
LETTUCE. Crisp, tender lettuce, the most 
desirable of all salad plants. Can best be grown 
with the strictest attention to its moisture, soil 
and climatic requirements. There are many 
varieties and types of lettuce, however for the 
home gardener we can segregate them into 
two varieties, namely, head variety and loose- 
leaf variety. The first is by far the most de- 
sirable but the most difficult to grow. The sec- 
ond is less desirable but so much easier to grow 
that most beginners will do well to select one 
of its varieties. 
Lettuce can easily endure several degrees of 
frost especially in the seedling stage which 
grealy facilitates the handling in the early 
spring. However, ths popular vegetable cannot 
be grown in extreme heat. 
Any good garden soil will grow lettuce of a 
sort but the most favorable soils are rich sandy 
loam. Some varieties like Grand Rapids do best 
on good heavy soils with considerable clay in 
them, Lettuce soils should not be acid, if they 
are in this condition they should be limed. 
However, more important than the texture of 
the soil is the problem of moisture. If this is 
not available do not attempt to grow this 
vegetable. 
HEADING VARIETIES 
Packet, 5c; 4% ounce, 25c; ounce, 40c. 
(Except as noted). 
Portland Seed Co.’s Crispette (80 days). 
Heads are large, firm, crisp and tender. Bright 
green curly leaves cover the outside; withstands 
hot weather better than most varieties. 
New York or Wonderful (80 days). The pio- 
neer of long distance shipping varieties. The 
heads are large with dark green outer leaves 
slightly curled on the edges. Heads are well- 
blanched, sweet and tender. 
Hanson (80 days). An old favorite. Heads are 
large, globular, compact. Leaves large, broad, 
curly and light yellowish green. Good for mid- 
summer planting. 
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Great Lakes Lettuce 
(75 days). 
A crisp head, summer lettuce able 
to stand the heat and the sun. It is 
remarkably slow to throw a seed 
head and is very resistant to tip 
burn. Excellent for local markets. 
Packet, 20c; 12 ounce, 40c; 
ounce, 75c. 
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LOOSE LEAF VARIETIES 
Grand Rapids (45 days). One of the most 
popular loose leaf varieties, excellent for early 
planting, outside and greenhouse. Plants erect, 
compact, leaves light green, broad, wavy, curly 
and heavily fringed. 
Prizehead (47 days). An early non-heading 
variety, for home garden use. Plants medium 
size, crisp and tender, color light reddish brown 
on a medium green base. Leaves crumpled, 
frilled at edges. Excellent flavor. 
Simpson’s Early Curled (45 days). A very 
popular loose leaved early variety. The leaves 
are large, crumpled and frilled on the edges, 
color yellowish green, tender and sweet. 
Oak Leaf (40 days). This novel variety excels 
in ability to withstand hot weather without 
turning bitter. The leaves are small, tender and 
deep green and have a delicious butterlike 
flavor. The lettuce is named for the shape of 
the leaf which has the appearance of an oak 
leaf. 
Chicken Lettuce. This is a non-heading let- 
tuce, quite different from those used for human 
food. The plants grow 4 feet tall before they 
run to seed. It is ready for cutting in 45 days 
after sowing. Planted extensively for feeding 
poultry and rabbits. 
Mustard Southern Giant Curled. Large va- 
riety forming a mass of beautiful curled leaves, 
ruffled and finely curled on the edges. Hardy 
and vigorous. Packet, 5c; ounce, 20c. 

WATERMELON i 
MELONS. The term melon, as commonly 
used, includes the fruits of two distinct types, 
namely the Muskmelon or Cantaloupe and the 
Watermelon. Both of these types require hot 
weather during the day and warm evenings in 
order to fully ripen the fruit. We do not recom- 
mend growing melons in the Western section 
of the Northwest, however, there are certain 
types that do fairly well in this section. 
Melons thrive on a well-drained fertile soil; 
for early crops a light, sandy loam is preferred. 
Excessive alkali should be avoided. Manures 
or fertilizers are not generally used in the 
principal producing regions, the fertility being 
maintained by rotation and the use of green 
manure crops. However, where this is not 
available, it is advisable to use a good com- 
mercial fertilizer in a mild manner. 
In growing melons it is necessary to allow a 
great deal of room for spreading vines. The 
seed may be planted as soon as the ground is 
warm and weather conditions permit. The hills 
should be approximately 6 feet apart. 
WATERMELONS 
All Watermelons—Packet, 5c; ounce, 20c. 
Klondike (80 days). A very popular variety 
for home gardeners. Fruits oblong, slightly 
tapering, solid dark green, pink, thin, medium 
hard, flesh bright deep red, very sweet, seeds 
small black. 
Striped Klondike (80 days). A shipping and 
garden variety, similar in shape to regular 
Klondike, but with irregular dark green stripes 
on lighter ground. Flesh deepest red known to 
watermelon. Sweet and crisp. Seed small, color 
white to black. 
Black Seeded Ice Cream (85 days). Fruits 
small, nearly round, creamy white with faint 
irregular pale green stripes. Flesh deep red, 
very firm and of fine quality. Seed small and 
black, exceptionally good keeper. 
Kleckley Sweet (85 days). Distinctly a home 
garden melon. Fruits large, cylindrical, dark 
bluish-green with thin rind, tender, extremely 
sweet. Seed creamy white, trace of brown. 
Packet, ounce, %4-lb. are all postpaid. Otherwise add postage. 
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