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 
476 Burpee’s Wayahead © 
77 days. Highly recommended as a spring 
and fall lettuce for planting in the open or 
in frames. It is a 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 
garden use and nearby market sales. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 lb. $1.35 
475 Big Boston —Popuiar 
83 days. 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 
of early summer and fall. White Boston is similar 
in size and shape of head, but the outer foliage is 
green overall without any signs of a red tinge. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 1% Ib. 95¢ 
480 White Boston © — Free from red tinge 543 Deer Tongue— Wangunl 
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 eects Are eee erie 
fine texture. Outer leaves are of a uniform light green entirely free tractive green and of excellent quality, with a thick, 
from brown markings or reddish tinge. Used extensively for home ee peeales ‘a ally grown et ae of on 
3 ° . 7 pact, uprig growtn, in. across, Oo in. nign. 
gardens and market plantings, large or small. Seed is white. Withstandsthot' weather; slow to: genteel 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 1% lb. 95¢ Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.35 
474 Early May King — Tie earliest to head 
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 delightful light creamy yellow color; 
very crisp and tender. Valuable for home and market growers or for forcing. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 1% Ib. 95¢ 
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 83 days. (Light 
539 Paris White overs The 
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. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. 95¢ 


84 days. Self- 
540 Dark Green peldda heads 
which is well blanched, loaf shaped, of 
tender and luscious quality. When fully 
blanched, the green leaves, which are 
7 to 8 in. in height, are white with only the 
faintest tinge of green, and the mid-ribs 
are white at heart. Exceptionally crisp. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1% Ib. 95¢ 
Paris White 
Cos Lettuce 


B urpee Ig CELT UC Combines the uses and flavors of 
Pp 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 
me its chief value is its central stem or stalk. Whether celtuce stalks are to be eaten raw or cooked, 
Burpee’s Celtuce 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. 
84 .. W. ATLEE BURPEE CO. Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 60¢; oz. $1.10 
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