sowing the 
seed until lettuce is ready for cutting. 
480 White Boston © 
80 days. One of the most successful and largest selling of 
all butterhead lettuces. The large heads are tightly folded 
over the top so that the solid heart blanches to a bright 
creamy yellow of.high quality and fine texture. The outer 
leaves are a uniform light green entirely free from brown 
markings or reddish tinge. Used extensively for market 
plantings, both under glass and in the open in the Eastern 
States, and for home gardens throughout the country. Be- 
cause of the public preference for an entirely green leaf 
lettuce, White Boston is replacing Big Boston to a great 
extent in many sections. Our strain is very uniform and 
shows high resistance to tipburn. White seeded. 
: Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 lb. 75¢; 12 Ib. $1.25. 
475 Big Boston — Very widely grown 
83 days. Medium large, attractive heads, the outer leaves being 
light green, smooth, and tinged reddish brown at the edges. Heads 
particularly well during cool weather, forming a tightly folded light 
golden yellow heart of beautifully blanched, tender, juicy leaves. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 20¢; 1% lb. 60¢; 1% Ib. $1.00. 
474 Early May King —7it earliest to head 
75 days. Quick growing, hardy lettuce with medium-sized, tightly 
folded heads with few light green outer leaves slightly edged brown. 
The inside of the head is bright yellow while the heart is blanched 
to a delightful light creamy yellow color. Plants are short, compact 
and practically all head. Valuable for outdoors or for forcing in 
greenhouse or frames. The earliest of the butterheads. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 20¢; 14 lb. 60¢; 12 lb. $1.00. 
These form tightly folded heads, and where the plants are grown singly 
at a suitable distance apart, they make very large, round, solid heads 
which are blanched silvery white or creamy yellow in the center. 
Critn-Head Varieties 
530 Burpee’s Iceberg © —The original Iceberg 
85 days. Attractive light green, wavy, fringed and heavily savoyed leaves with 








Burpee’s edges tinged with light brown. The heads are compact, not too large, and have 
Iceber few outer leaves and most delicious, crisp, tender hearts blanched to a silvery 
ceberg white even under average garden conditions. Iceberg is exceedingly vigorous 
and hardy, so that it will withstand some hot weather; it is well suited to 
Eastern and Mid-Western growing conditions. This is the original Ice- 
berg Lettuce introduced by Burpee in 1894. It should not be confused 
with the familiar ‘‘New York and Imperial”’ strains of lettuce, which 
are commonly called ‘‘Iceberg’’ by growers, shippers and some 
produce merchants. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 lb. 75¢; 14 Ib. $1.25. 
522 Hanson— Very dependable header 
85 days. Grows into a quite broad, slightly flattened head of beau- 
free from any bitter taste, of the highest quality—mild, tender, 
juicy and well blanched. Its reliability for sure heading, even during 
midsummer, is widely known and has given it much of its deserved 
popularity. A wonderful home garden variety for summer use. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 75¢; 12 lb. $1.25. 
531 Imperial 44 © — Bight resistant 
84 days. Sure header, even during hot, dry weather, and of great 
commercial value. To date, Imperial 44 is the most dependable 
crisp lettuce for the East. Heads medium large, slightly flattened, 
extremely compact; dark green, heavily savoyed leaves. If you 
have had difficulty growing head lettuce, give Imperial 44 a careful 
trial. White-seeded. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 40¢; 14 Ib. $1.25; 14 Ib. $2.25. 
529 Imperial 847 © — Blight resistant 
84 days. Heat-resistant strain with nearly as much ability to head 
under unfavorable conditions as Imperial 44. The head is larger 
and deeper and it retains its marketable appearance longer than 
that variety. Attractive and of good quality. Black-seeded. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 Ib. 85¢; 14 Ib. $1.50. 
484 Mignonette —The smallest of the crisp-heads 
80 days. Splendid black-seeded early lettuce of good quality; outer 
leaves are medium green tinged with reddish brown, heavily but 
finely crumpled and curled. Heads are small, compact and blanch 
light creamy yellow throughout. It heads well in warm weather. 
; Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 lb. 75¢; 14 Ib. $1.25. 
32 W. Atlee Burpee Co., Seed Growers 

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