-Loosehead or 
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¢ 
493 Black-Seeded Simpson 
45 days. Splendid non-heading or cutting lettuce with 
broad, light green, frilled and crumpled outer leaves; 
center leaves blanch almost white. Grows quickly, is early 
and of extra fine quality. The texture of the leaves is 
brittle and crisp. The flavor is delicate and appetizing. 
We can-recommend this variety for any section where 
lettuce can be grown either for local market or home use. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 14 lb. 85¢ 
490 Early Curled Simpson 
43 days. Also known as Silesia or White-Seeded Simpson. 
The large plants have very light green, crumpled and 
slightly frilled leaves that are tender, succulent, and of 
decidedly piquant taste. Forms a compact bunch of crisp 
leaves of excellent flavor. For spring and early summer. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1% lb. 85¢ 
497 Early Prizehead — crisp, sweet 
45 days. One of the most popular varieties, producing 
large, tender, loose heads of bright green, curled and 
crimped leaves which are heavily shaded with brownish 
red. Of excellent flavor. General home garden favorite. 
; oz. 25¢; 
Pkt. 10¢; 4 Ib. 80¢ 








Bronze Beauty 
‘utting LETTUCE 

3 of the Best Lettuces 
Burpee’s Wayahead (Butterhead), Burpee’s Iceberg (Crisp-head) 
‘ and Oak Leaf (Loosehead or Cutting) 
7056 —3 Pkts., one each of these 3 distinct kinds 
(value 40¢) for only 
30¢ 
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541 Oak Leaf— shaped somewhat like oak leaves 
40 days. Forms a tight bunch or rosette of medium green leaves which are 
deeply lobed, with the end lobe elongated, giving the plant a spiky appear- 
ance. Extremely tender, long standing and of the most excellent quality. 
‘ Pkt. 15¢; oz. 60¢; 1% lb. $1.80 
489° Slobolt— Long standing; resists heat. Tender 
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} sayvoyed and frilled. 
Home garden favorite. Pkt. 25¢; oz. 75¢; 1% Ib. $2.00 
535 Bronze Beauty ©—4/-A merica Winner 
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 attractive coloring makes it de- 
sirable for decorative as well as edible purposes. Again, for garnishing pur- 
poses and for use in mixed salads and sandwiches, the bronze-tinged leaf 
gives an unusual coloring that adds substantially to the appetizing appear- 
ance of the food. Long standing. Pkt. 25¢; .oz. 80¢; % lb. $2.50 
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, tender, nutritious leaves 
for feeding within a short time. Not desirable for table use. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 25¢; 1% lb. 75¢ 
How to Grow LETTUCE 
Lettuce grows bést during the cool seasons 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, in rows 1 to 1% ft. apart, and covered 
with % in. of fine soil. Several successive sowings may 
follow about two weeks apart, then discontinue sow- 
ings until late summer when they may be made to 
provide lettuce during the fall. Thin heading varieties 
to stand 1 ft. apart; loosehead-or cutting varieties, © 
4to6in. apart. Pkt. will sow 50 ft. of row; 1 oz. 300 ft. 

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