Crisp-Head LETTUCE 
These form tightly folded heads, and where the plants are grown 
singly at a suitable distance apart, they make very large, round, 
solid heads which are blanched silvery white or creamy yellow in 
the center. Will stand more heat than the butterheads. 
542 Bibb— riicz, succulent, tender leaves 
78 days. Superb quality, home garden, small, heavy head lettuce, 
the outer leaves deep waxy green tinged with brown; interior 
bleaches to a rich, yellowish green. Crisp, tender and with a 
distinct flavor that is most pleasing. Excellent for spring planting; 
also desirable for late summer sowing for fall use. Worth while. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz: 40¢; 14 Ib. $1.25 
473 Coshia 40 — Exceileni for spring sowing | 
80 days. The frame of Cosbia 40 is small, the leaves medium green 
and the head is large in proportion to the size of the plant, weighing 
about three-quarters of a pound when trimmed. An “Iceberg” type 
lettuce that can be grown in sections with hot summers. Recom- 
mended only for spring planting. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.35 
520 Cosberg 600 — Withsiands heat 
85 days. All-America Winner. Bred for resistance.to tipburn and 
ability to head during hot, dry weather. Interior is solid, crisp. 
tender and of a remarkably sweet flavor; entirely free from any 
bitter taste. Wonderful home garden variety for summer use. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; Y, Ib. $1.00 
532 Great Lakes—. ll-America Winner 
90 days. Especially valuable as a home garden summer lettuce as 
it stands the heat and sun. Heavy, medium-sized, glistening, crack- 
ling crisp heads, the leaves being a distinctive dark green. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 75¢; 14 Ib. $2.25 
522 Hanson — Dependable header 
85 days. Grows into a quite broad, slightly flattened head of beau- 
tiful light green, savoyed and curled leaves of crisp texture. En- 
tirely free from any bitter taste, of the highest quality—mild, 
tender, juicy and well blanched. A wonderful home garden variety. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 Ib. 85¢ 
531 Imperial 44 © — Biight resistant 
84 days. Sure header, even during hot, dry weather, and of great 
commerciat value. To date, Imperial 44 is the most dependable 
crisp lettuce for the East. Heads medium large, slightly flattened, 
extremely compact; dark green, heavily savoyed. White seeded. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.35 
533 Imper ial 456 — Crisp and brittle 
90 days. Crisp-heading, summer maturing lettuce developed at 
Cornell University from crosses originally made by the United 
States Department of Agriculture. More resistant to tipburn than 
any other variety and especially recommended for growing on 
muck soil for maturity during the late summer months. Heads are 
medium size, dark green, much frilled, somewhat flat and solid. 
: , Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 40¢; oz. 75¢ 
529 Imperial 847 © — Biieht resistant 
84 days. Heat-resistant strain with nearly as much ability to head 
under unfavorable conditions as Imperial 44. The head is larger 
and deeper and it retains its marketable appearance longer than 
that variety. Black seeded. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. $1.00 

Burpee’s 
Iceberg 


530 Burpee’s Iceberg © — Unexcelied 
85 days. Light green, wavy, fringed and heavily savoyed leaves 
with edges tinged with light brown. The heads are compact, not 
too large, and have few outer leaves and most delicious, crisp, 
tender hearts blanched to a silvery white even under average 
garden conditions. Will withstand some hot weather so is suited to 
Eastern and Mid-Western growing conditions. Vigorous grower. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢;14 Ib. 90¢ 
484 Mignonette—sicii, curled crisp-heads 
80 days. Splendid black seeded early lettuce of good quality; outer 
leaves are medium green tinged with reddish brown, heavily but 
finely crumpled and curled. Heads are small, compact and blanch 
light creamy yellow throughout. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 4 Ib. 90¢ 
526 New York 515— Uniform header 
83 days. The large heads are solid, bright green in color, bleaching 
to a splendid white; always crisp, juicy and sweet. Has been bred 
for resistance to tipburn. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. $1.00 
523 New York 12— wos: widely adapted 
85 days. The standard crisp-head lettuce with large heads of dark 
green, heavily curled and savoyed leaves with blanched, silvery 
white, tightly folded heart. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. $1.00 
527 New York P.W. 55 — Very early 
80 days. A small, extra-early crisp-head lettuce that will withstand 
quite hot weather, so is well adapted for summer growing in the 
East, South and Middlewest. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. $1.00 

503 Mixed Lettuce Hereisa mixture that should appeal 
to home gardeners who want different types of lettuce but 
who do not care to make separate sowings of each. We have 
included the best kinds,—butterhead, crisp-head, loose-leaf 
and oak-leaf,. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 75¢ 




Cos or Romaine Lettuce 
Much esteemed for its fresh crispness and mild flavor. It is widely grown in the northern states 
to provide a crop of tightly folded, elongated heads for home and market. 
539 Paris Whiteo 
83 days. (Light Green) The most largely used of the Cos Lettuce 
varieties. It is crisp, has a refreshing, sweet flavor, and does not 
need tying up in order to blanch the heart. Compact, erect plants, 10 in. tall, with medium light 
green outer leaves and whitish green brittle interior. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; \% lb. 75¢ 
84 days. Self-folded head, which is well blanched, loaf shaped, of 
540 Dark Green tender and luscious quality. When fully blanched, the green leaves, 
which ace 7 to 8 in. in height, are white with only the faintest tinge of green, and the mid-ribs 
are white at heart. Exceptionally crisp and mild in flavor. Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 75¢ 
Burpee’s CELTUCE 
Combines the uses and flavors of CELery and LetTUCE 
290 Burpee’s Celtuce belongs to the lettuce family but is entirely different in its growth 
and uses. When plants are young, the leaves may be used as lettuce or as boiling ‘‘greens,’’ but 
its chief value is its central stem or stalk. Whether celtuce stalks are to be eaten raw or cooked, 
you remove the lower leaves and then cut off all the outer skin and fibrous layers down to where 
they become light green and tender. Cooked celtuce stalks have a pleasing, mild flavor suggestive 
of celery. Young leaves have 4 times the Vitamin C content of head-lettuce leaves. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 30¢; 14 oz. 55¢; oz. $1.00; 14 lb. $3.06 



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