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Cabbage Heading Varieties 
Great Lakes 90 days. Exceptionally choice, large, dark green fringed let- 
tuce, especially valuable as a home and market garden sum- 
mer variety as it stands the heat and succeeds under a wide range of conditions. 
Heavy, glistening, cragkling, crisp, well-folded heads of extra good quality and 
texture. All-America Winner. Pkt. 15c; 0z. 50c; Y4 lb. $1.50; 1 th. $4.75. 
78 days. Superb quality, home garden, small, heavy head lettuce, the outer 
i leaves deep waxy green tinged with brown; interior bleaches to a rich, 
yellowish green. Crisp, tender and with a distinct flavor that is most pleasing. 
Excellent for spring planting; also desirable for late summer sowing for fall use. 
‘Take up little space. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 14 lb. 90c; 1 Ib. $3.00. 
New York 12 85 days. The standard crisp-head lettuce with large heads 
, of dark green, heavily curled and savoyed leaves with 
‘blanched, silver white, tightly folded heart. Successfully grown outdoors almost 
anywhere, spring, summer and fall. Pkt..10c; oz. 40c; 1/4 Ib. 90c; 1 Ib. $3.00. 
Cosberg 85 days. Bred for resistance to tipburn and ability to head during 
hot, dry weather. Interior is solid, crisp, tender and of a remarkably 
sweet flavor; entirely free from any bitter taste. Wonderful home garden variety 
of ee quality for summer use. All-America Winner. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 1% lb. 90c; 
‘1 Ib. $3.00. 
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Iceberg 
85 days. Light green, wavy, fringed and heavily savoyed leaves with 
edges tinged with light brown. The heads are compact, not too large, 
‘and have few outer leaves and most delicious, crisp, tender hearts blanched to a 
silvery white even under average garden conditions. Will withstand some hot 
iweather so is suited to Eastern and Midwestern growing conditions. Vigorous 
| grower. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; 4 lb. 90c; 1 lb. $3.00. 
Hanson 85 days. Grows into a quite broad, slightly: flattened head of beauti- 
ful light green, savoyed and curled leaves of crisp texture. Entirely 
free from any bitter taste, of the highest quality—wmild, tender,..juicy and well 
‘blanched. A wonderful home garden variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 1/4 lb. 75c; Ib. $2.50. 
b ; 76 days. A most beautiful sort. The heads are solid, of im- 
Crisp as Ice mense size. The glossy leaves are thick, nicely crimped and 
curled, very tender and brittle. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; 1% Ib. $1.00; lb. $3.75. 

Paris White 
83 days. The most largely 
used of the Cos lettuce va- 
rieties. H is crisp, has a re- 
freshing, sweet flavor, and 
does not need tying up in or- 
der to blanch the heart. Com- 
pact, erect plants, 10 in. tall, 
with medium green outer 
leaves and whitish green in- 
terior. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 1/4 Ib. 
60c; lb. $2.00. 


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Loose Leaf Varieties 
40 days. Shaped like an oak leaf, deep green 
Oak Leaf in color and therefore exceptionally rich in 
vitamins, tender and of superior flavor. Oak Leaf stands up 
well in hot weather and does not turn bitter. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 
4, lb. 75c; lb. $2.75. 
Grand Rapids 43 days. The most popular curled leaf 
‘ lettuce for forcing or early outdoor 
sowing. It forms loose clusters of large, thin, bright green 
leaves that are savoyed and finely crimped at the edges. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 1/4 Ib. 55c; Ib, $1.75. 
Prizehead or Bronzehead 47 days., An early 
home garden variety, 
with highly frilled leaves of medium green ¢olor, tinged with 
brown. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 1% Ib. 55c; Ib. $1.75. 
White Seeded Simpson 
large crumpled and frilled leaves of light green color. 
10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 55c; lb. $1.75. 
43 days. One of the most 
Black Seeded Simpson 43 days f tl 
attractive varieties for 
early planting. The leaves are large, frilled and crumpled. A 
good variety for home or market garden. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 
Wy Ib. 55c; Ib. $1.75. 
Chicken Lettuce A tall, leafy, prolific and hardy 
type used for rabbit and poultry 
feed. A continuous leaf producer even while flowering. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 20c; 14 lb. 60c; Ib. $1.75. 
43 days. A standard home 
garden variety, early, with 
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Early May King Quick growing; medium- 
the light green outer leaves slightly edged with brown. The 
inside of the head is bright yellow while the heart is blanched 
to a delightful light creamy yellow color, very crisp and ten- 
der. Valuable for outdoors or for forcing. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; 
14, lb. 90c; lb. $2.75. = 
1 83 days. Medium large, attractive heads, 
Big Boston 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. 
Pkt..10c:-0z. 25c 2 Ibi_75c3-Ib. $2.25. 
