BURPEE’S tuttorsead LETTUCE 
These grow to good size and develop solid heads of good form, resembling 
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 delicious flavor. 
480 White Boston©@ ~~. 
80 days. 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 home and market plantings. Our 
strain is very uniform and shows high resistance to tip- 
burn. White seeded. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; %4 lb. 90¢. 
476 Burpee’s Wayahead © 
77 days. A favorite with both home and market gardeners, 
as it combines good appearance with excellent quality. 
Highly recommended as a spring and fall lettuce for plant- 
ing in the open or in frames. It is a 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 popularity. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 Ib. 90¢. 





White 
Boston 
474 Early May King —7ie 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. 25¢; 4 lb. 75¢. 

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. Pkt. 10¢3 oz. 25¢; 4 lb. 75¢. 
Loosehead or Cutting Lettuce; 
The best type for general home garden use, 
especially in sections where summers are hot. 
These do not form solidly folded heads, but where the plants are grown 
singly at a suitable distance apart, they make a large, round, thick 
bunch of leaves which are blanched to a light green or creamy yel- 
low in the center of the plant. The leaves are heavily curled or 
crumpled, attractive in appearance, and of delightful crispness and 
mild favor. They provide an extra-early supply of delicious salad. 
485 Grand Rapids © — of excellent quality 
45 days. Widely grown non-heading lettuce with intensely 
fringed and curled leaves. Thick sowing will give an abundance 
of young tender leaves very early in the season, but if the 
plants are well thinned out, they will produce immense round 
masses of tender, juicy, light green leaves of good flavor. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 75¢. | 
490 Early Curled Simpson 
43 days. Also known as Silesia or White-Seeded Simpson. 
The large plants have very light green, crumpled and 
slightly frilled leaves. Forms a compact bunch of crisp, 
brittle leaves of excellent flavor. Tender, succulent, and of 
decidedly piquant taste. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 75¢. 
493 Black-Seeded Simpson © 
45 days. Splendid non-heading or cutting lettuce with 
broad, light green, frilled and crumpled outer leaves; center 
leaves blanch almost white. Grows quickly, is early and of 




Grand 
45 days. One of the most popular 
varieties, producing large, tender, loose 
heads of bright green, curled and crimped leaves which are heavily shaded 
with brownish red. Of quick growth and excellent flavor. Home garden 
497 Early Prizehead 
favorite of very fine quality. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 1% lb. 75¢. 
541 Oak Leaf 4° days. Formsa tight bunch or rosette of medium 
extra fine quality. The texture of the leaves is brittle and 
crisp. The flavor is delicate and appetizing. Recommended 
for any section where lettuce can be grown, for local 
market or home use. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 lb. 75¢. 
Collection 
3 of the Best Lettuces 
Burpee’s Wayahead 
(Early Butterhead) 
Burpee’s Iceberg 
(Famous Crisp-head) 
Black-Seeded Simpson 
(Loosehead or Cutting) 
7056 —3 Pkts. (1 each of these 
3 kinds, value 30¢) for only 


rabbits. 




25¢ 

28 W. Atlee Burpee Co. 
482 Chicken Lettuce 
plants grow 4 ft. tall before they run to seed. Planted extensively for feeding poultry and 
After cutting, the stumps will start to grow again, thus you will harvest 
another crop. Not desirable for table use. 
Hou to Grow Lettuce 
Lettuce grows best during the cool seasons of the year, and in a rich, moist, 
cool soil, so that the seed should be sown thinly in the spring as soon as the 
soil can be worked, in rows 1 to 1% ft. apart, and covered with % in. of fine 
soil. Several successive sowings may follow about two weeks apart, then dis- 
continue sowings until late summer when they may be made to provide 
lettuce during the fall. Thin heading varieties to stand 1 ft. apart; loose-leaf 
or cutting varieties, 4 to 6 in. apart. A pkt. will sow 50 ft.; 1 oz. 300 ft. 
green leaves which are deeply lobed, with the end 
lobe elongated, giving the plant a spiky appearance. Tender, heat re- 
sistant, of excellent quality retaining its flavor late in summer after other 
varieties have turned bitter. Seed crop is short. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 50¢. 

40 days. A non-heading lettuce, quite dif- 
ferent from those used for human food. The 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 20¢; 14 lb. 60¢. 
