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. 
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¢; 1% lb. 90¢ 
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. 90¢ 
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. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1% ib. 90¢ 
541 Oak Leaf—shaped like oak leaves 
40 days, Forms a tight bunch or rosette of medium green 
leaves which are deeply lobed, with the end lobe elon- 
gated, giving the plant a spiky appearance. Extremely 
tender, long standing and of the most excellent quality. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 60¢; 1% lb. $1.75 
535 Bronze Beauty © 
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 un- 
usually fine butter-like flavor. Is resistant to hot weather; 
easy to grow and remarkably uniform. Its attractive color- 
ing makes it desirable for decorative as well as edible pur- 
poses. 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. Good quality. | 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 60¢; 1% lb. $1.75 














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Loosehead or Cutting LETTUCE 

485 Grand Rapids O-—2xcellent quality 
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 
outdoors during the spring, summer, and fall. Regular sowing 
will give an abundance of young, tender leaves very early in 
the season, but if the plants are spaced 12 in. apart each way, 
they will produce immense round masses of sweet, juicy, brittle, 
light green leaves of good flavor. The most popular loosehead. 
> Osh he Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 1/4 lb. 95¢ 
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, savoyed and frilled; 
tender and sweet. Great favorite. Pkt. 25¢; oz. 65¢; 1% lb. $2.00 
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 45¢ for only 
30¢ 
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, nu- 
tritious leaves for feeding within a short time. Produces 
most leaves of all lettuce. Not desirable for table use. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1% lb. 90¢ 


How to Grow Leituce 
Lettuce grows best 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) ft. 
apart; cover with ™% in. of fine soil. Several suc- 
cessive sowings may follow about two weeks 
apart, then discontinue sowings until late sum- 
mer when they may be made to provide lettuce 








5 during the fall. Thin seedlings to stand 1 ft. 
All-America apart. A pkt. will sow 50 ft. of row; 1 oz. 300 ft. 
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