Loosehead or Cutting LETTUCE 
The best type for general home garden use, 
especially in sections where summers are hot. 
These do not form solidly folded heads, but where the 
plants are grown singly at a suitable distance apart, they 
make a large, round, thick bunch of leaves which are 
blanched to a light green or creamy yellow in the center of 
the plant. The leaves are heavily curled or crumpled, 
attractive in appearance, and of delightful crispness and 
mild flavor. They are splendid to provide an extra-early 
supply of delicious salad, for when just a few inches tall, 
the thinnings may be used for the table, 
485 Grand Rapids O 
45 days. Widely grown non-heading lettuce 
with intensely fringed and curled leaves. Used 
extensively for forcing in the greenhouse during 
winter, and is just as valuable for growing out- 
doors during the spring, summer, and fall. Thick 
sowing will give an abundance of young tender 
leaves very early in the season, but if the plants 
are spaced 12 to 18 in. apart each way, they will 
produce immense round masses of sweet, juicy, 
brittle light green leaves of good flavor. ~ 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1%, lb. 90¢ 

490 Early Curled Simpson 541 Oak Leaf —shaped somewhat like oak leaves 
43 days. Also known as Silesia or White-Seeded Simpson, 40 days. Forms a tight bunch or rosette of medium green leaves which are 
The large plants have very light green, crumpled and deeply lobed, with the end lobe elongated, giving the plant a spiky appear- 
slightly ‘frilled leaves that are tender, succulent, and of ance. Extremely tender, long standing and of the most excellent quality. 
decidedly piquant taste. Forms a compact bunch of crisp Pkt..15¢; oz. 60¢; 1% Ib. $1.80 
leaves of excellent flavor. For spring and early summer. 
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497 Early Prizehead— crisp, sweet: 3 of the Best Lettuces : 
45 days. One of the most popular varieties, producing * Burpee’s Wayahead (Early Butterhead), Burpee’s Iceberg ° 
large, tender, loose heads of bright green, curled and $ (Crisp-head) and Oak Leaf (Loosehead or Cutting). : 
crimped leaves which are heavily shaded with brownish = 7056—3 Pkts., one each of these 3 distinct kinds 30 ° 
red. Of excellent flavor. General home garden favorite. e (value 40¢) for only ¢ es 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 1% Ib. 80¢ 2 ° 
493 Black-Seeded Simpson 
45 days. Splendid non-heading or cutting lettuce with How to Grow LETTUCE 
uae ee Pai pie crue area. gee _ Lettuce grows best during the cool seasons of the year, and ina 
and of extra fine quality. The texture of the leaves is rich, moist, cool soil, so that the seed should be sown thinly in the | 
brittle and crisp. The flavor is delicate and appetizing. spring as soon as the soil can be worked, in rows 1 to 1% ft. apart, | 
We can recommend this variety for any section where and covered with % in. of fine soil. Several successive sowings may 
lettuce can be grown either for local market or home use follow about two weeks apart, then discontinue sowings until late 
Pkt. 10¢. oz. 30¢; 1% Ib 90¢ summer when they may be made to provide lettuce during the fall. 
‘ : 5 De Rate Thin heading varieties to stand 1 ft. apart; loosehead or cutting 
varieties, 4 to 6 in. apart. A pkt. will sow 50 ft. of row; 1 oz. 300 ft. 

535 Bronze Beauty © — new 
All-America Bronze Medal Winner for 1947 
40 days. One of the best leaf lettuces for home gardens. 
Leaves are small and long in shape, sharply cut, dark 
green in color, tinged with bronze, very tender and of 
unusually fine butter-like flavor. Is resistant to hot 
weather; easy to grow and remarkably uniform. Its attrac- 
tive coloring makes it desirable for decorative as well as 
edible purposes. Again, for garnishing purposes and for 
use in mixed salads and sandwiches, the bronze-tinged 
leaf gives an unusual coloring that adds substantially to 
the appetizing appearance of the food. Long standing. 
Pkt, 25¢; oz. 80¢; 1% Ib. $2.50 
489 Slobolt—zon, standing 
45 days. Develops well in hot weather without producing 
seed stalks as quickly as other varieties. Withstands mid- 
summer temperatures without going to seed for two or 
three weeks longer than Grand Rapids, Black-Seeded 
Simpson and Prizehead. Foliage is light green, savoyed 
and frilled. Home garden favorite loosehead lettuce. 
Pkt. 20¢; oz. 60¢; 1% lb. $1.80 

Bronze Beauty 

482 Chicken Lettuce 
40 days. Non-heading lettuce, quite different from those 
used for human food. The plants grow 4 ft. tall before 
they run to seed. Planted extensively for feeding poultry 
and rabbits. After cutting, the stumps will start to grow 
again, thus you will harvest another crop of large leaves 
within a short time. Not desirable for table use. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 1% lb. 75¢ 

100 W. Atlee Burpee Co., Seed Growers 

