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1 Pkt. for 50 feet; 1 Ounce for 300 feet 
CULTURE: Lettuce grows best during the 
331 ICEBERG. 

332 BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON. 
Painesville, Ohio 

LETTUCE 
cool season of the year and in a rich, 
moist cool soil so that the seed should 
be sown thinly in the spring as soon 
as the soil can be worked. Sow in 
rows 1 to 1% feet apart and cover 
with VY inch of. fine soil. Thin the 
heading varieties to stand 1 foot apart 
and the leaf varieties about 6 inches 
apart, 
Heading Varieties 
84 Days. This makes a 
small head which is the tightest of any 
variety we know, and it resists hot 
weather fairly well. Plant large, with 
broad, crisp, wavy, light green leaves 
tinged brown on margins. Head large, 
well folded, white inside; crisp, very 
sweet and tender. 
A-Pkt..10¢; B-Pkt. (1 Oz.) 30c; C-Pkt. (1/4 Lb.) $1.00 

330 GREAT LAKES. 982 Days. This is the answer 
to those home gardeners who have experienced so 
much difficulty in growing head lettuce. Great 
Lakes will, we believe, give you more satisfaction 
than any heading type you have ever tried. The 
heads are large and solid, its outer leaves light 
yellowish green, crumpled and frilled. It stands 
heat and sun extremely well and is slow in forming 
its seed head. All America winner in 1943. 
A-Pkt. 15¢ 







Loose Leafed Varieties 
45 Days. 
The plants 
form large, loose masses of curly and crumpled yel- 
low-green leaves, which are very tender, crisp and 
delicious. It stands the summer heat splendidly and 
is practically everbearing, for, as the leaves are 
picked, new ones will grow. 
A-Pkt. 10c; B-Pkt. (1 Oz.) 25c; C-Pkt. (14 Lb.) 75c 
333 GRAND RAPIDS. 42 Days. Very early, hardy and 
disease resistant. The most widely used and _ best 
adapted variety for the home garden or for green- 
house forcing. Plants large, *broad, much waved 
and frilled;. very tender and sweet. 
A-Pkt. 10c; B-Pkt. (1 Oz.) 25¢; C-Pkt. (1% Lb.) 75c 

342 Pride of Wisconsin Muskmelon | 
“YES INDEED, THEY’RE GUARANTEED” 
341 HONEY ROCK. 85 Days. 

RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 

333 Grand Rapids - Lettuce 
MUSKMELON 
1 Pkt. for 12 Hills; 1 Ounce for 50 Hills 
CULTURE: The most suitable soil for melons is a rich, 
warm, sandy loam. Sow the seed after the soil has 
warmed up, -putting 8 to 10 seeds in a circle in 
slightly raised hills 4 to 6 feet apart. Cover with 1 
inch of fine soil. After the plants are well estab- 
lished, thin to 2 or 3 to a hill. Well rotted 
manure placed beneath the hill is always beneficial. 
340 HEARTS OF GOLD. 90 Days. Medium-sized melons 
of slightly elongated shape, 5 inches in diameter and 
6 inches in length, nicely netted and weigh 3 pounds 
each. The rich, deep orange flesh is of the sweetest 
flavor, very thick, and ripens. close to the rind. A 
heavy cropper; popular with the home and market 
gardener. 
A-Pkt. 10c; B-Pkt. (1 Oz.) 35¢; C-Pkt. (14 Lb.) 95c 
The medium size fruits 
have a grayish-green skin with heavy course netting. 
the deeply colored salmon flesh is deliciously sweet, 
with a fine smooth texture and flavor all its own. 
Fruits about 51% inches in diameter, weighing about 
3 pounds each. Well adapted for growing in the 
home garden and the leading commercial variety. 
A-Pkt. 10c; B-Pkt. (1 Oz.) 35¢; C-Pkt. (14 Lb.) 95¢ 
342 PRIDE OF WISCONSIN. 85 Days. A melon which 
in a few years has become a premium priced vari- 
ety in large markets. It has unsurpassed quality, 
large size, firm, thick orange flesh, strong rind 
and heavy netting. Fruits are nearly round, 6 to 7 
inches through, and weigh 4 to 5 pounds. The 
rind a blue-gray, turning golden when ripe.~ Flesh 
is of excellent flavor and edible to the rind. Pride 
of Wisconsin is of premium quality and deserves 
a premium price. 
A-Pkt. 15¢; B-Pkt. (1 Oz.) 40c; C-Pkt. (1/4 Lb.) $1.10 
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