VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES e KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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CRISP AS ICE bus. H LANNE 
A fine summer head lettuce for the home garden. Its rich bronze is distinctly different 
and attractive. ; : 
HEADS —Medium small, compact, well blanched, crisp and very tender with pleasing 
buttery flavor. 
GREAT LAKES  w.s. HM LANOZ 
Because of its ability to head under adverse conditions it is a favorite with home and 
market gardeners. It is resistant to tipburn. This desirable crisp heading variety of 
the Imperial type was developed by U. S. D. A. and Michigan State College. ‘All 
America Selection B. M. 1943. 
HEADS —Large solid dark green outer leaves well folded and ribby. 
HANSON _ w.s. HM LANKY 
Also known as Nonpareil. An old standard, medium late summer variety that is one of 
the best known in the home and markets. Supreme quality and flavor establish it in 
the gardens of all who grow it. 
HEADS —Large in size, globular, light green, curled, tender, crisp, compact, with a 
delightful rich, sweet flavor; outer leaves light green, large, and curly with 
fringed edges. 
ICEBERG” w.s. HM LARCH 
Greatly in demand for use in the home and market gardens and by truckers to local 
markets. This is not the variety New York so often shipped and sold as Iceberg. Ice- 
berg is more tender, of better flavor than New York, but not as hardy. 
HEADS —Medium large, well formed, attractive, compact, hard, crumpled, light green; 
interior white, crisp, tender, and sweet; outside leaves curled and wavy 
with fringed edges, margins tinged with reddish brown. 
MAY KING” w.s. ' HM LARPE 
The earliest head lettuce; excellent for forcing under glass and makes a fine outdoor 
variety for a first early spring planting. 
HEADS —Small, short round, and compact. Butter-head type, light green outer leaves 
tinged with red, with inner part of head creamy yellow and delicately 
flavored. 
NEW YORK or Wonderful w. s. HMS LARVA 
Also commonly called Los Angeles. The leading head lettuce known everywhere. It 
is the outstanding shipper because of its fine, large, hard, handsome heads and ability 
to make a good early crop at almost any season of the year and to carry for long 
distances. It is usually called Iceberg on the market. Our strain is unsurpassed. 
HEADS—Round, most attractive, dark green, tightly folded; interior creamy white, 
crisp, tender, delicate, sweet flavor, of excellent quality; outside leaves large, 
dark green, curled, and crinkled edged. 
NEW YORK No. 199 . MS LAPPY 
Resistant to tipburn and a better all around New York type where regular New 
York No. 12 or Wonderful is used. 
HEADS—Medium large, develop solidly and better adapted to warmer growing 
conditions than original strains of New York. 
NEW YORK No. 515 w.s. MS LARRY 
A development of the New York variety for resistance to tipburn. It is to be highly 
recommended for general use and especially in sections where tipburn is prevalent 
and heading period runs into warm weather. 
HEADS—Very attractive, well formed, solid, crisp, medium large in size, bright dark 
green. Slightly earlier than regular New York. 
“IMPERIAL No. 847 b.s. MS LATTS 
Of the Imperial introductions of the New York types this has much to offer. Showing 
excellent possibilities of fulfilling the desire for a variety to revive the lettuce shipping 
industry of the South. Resistant to Brown Blight. 
HEADS—Medium large, attractive and oval formed; solid, and of generally very fine 
quality. 
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