Burgess’ Choice Lettuce 
One ounce of seed to 400 feet of row; 3 pounds to the acre. 
BIG BOSTON 
75 days. The best head lettuce for forcing under glass, and one of the 
best for outdoor planting. Produces medium size, solid heads, of excellent 
quality ; sure to head. 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON 
48 days. A popular curled or loose-leayed sort for early outdoor planting. 
Used extensively by market gardeners. 
EARLY CURLED SIMPSON or SILESIA 
42 days. (White seeded.) A very early, hardy and dependable loose- . 
leaved sort. Especially popular for home gardens. Plants large, compact, 
light lustrous green; leaves broad, frilled, firm, crisp, sweet and of good 
quality. : 
Oak Leaf Lettuce GRAND RAPIDS 
43 days. The-best loose-leaved sort for forcing under glass and an excel- 
lent variety for outdoor planting. 
388 days. Should be in every garden. Oak Leaf is 
neither a head lett a tr leaf lett i it 
forms : eee Aone oe email ican toe iat BURGESS’ LETTUCE BARGAIN 
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provide the good features of both types. It is earlier i Pkt. Great Lakes { Pkt. Oak Leaf 
than other varieties, and the tender, deep green leaves { Pkt. Black Seeded Simpson ’ 
have the superb butter-type flavor. Plants are still in 3 ° 
prime condition until 12 to 15 inches across and weigh All 3 Packets Only 35c¢ Prepaid Cos Lettuce 
up to one-half pound. Will not become bitter during = Paris White. 65 days 
hot weather. For a continuous supply sow every 3 The earliest and best of thi 
weeks, ; Cos type lettuce. The 
New York, Los Angeles or Wonderful plants are of erect grow 
forming elongated heads 
80 days. This popular head lettuce furnishes fine, crisp lettuce during crisp leaves. It does n 
: the hot summer months. The largest variety grown, often producing heads | need tying in orde 
weighing 2 to 3 pounds each, nearly as solid as a cabbage, and inside blanch the heart, but lar 
leaves blanched to beautiful creamy-white. Stands shipping well and re- firmer heads may be had 
mains in good condition longer than other sorts. tying. The outer leaves a 
medium green and the in: 
ICEBERG 82 days. An easily grown Lettuce of the crisphead type; no ner leaves bleach to sn 
other variety surpasses it in quality. The heads are of white. Always sweet an 
tender and does not beco 
medium size, firm and hard, exceedingly crisp, juicy, sweet and tender, bitter .duriie homeamean 
with heart leaves blanched to almost white. One of the best varieties for The young Taaves may | 
local market and the home garden. eaten as lear lettuce, 
Chicken or Rabbit Lettuce 
Feed Ail Spring and Summer 
The best green feed for chickens and rabbits. In this variety you will find a feed that yields as much or 
than other green feeds. It is economical to grow, for when cut it resumes its growth rapidly and ean be cut 
and again ; or the leaves can be pulled off each stem like the Jersey Kale. The yield is extremely heavy. 
or Rabbit Lettuce is too coarse for a table variety. Grows 3 to 4 feet high and just loaded with large leaves. 
pte to commence feeding in 40 to 45 5 
ays. 
Prize Head Lettuce 
PRIZE HEAD (BEEFSTEAK) 45 days. One of the best varieties for the home gar- 
den. Does not form tightly folded heads, but makes a compact bunch 
of leaves. The large, crimped leaves are highly colored brownish-red; crisp, sweet, exceedingly 
tender, and stands a long time without going to seed. 
GREAT LAKES “sezuscr" 
Head Lettuce 
Most Outstanding of All Home Garden Head Lettuces 
Early Strain. 80 days. This variety is slow to bolt and has the ability to head under the most 
adverse conditions. It is tipburn resistant with large well-folded protecting leaves. Great Lakes 
is of the Imperial type developed by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and Michigan Experiment 
Station and is one of the leading shipping varieties. It produces large solid heads; crisp and 
tender. Great Lakes is unquestionably the finest head lettuce for the home garden of all. It is 
such a sure header under almost any conditions, that no garden should be without it. The most 
important addition to the Lettuce family in a generation. 
Lettuce seed 
treated with Rootone 
produces firmer, 
more uniform, larger 
heads. 
Lettuce Seed Delivered Prepaid at the Following Prices 
Packet Oz. 
Big Boston, tact oes ce $0.10 0.28 
Bien pote Simpson. ... -10 ss .25 eo ee oT 00 
Great Lakes Lettuce 
LETTUCE IS A GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN A 
Prize Head (Beefsteak).... 
WITH SOME B,, C, CALCIUM AND IRON 
