
476 Burpee’s Wayahead © 
77 days. Highly recommended as a spring and fall 
lettuce for planting in the open or in frames. It isa 
vigorous, healthy variety, forming plants of medium 
size with shiny, bright green blistered foliage and 
few outer leaves. The buttery heart is a beautiful 
creamy yellow. Heads well under adverse conditions 
making it a favorite for home and near-by market. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 1% Ib. $1.35 
475 Big Boston —Popuiar 
83jdays. Medium large, attractive heads, the outer 
leaves being light green, smooth, and tinged reddish 
brown at the edges; heart blanches to light golden 
yellow. Heads particularly well during cool weather. 
White Boston is similar but free from red tinge. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 1% lb. 95¢ 
543 Deer Tongue— Unusual 
80 days. Leaves are oblong to triangular in shape 
with rounded tip, slightly blistered or savoyed, at- 
tractive green and of excellent quality, with a thick, 
succulent mid-rib. Fully grown plants are of com- 
pact, upright growth, 12 in. across, 6 to 7 in. high. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.35 
474 Early May King 
75 days. Quick growing; medium-size, compact, 
tightly folded heads, the light green outer leaves 
slightly edged with brown. The inside of the head is 
bright yellow while the heart is blanched to a de- 
| -Burpee’s Butterhead LETTUCE 
_ Butterhead lettuce develops solid heads of good form and re- 
sembles a small cabbage in appearance. The heart is tightly folded 
and blanches to a light golden or buttery yellow. In hot weather 
sections, they may not head as readily as the crisp-head varieties, 
but will grow rapidly and produce tender, tasty leaves of delicious 
flavor. This group includes a number of well-known varieties. 






White 
Boston 
aso White Boston O- fee from red tinge 
80 days. The large heads are tightly folded over the top so that the 
solid heart blanches to a bright creamy yellow of high quality and 
fine texture. The outer leaves are a uniform light green entirely free 
from brown markings or reddish tinge. Used extensively for home 

lightfu! light creamy yellow color; very crisp and 
tender. Valuable for outdoors or for forcing. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; % lb. 95¢ 
gardens and market plantings, large or small. The seed is white. 
; Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. 95¢ 
should appeal 
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Cos or Romaine Lettuce 
Much esteemed for its fresh crispness and mild flavor. Widely grown in the 
northern states to provide a crop of tightly folded, elongated heads for home 
and market. It is also used in some sections for greenhouse planting. 
= H 83d . (Light 
539 Paris White Che oe T tie 
most largely used of the Cos lettuce varie- 
ties. It is crisp, has a refreshing, sweet 
flavor, and does not need tying up in or- 
der to blanch the heart. Compact, erect 
plants, 10 in. tall, with medium green 
outer leaves and whitish green interior. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 lb. 95¢ 
84 d . Self- 
540 Dark Green Gidea Head: 
which is well blanched, loaf shaped, of 
tender and luscious quality. When fully 
blanched, the green leaves, which are 
7 to 8in. in height, are white with only the 
faintest tinge of green, and the mid ribs 
are white at heart. Exceptionally crisp. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. 95¢ 
Combines the uses and flavors of 
Burpee’s CELTUC CELery and LetTUCE 
290 Burpee’s Celtuce belongs to the lettuce family but is entirely different in its growth and 
uses. When plants are young, the leaves may be used as lettuce or as boiling ‘‘greens,’’ but 
its chief value is its central stem or stalk. Whether celtuce stalks are to be eaten raw or cooked, 
you remove the lower leaves and then cut off all the outer skin and fibrous layers down to where 
they become light green and tender. Cooked celtuce stalks have a pleasing, mild flavor suggestive 
of celery. Young leaves have four times the vitamin C content of head-lettuce leaves. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1%40z.35¢; %oz. 60¢; oz. $1.10; 14 lb. $3.00 
Paris White 
Cos Lettuce 


Burpee’s Celtuce See page 83 for Loosehead Lettuce. . 85 
