
CULTURE: A light rich soil is best 
for this vegetable but it will do well 
on practically any good garden soil. 
The best lettuce will be had by keep- 
ing the crop growing rapidly. Leaf let- 
tuce should be planted in the open 
ground as soon as it can be worked. 
Sow in rows and thin to a distance that 
will allow proper growth. Head lettuce 
should be started either in cold frames 
and transplanted in the open or sown 
in about the same manner as the loose 
leaf. The plants should be thinned to 
about 12 inches apart. A packet will 
sow 25 or 80 feet. Three pounds will 
sow an acre. 







_ 215. GRAND RAPIDS. (Earliest Forc- 
ing.) (43_ days.) A loose-leaf lettuce. The 
earliest variety we list and doubtless the earliest 
lettuce grown. It makes a rapid upright growth 
of light green leaves, much crumpled, curled and 
frilled. It is of good quality, very brittle and 
a handsome lettuce for garnishing. Well known 
and a favorite everywhere. Pkt 10c-) oz.. 25c; 
Y, Ib., 70c; 1b., $2.00, postpaid, 
May King. 
227. MAY KING. (68 days.) A cabbage 
type with butter head. Medium small, light 
green, tinged slightly at the edges with brown; 
one of the best extra early-heading sorts. PKt., 
10c; oz., 30c; % Ib., 80c; Ib., $2.30, postpaid. 
Black-Seeded Simpson. 
219. BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. 
(46 days.) Probably the most widely 
planted loose-leaf variety. The leaves, light 
green in color, are much curled and twisted, 
very brittle, crisp and sweet. <A quick 
growing early variety; leaves may be cut 
when quite small. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 4 
Ib., 65c; lb., $1.85, postpaid. 
“This ts our 36th year we have bought seed 
from Olds and find them very good.’ 
—Frank P. Gromman, 
Illinois, 
218. NEW YORK NO. 12 OR 
WONDERFUL. (70 days.) The largest 
head lettuce of all and the most popular. 
It frequently weighs two to three pounds. 
The heart is very solid and of a pleasing 
dark green color. Leaves are large and 
crumpled, Ready for market in 65 to 70 
days from planting time. Pkt., 15c; oz., 
on . ry ig 
45c; % Ib., $1.40; Ib., $4.10, postpaid. niepere: 
216. ICEBERG. (84 days.) A 
large, medium late, cabbage-heading let- 
tuce. Heads very hard. Curled and 
crisp leaves; wavy with fringed edges. 
It retains its brittleness even in hot 
weather. Very popular in the North- 
west. a PKt.. LO0Cl02,, 0 S0Cs)0 4nd. noOCs 
lb., $2.40, postpaid. 
\ 217. GREAT LAKES, (75 days.) 
A slow seeding head lettuce of the Ice- 
berg type. See page 2 for illustration 
and description. Pkt., 15c; 02.,- 65c; 
Y, Ib., $2.00; 1b., $5.90, postpaid. 
229. COSBERG. (70 days.) A 
U. S. Department of Agriculture cross 
between Paris White Cos and Iceberg. 
In our trials the surest heading let- 
tuce for growing in the North, and we 
emphatically recommend it for the home 
gardener. It will head in summer 
weather and resist tip burn, Heads are 
small, compact, and outer leaves are 
light yellowish green, crumpled and 
frilled. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 Ib., 95c; 
Ib., $2.70, postpaid, 
a= cp 

New York or Wonderful. 





















“taal Paris White Cos. 
231. PARIS WHITE COS. (66 
days.) The aristocrat of the lettuce 
family. Distinguished by its long, nar- 
row, spoon-shaped leaves, folding into 
loose, long heads which are self-blanch- 
ing. It is the lettuce of the great hotels 
and restaurants. Just as easily grown 
as other varieties. Pkt., 10c; o0z., 25c; 
Y, lb., 65c; lb., $1.85, postpaid. 
221. OLDS’ OAKLEAF. (50 
days.) A distinct type of lettuce and 
one of our specials. See inside front 
cover for color illustration. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 30c; % Ib., 90c; 1b., $2.60, ppd. 
230. CHICKEN LETTUCE. A medium 
green, loose curly leaf lettuce that grows tall. 
Leaves are thick with straight edges. The 
largest lettuce in cultivation, especially at ma- 
turity when it begins to seed. Used for feeding 
pets, chickens, ducks, and also for pickling. 
Pkt., 10c; 0oz., 25c; % Ib., 65c; 1b., $1.85, post- 
paid, . : 


Early Prize Head. 
220. EARLY PRIZE HEAD. (47 days.) 
One of the best known and most popular varie- 
ties in America. It is not a head lettuce but a 
curled, crisp, loose leaf lettuce of medium size; 
color, green overlaid with reddish-brown. It 
is one of the best home varieties as it grows 
quickly and makes an abundance of crisp leaves 
of the best flavor. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 4% Ib., 
65c; lb., $1.85, postpaid. 
Cosberg, 
