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LETTUCE HOT WEATHER (63 days) 
AN EXCELLENT SUMMER VARIETY—MILDEW RESISTANT 
HOT WEATHER is an early variety, forming large, firm, 
well defined, well blanched cabbage-like heads, with broad, 
very thick leaves slightly crumpled, entire at margins never 
spotted nor brownish in any part. Of most excellent quality, 
sweet and very buttery in flavor. 
HOT WEATHER is absolutely the best firm heading 
lettuce to grow through the summer months. It will not 
scald or burn, and will make a head where other varieties 
utterly fail. It somewhat resembles Salamander in char- 
acter of leaf, color and size, but the head is larger, more 
compact, and will stand much longer before shooting to seed. 
In fact, it is all head, having very few outer leaves. 
HOT WEATHER is extremely hardy and there is no 
variety that can compare with it for wintering over outdoors. 
It has all the good qualities that can be desired in a head of 
lettuce save one and that is that it is not adapted for forcing. 
We grew this variety at first in our trial grounds and later as 
a market crop in conjunction with market gardeners con- 
nected with our organization with themost satisfactory re- 
sults. We earnestly ask you to try this lettuce. You will be 
rewarded with a fine crop and at the sametime be convinced 
that we have the right stuff when it comes toseeds. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 25c; 1% lb. 65c; Ib. $2.60. 
GRAND RAPIDS U. S. No. 1 
New. Mildew resistant. Heads large and heavy, light 
green in color, densely fringed, leaf crisp and tender. Very 
uniform. Recommended for greenhouse culture. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20c; lb. $2.00. 
LETTUCE IMPERIAL No. 44 (82 days) 
A sure heading, New York type, head lettuce. Will make 
medium, large slightly flattened, very compact heads even 
during hot and dry weather. Does well on muck as well as 
uplands and is highly disease-resistant. Of real value to all 
lettuce growers, absolutely dependable to produce a crop of 
uniform heads. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; Ib. $3.00. 
Bohemian Head Lettuce (63 days) 
Very early, heads medium in size and very slow to shoot 
to seed. It will head when all other varieties will fail and 
although it sells for about half the price that Big Boston 
does, on account of its small size, it is profitable to raise. It 
is of attractive light green color, of excellent quality, mild, 
delicate, sweet buttery in flavor, soft in texture. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
25c; 14 lb. 65c; 1 Ib. $2.60, prepaid. 
IMPERIAL No. 847 (84 days) 
Important and popular variety of New York type of head 
lettuce producing medium large, round, solid well formed 
heads. Does well in all parts of the country especially on up- 
land soils. Stands up well in summer weather, Pkt. 10c; 
oz, 20c; lb. $2.40. 
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GRAND RAPIDS SPECIAL (43 days) 
GRAND RAPIDS SPECIAL forms compact, heavy heads 
with thick stalks and it is the most handsome lettuce you 
ever saw. The heads are not only of the most beautiful 
appearance, but they also possess high quality. The leaves 
are crisp, sweet and tender and of much substance, and are 
in no way inferior to head lettuce. 
GRAND RAPIDS SPECIAL is the best stock we have been 
able to secure and we tried all the important and reliable 
seed houses of the entire country. So said the owners of an 
immense greenhouse establishment located in our state. This 
concern uses about 80 lbs. of Grand Rapids Lettuce annually. 
They use our Special Grand Rapids exclusively. Pkt. 10c; oz. 
20c; %4 Ib. 50c; Ib. $2.00. 

BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON (46 days) 
Black Seeded Simpson is a leaf lettuce, absolutely re- 
liable. Stands more heat, more drought and succeeds under 
the most unfavorable conditions, where most other lettuces 
would be a failure. Our seed has been saved from the largest, 
earliest and most perfect heads, and can be relied upon in 
every way. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 50c; 1 Ib. $2.00, prepaid. 
