Burpee’s Butterhead LETTUCE 
Butterhead lettuce develops well-folded heads of good form and 
resembles 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 par- 
ticularly well during cool weather of early 
summer and fall. White Boston is similar in 
size and shape of head, but the outer foliage is 
480 White Boston © — Free from red tinge green overall without any signs of a red tinge. 
80 days. The large heads are tightly folded over the top so that the Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 1% Ib. 95¢ 
solid heart blanches to a bright creamy yellow of high quality and 
fine texture. Outer leaves are of a uniform light green entirely free 543 Deer Tongue— Unusual 
from brown markings or reddish tinge. Used extensively for home gg days. Leaves are oblong to triangular in 
gardens and market plantings, large or small. Seed is white. shape with rounded tip, slightly blistered or 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 1b.95¢ savoyed, attractive green and of excellent 
quality, with a thick, succulent mid-rib. Fully 
e ; - grown plants are of compact, upright growth, 
474 Early May King — Zorliest to head; good quality ‘12 in. across, 6 to 7 in. high, Witustande het 
75 days. Quick growing; medium-size, compact, tightly folded heads, | weather as plants are slow to go to seed. 
the light green outer leaves slightly edged with red. The inside of the Pkt. 20¢; oz. 70¢; 1% Ib. $2.10 
head is bright yellow while the heart is blanched to a delightful light 
creamy yellow color; very crisp, tender, and of a delicate buttery flavor. 
Valuable for home and market growers or for forcing. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 40¢; 1% Ib. $1.20 1 
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. 
539 Paris White 83 days. (Light Green) The most largely used 
of the Cos lettuce varieties. It is crisp, has a refreshing, sweet flavor, 
and does not need tying up in order 
to blanch the heart. Compact, erect 
plants, 10 in. tall; medium green outer 
leaves and whitish green interior. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. 95¢ 
540 Dark Green 84 days. Self- 
folded head, 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 faint- 
est tinge of green, and the mid-ribs 
are white at heart. Exceptionally 
crisp and mild. For home and market. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 14 Ib. 95¢ 
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Burpee Ig CELTUCE Combines the uses and flavors of 
CELery and LetTUCE 
290 Burpee’s Celtuce belongs to the lettuce family but is entirely different in j 
uses. When plants are young, the leaves may be used as lett or me “polling: "gene per 
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 i i ive 
. ¢ f a pleasing, mild fl 
of celery. Young leaves have four times the vitamin C content of hesrirettice jeaved! ea i 
88 .. W. ATLEE BURP EE oy Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 60¢; oz. $1.10 
Paris White 
Cos Lettuce 
Burpee’s Celtuce 
