Heading Varieties—Lettuce 
12 Oz. per 100 Ft.; 3 Lbs. per Acre 
Culture—Head lettuce is most tender and 
crisp when quickly grown and thus requires 
a well enriched soil, plenty of moisture, thor- 
ough cultivation and cool weather. A check 
in growth from lack of nourishment or mois- 
ture usually prevents heading. Lettuce is quite 
hardy and can be planted outdoors on the 
approach of Spring as soon as soil and weather 
conditions permit. Sow 14 in. deep in rows 
18 ins. apart and thin out to stand 6 to 10 
ins. apart in the row, If the larger heads 
crowd, thin out again and use as required. 
‘After the plants have made some growth, a 
light application of fertilizer such as nitrate 
of soda will give that vigor necessary to pre- 
vent any check in growth. 
Lettuce seldom heads well in hot weather. It 
is best not to plant after May unless special 
care such as irrigation or artificial shading 
can be provided. For Fall use, sowings can 
again be made in August. 

Buist’s White Boston Lettuce 
- BUIST’S WHITE BOSTON 
70 Days—Our strain of this handsome early 
Butterhead type is the best in existence. An 
excellent garden lettuce either for forcing or 
sowing in the open ground early in the sea- 
son. A very desirable shipping variety for 
nearby markets. Many complimentary reports 
come from New Jersey truckers 
insisting that our stock is the 
finest. Popular wherever lettuce 
is grown and a very valuable 
kind for growing on muck land. 
Leaves light green without a 
brown tint, smooth and straight 
on the edges, forming a closely 
folded head with golden hearts. 
Deliciously tender and buttery. 
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BUIST’S SELECTED BIG BOSTON 
75 Days—Our strain of this very popular let- 
tuce is unsurpassed. Market and home gar- 
deners who use it agree that Buist’s stock is 
supreme. This variety is more extensively 
grown than any other in the butter head class. 
Always reliable, it produces a quality head at- 
tractive for market and home use. A standard 
for cold frame forcing and for Spring and 
Fall outside planting; excellent for shipping 
limited distances, Leaves glossy, smooth, wavy 
at the edge and slightly tinged with reddish 
brown. Plants are large and vigorous, pro- 
ducing creamy yellow, compact heads of med- 
lum size. 
BUIST’S “VERIBEST” CABBAGE HEAD 
65 Days—This early cabbage butter lettuce is 
excellent for general home use or market gar- 
dening, either for forcing, or sowing in the 
open ground early in the season. It forms a 
beautiful solid head with crumpled golden- 
yellow leaves inside; very tender, 
soft in texture, rich buttery flavor 
and free from any bitterness. Outer 
leaves light green and will not turn 
red from cold. An excellent shipper 
and keeps well. 
MAY KING 
63 Days—An extra early butter 
variety for the earliest Spring plant- 
ing in the open ground and for 
greenhouse forcing. Rapid in 
growth and quick heading. Leaves 
light green, tinged slightly at edges 
with brown. A quality head; small, 
compact, golden yellow, 
SALAMANDER 
72 Days—One of the most popular 
and reliable butter varieties, stand- 
ing heat and drought remarkably 
well. The heads are a light yellow- 
ish green, round and solid. Also called Black 
Seeded Tennisball. 
CRISP AS ICE 
74 Days—A compact, medium-sized butter- 
head variety. Yellow interior and a nice flavor. 
Leaves thick and crumpled; deep green over- 
laid with bronze. Seed black. = 
ALL HEART 
72 Days—A variety that will head during hot 
weather. A butter lettuce similar in shape and 
habit to the Salamander. Seed black. 

BUTTER HEAD LETTUCE 
Pkt. Oz... %Lb. 
Buist’s White Boston...............0.10 $0.30 $1.00 
Buist’s Selected Big Boston.......... .10 .30 1.00 
Buist’s Veribest Cabbage Head....... .10 .30 1.00 
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