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 Wh 
and blanches to a light golden or buttery yellow. In hot weather ite 
sections, they may not head as readily as the crisp-head varieties, Boston 
but will grow rapidly and produce tender, tasty leaves of delicious 
flavor. This group includes a number of well-known varieties. 

: 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 near-by market sales. 
: Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 1 lb. $1.35 
475 Big Boston —Popular 
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 ahd shape of head, but the outer foliage is 
green overall without any signs of a red tinge. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 lb. 95¢ 
480 White Boston @—/ee from red tinge 
543, Deer Tongue— rik sedate 80 days. The large heads are tightly folded over the top so that the 
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act iP etigr ics biistered' br kavoved: ate solid heart blanches to a bright creamy yellow of high quality and 
- tractive green and of excellent quality, witha thick, _ fine texture. Outer leaves are of a uniform light green entirely free 
succulent mid-rib. Fully grown plants are of com- from brown markings or reddish tinge. Used extensively for home 
pact, upright growth, 12 in. across, 6 to 7 in. high. ‘ 2 
Withstands hot weather; slow to go to seed. gardens and market plantings, large or small. The seed is white. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.35 Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 lb. 95¢ 
474 Early May King — Tre earliest to head 
75 days. Quick growing; medium-size, compact, tightly folded heads, the light 
green outer leaves slightly edged with brown. The inside of the head is bright 
yellow while the heart is blanched to a delightful light creamy yellow color; 
, very crisp and tender. Valuable for outdoors or for forcing. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; %%4 Ib. 95¢ 
Cos or Romaine Lettuce 
Much esteemed for its fresh crispness and mild flavor. Widely grown in the 
northern states to provide a crop of tightly folded, elongated heads for home 
and market. It is also used in some sections for greenhouse planting. 
« H 83d . (Light 
539 Paris White pene The 
most largely used of the Cos lettuce varie- 
ties. It is crisp, has a refreshing, sweet 
flavor, and does not need tying up in or- © 
der to blanch the heart. Compact, erect 
plants, 10 in. tall, with medium green 
outer leaves and whitish green interior. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 1% lb. 95¢ 
84 d . Self- 
540 Dark Green 3 527° pond, 
which is well blanched, loaf shaped, of 
tender and luscious quality. When fully 
blanched, the green leaves, which are 
7 to 8 in. in height, are white with only the 
faintest tinge of green, and the mid-ribs 
are white at heart. Exceptionally crisp. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 lb. 95¢ 
PRI ae 
B y CELTUCE Combines the uses and flavors of 
urpee S$ 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¢; %4oz.35¢; 1% 0z. 60¢; oz. $1.10; 14 lb. $3.00 
Paris White 
Cos Lettuce 

Burpee’s Celtuce See page 83 for Loosehead, the popular Cutting Lettuce . . 85 

