Kennedy Kwality Vegetable Seeds 

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LET TUCE—Continued 
Cabbage-Headed Varieties 
Big Boston. Improved strain. Very popular for outside cul- 
ture as well as cold frame forcing. Head large and com- 
pact; leaves broad, smooth, but wavy at the edge; color light 
green, slightly tinged reddish brown; heart greenish white. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Crisp as Ice (Bronze Head). A slightly elongated, medium- 
sized, compact-heading variety; leaves broad; somewhat 
crumpled, very thick and stiff; outer leaves variegated dark 
brown and green, brown predominating. Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Great Lakes. All-America Selection. Crisphead or Iceberg 
type. A summer Lettuce which stands the heat and sun; 
slow to throw a seed head, very resistant to tip-burn. 
Pkt. 25c, oz. $1.00 
Iceberg. A large, late, crisp, Cabbage-heading variety; heads 
very firm, hard and well blanched; leaves unusually broad 
and quite blistered and crumpled, borders finely frilled; 
color medium green with faint brown tracing on the border. 
Pkt le roz7 5c 
Improved Salamander. Heads medium size, very solid, com- 
pact, and globular in form; leaves straight on the edge, but 
crumpled; color medium green; quality fine. Succeeds un- 
der most trying weather conditions. Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Matchless. A cross between the Cos and Head varieties. The 
leaves are crisp and of fine flavor. Pkt. 25c, oz. 75c 
May King. A handsome, small, extremely early, compact 
heading variety; leaves light yellowish green, tinged reddish 
brown at the edges, heart blanches a rich golden yellow; 
quality fine. Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
New York or Wonderful. (Imperial No. 456.) A very large, 
late, Cabbage-heading variety with large, crumpled, dark 
green leaves. Largest and best flavored Lettuce in existence. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Summer Triumph. Oak-Leaf type. Compact heads, very 
A sure heading sum- 
Pkt. 25c, oz. $1.00 
tender leaves of excellent flavor. 
mer Lettuce. 

Unrivaled or White Boston. An improved white-seeded Big 
Boston, heading 10 days earlier. Very solid, crisp, pale 
green heads without the red edged leaf. Sown all through 
the season, stands heat very well. Pkt. 15c, oz, 75c 
Wayahead. Very early, medium small, handsome, compact, 
sure-heading variety; the outer leaves medium light green, 
crumpled, inner head blanches rich buttery yellow. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Curled-Leaved Varieties 
Grand Rapids. The favorite loose-leaved forcing Lettuce; does 
well in the North for early planting outside. Leaves short, 
spatulate in shape, excessively blistered and crumpled; color 
very light green, with no trace of brown. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Simpson Black-Seeded. Large, early, loose-heading, succeed- 
ing everywhere. Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Simpson Early Curled. Early, loose-heading, large size; leaves 
broad, crumpled, frilled at the edges. Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
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Romaine or Cos Varieties iit 
This Lettuce differs from the Head or Loose-Leaf varieties 
in the manner of growth, being upright and having incurving 
leaves which form oblong, loose heads, which when almost 
full grown are tied at the top to better blanch the inner leaves 
Cultivate the same as other Lettuce. Not affected by hot 
weather. 
Eclipse Cos. Very dwarf, earliest of all Cos Lettuce. Delicious 
flavor and self-closing. Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Paris White Cos. Smooth, long, narrow, upright leaves, 
blanches nicely when tied up; color medium green. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 75c 
Trianon Self-Closing Cos. A medium large, strictly self- 
closing Lettuce, making a well-blanched, firm, loaf-shaped 
head; leaves oval in form, flat and smooth; color medium 
dark green; quality excellent. Pkts15¢) o7.n75¢ 
MELON, MUSK 
Fr., Melon Brode; Ger., Melonen; Sp., Melon de Castilla; 
It., Melone Moscati 
1 ounce will plant 50 hills. 
Plant when the ground is warm in hills 5 to 6 feet apart. 
In each hill several shovelfuls of well-rotted manure should 
be mixed. Plant 10 or 12 seeds in each hill. Leave 3 or 4 
strong plants, pinch out the main shoot when 4 or 5 rough 
leaves have formed, to induce earlier fruiting. Dust to con- 
trol beetles and aphis. 2 
Bender’s Surprise. Melons of medium size, thick and very 
sweet salmon flesh. An excellent variety. Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c 
Delicious. Early, a trifle smaller than Bender’s Surprise, better 
quality. Thick golden yellow flesh, excellent flavor. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c 
Emerald Gem, Improved. Early, fruits deep emerald-green, 
globular or slightly flattened, irregularly and distinctly 
ribbed and lightly netted; flesh very thick, sweet and deep, 
rich salmon color; exceedingly small seed cavity. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c 
Extra Early Improved Hackensack. An early selection from 
the old Hackensack, maturing a week to 10 days earlier; 
somewhat smaller. Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c 
Golden Combination. Unsurpassed in sweetness and flavor. 
Medium large, somewhat oval in shape and the thickest 
deep orange flesh of all Melons. Skin is very heavily 
netted. Matures in 314 months. Pkt. 25c, oz. $1.00 
Honey Rock (Sugar Rock). A wonderful sweet Melon with 
thick orange flesh and a distinctive Honey Dew flavor. Pro- 
duces heavily, oval fruits, medium size. Pkt. 25c, oz. $1.00 
Honey Dew. Cassaba type, fruit large; creamy white in color, 
turning to lemon when fully ripe. Flesh emerald-green, 
very thick, ripening to the rind, very tender and melting, 
extreme sweetness. Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c 
Pride of Wisconsin. Medium size, very early, delicious flavor. 
Thick, deep orange, firm flesh. An excellent Melon. 
: Pkt. 25c, oz. 75c 
Rocky Ford. Small, almost round, smooth, showing no ribs, 
and densely covered with a heavy gray netting: flesh thick 
and deep green, a faint lining of pink or gold at the center: 
highest quality. Pkt. 15c, oz. 60c 
MELONS FOR FORCING 
Cotting’s Hybrid. Deep golden flesh, delicious flavor. 
Pkt. $1.00 
MUSKMELON, 
Pride of 
Wisconsin 

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