
GRAND RAPIDS LOOSE-LEAF LETTUCE 
Rich in Vitamins, Superb for Salads / 
This variety reeommended by Michigan State College, Department of Horticulture. 
Ready to use in 45 days. The home-garden favorite. Light green leaves finely curled, 
tender, crisp, and of a delicious flavor. Thick sowing will give an abundance of young 
tender leaves very early in the season, but if the plants are spaced 12 to 18 inches 
apart, they will produce large masses of this exceptional lettuce. 
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BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. Ready to use in 48 days. It is of excellent quality, forming a large 
bunch of curled, crisp, and very tender leaves. The leaves can be used from the time the plants are 
small. Pkeal0c.0z525c;441b,-70c 
CRISP HEAD LETTUCE COS or ROMAINE LETTUCE 
GREAT LAKES (1944 All-America Bronze WHITE SELF-CLOSING. Ready to use in 77 
Medal Award) See Front Cover. 
Ready to use in 83 days. Originated and intro- 
duced jointly by the Michigan State College 
and the United States Department of Agri- 
culture. Will withstand heat and drought, 
also resistant to tip-burn. Will not bolt or run 
to seed until Iate in the Summer. Excellent 
quality, crisp and tender. 
Pkt. 25c 
IMPERIAL 847. Ready to use in 83 days. This 
variety is the finest and most dependable Ice- 
berg Lettuce. Under almost all conditions it 
makes heads better than any other strain and 
it stands up well even in hot dry weather. 
The heads are medium size, slightly flattened 
in shape, and extremely solid. The quality 
is excellent, with tender crisp leaves and 
beautiful hearts that are most delicious. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c; Ib. $1.00 
MAY KING. Ready to use in 60 days. A very 
early butterhead variety, excellent for early 
heading. The heads form very quickly, are 
firm and of fine quality. The plant 1s small and 
practically all head. Light green leaves slightly 
tinted with brown on the edges, very crisp and 
tender. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 4Ib. 70c 

days. Produces large, compact, upright heads 
a foot high which blanch perfectly white in- 
side. The flavor is considered by many to be 
the most delicious for salads. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 4b. 70c 
HOW TO GROW LETTUCE : 
1 pkt. sows a 20-ft. row; 1 02z., 200 ft. 
Even the smallest home garden can easily 
grow plenty of Lettuce. By making successive 
sowings until July 1, then again when the 
weather gets cooler in August, you can have a 
supply of these delightful greens throughout the 
season. 
Sow thinly in the Spring as soon as the soil 
can be worked, in rows 1 to 1% feet apart, and 
cover with 14 inch of fine soil. Thin heading va- 
rieties to stand 1 foot apart; loose-leaf or cutting 
varieties, 4 to 6 inches apart. Lettuce grows 
best during the cool seasons of the year, and ina 
rich, moist, cool soil. 
