
LETTUCE 
Standard Heading Varieties 
HENDERSON’S BIG BOSTON. Avery popularvariety 
for all around use. Excellent for hotbed and cold frame 
forcing, and extensively used outside for summer and 
fall crops. The plant is quite large. The outer leaves 
are slightly tinged with reddish brown on edges. The 
heads are medium large, firm and well formed with 
creamy yellow hearts. The quality and flavor are 
excellent. 
oz. 4b. Ib. 10 lbs. 
Price 20c 50c $1.40 $13.50 
GOLDEN QUEEN. A very desirable first early variety 
and well adapted for forcing. The heads are medium 
small, light yellowish, well blanched, and of fine 
quality. 
oz. 14, lb. Ib. 10 Ibs. 
Price 30c 90c $3.00 $27.50 

Big Boston MAY KING. This early butter head variety is a good green- 
house type and does well outside for early planting. The heads 
are medium small, round and firm. The hearts are creamy 
yellow in color, tender, and of excellent flavor. 
oz. 1/4, lb. Ib. 10 lbs. 
Price 20c 50c $1.50 $14.50 
MIGNONETTE. The most dependable heading and long stand- 
ing variety for warm climates. The plants are small and com- 
pact. The leaves are of brownish color, tinged with green. The 
heads are medium small, round, hard, well blanched, to creamy 
white, and of splendid quality. 
oz. 1/4, lb. Ib. 10 lbs. 
Price 30c 90c $2.75 $27.00 
SALAMANDER also called BLACK SEED TENNISBALL. 
A popular variety for warm weather use because it forms fairly 
good heads when most other varieties fail, The heads are 
medium large, globe shape, solid and of fine quality. 
oz. lf, Ib. Ib. 10 lbs. 
Price 25c 50c $1.5 $14.50 
Leat or Loose Headed Varieties 
GRAND RAPIDS. Our strain of this standard leaf variety is 
in great demand in the sections where Grand Rapids is grown, 
because of its earliness and uniformity. The plants are large, 
compact, and upright in growth. The leaves are large and 
well curled at the edges. An excellent strain for forcing. 
oz. 14 lb. lb. 10 Ibs. 
Price 20c 60c $1.75 $16.50 
GRAND RAPIDS U.S. NO. 1. This new strain of Grand Rapids is definitely 
superior both for forcing and outdoor culture. The plants are vigorous and a 
little larger than the regular strain, exceptionally uniform and well curled. The 
best strain for greenhouse use. 
oz. 14 Ib. Ib. 10 lbs. 
Price 25c 15¢ $2.25 $21.50 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. Very large, loose heads of curly golden-yellow 
leaves which are thin and tender. It stands summer heat well. 
oz. 1/4, lb. lb. 10 lbs. 
Price 20c 50c $1.50 $14.50 
Cos or Romaine Varieties 
TRIANON COS. Trianon is by far the best of the self-folding Cos or Romaine 
varieties. The long spoon-shaped leaves form oval-shaped heads. This lettuce 
may be used to advantage where the heading varieties do not succeed because 
almost the entire plant is tender, palatable, and of the finest flavor. 


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, PARIS WHITE COS. An early, compact heading Cos variety. The heads are 
te Mek c about 9 inches tall. The inner leaves are whitish green, with white mid-ribs, 
Afi very brittle, and of excellent quality. oz. /, lb. lb. 10 lbs. 
Price 20c 60c $1.75 $17.00 
Price 20c 60c $1.75 $17.00 
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