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HEAD LETTUCE 
Great improvements have been made in the smooth 
leaved heading types of lettuce. Cornell 43 White 
Boston is now the most popular variety of this 
type. The butter-head Boston type is much more 
tender than the iceberg varieties. 
ENDIVE 
Vitamins A C g 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row, an ounce 100 ft. 
Fine for salads in fall and winter and is 
easily grown. May be sown anytime until mid- 
summer. Best quality endive is produced in 
the fall from seed sown about July Ist. Before 
hard freezing weather cover with corn stalks 
to protect it for use into the winter. 
*288 DEEP HEART FRINGED (Chicory): 
90 days. The leaves are broad and are fine- 
ly curled — fringed at the edges. It is a 
strong, robust plant and produces fine deep 
hearts when fully grown. It is tender and 
makes most appetizing and attractive salads. 
Pkt. 20¢; oz. 35¢. 
289 FULL HEART BATAVIAN (Escarole): 
90 days. This is the best variety of broad 
leaved endive. Plants medium large with 
very deep, full, compact, well blanched 
hearts of infolded, broad leaves that are of 
thick butter texture. Pkt. 20¢; oz. 35¢. 
FENNEL 
Fennel is grown in home and market gar- 
dens for the large bulb produced at the sur- 
face of the ground. It has a pleasant anise- 
like flavor and is used as a cooked vegetable or 
fresh in salads. When the plants are half- 
grown, drag earth up to them to blanch the 
bulbs. 
276 FLORENCE: 110 days. Plants are 2 to 
3 ft. tall; a reliable producer of firm, even 
bulbs. Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. 30¢. 
KOHL RABI 
Vitamins b c 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row 
The edible portion is a large bulb produced 
on the stem above the ground and which, if 
used when young, 2 to 214% in. across, is most 
delicious. For a continuous supply sow every 
two weeks until hot weather. 
*295 EARLY WHITE VIENNA: 55 days. 
Bulbs flattened globe shape, pale green; in- 
terior is white, mild, crisp, and tender. 
When cooked it has a more delicate flavor 
than turnip and is not as watery. Pkt. 20¢; 
Vy oz. 45¢; oz. 75¢. 
Vitamins a b c g 
Pkt. will sow 30 ft. row, an ounce 250 ft. 
Lettuce is easily grown and with successive sowings at two week intervals, particularly with 
loose leaf varieties, you can have good quality lettuce all season. Head lettuce varieties should 
be sown as early as possible as they do not head well in the heat of the summer. Thin plants 
to 12 inches apart in the row; if crowded, heads will not form. Best results are obtained when 
started indoors about March 15h and set out in the garden about May Ist to 15th. Loose leaf 
varieties may be thinned to 4 to 6 inches when they come up and then take out every other 
one to use as plants get larger. 
305 WHITE BOSTON (Cornell 43): 76 days. 
Large Frame Type. A butterhead type that 
has taken the place of Big Boston. Leaves 
are smooth and straight on the edges. Plant 
and head entirely light green; heart buttery 
yellow. Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 25¢; oz. 40¢. 
303 PENNLAKE: 82 days. A new head let- 
tuce of the Great Lakes type that upland 
growers have found produces excellent early 
crops, and it can be grown successfully on 
muck when weather conditions are not too 
severe. It is not quite as large as Great 
Lakes but is preferred by many for its earli- 
ness and uniform heading. Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. 
50¢; oz. 80¢. 
302 CORNELL 456: 76 days. Most popular 
Iceberg variety with lettuce growers in New 
York on muck land; also does well in many 
upland sections. Frame and heads slightly 
smaller and earlier than Great Lakes. It 
is hard heading, tip-burn resistant, slow 
to bolt and withstands mid-summer heat 
well. Pkt. 25¢; 14 02. 50¢; oz. 80¢. 
309 COS or ROMAINE, WHITE PARIS 
SELF-FOLDING: 70 days. A medium 
large, well blanched, firm, loaf-shaped head. 
Leaves are oval in form, flat and smooth; 
color medium green. Good quality. Pkt. 
15¢; 14 02. 25¢; oz. 40¢. 
Cornell 456 is by far the most popular commercial 
lettuce for muck lands in the Northeast. Great 
Lakes is better adapted for use on upland gardens. 
*300 GREAT LAKES: 82 days. The most 
popular Iceberg variety with home garden- 
ers. It stands well without bolting, is resist- 
ant to tip-burn, and will produce cleaner, 
harder heads under mid-summer heat than 
other varieties. The leaves are crisp, thick 
and very dark green with heavy ribs. Heads 
large and solid — replaces Imperial 44. Pkt. 
25¢; VY oz. 50¢; 0z. 80¢. 
LEAF LETTUCE VARIETIES 
*311 BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON: 45 days. 
The most popular loose leaf lettuce for the 
home garden. Plants are large, attractive, 
compact, with broad, frilled light green 
leaves that are of fine, crisp texture and 
splendid quality. We highly recommend 
it. Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 25¢; oz. 40¢. 
312 GRAND RAPIDS: 45 days. Produces 
large, broad, tender, well curled leaves. 
Preferred by many for greenhouse use. Out- 
doors will bolt sooner than Black Seeded 
Simpson. Pkt. 15¢; 14 0z. 25¢; oz. 40¢. 
313 SLOBOLT: 45 days. A fine quality leaf 
lettuce that will remain in good condition 
without bolting to seed longer than other 
loose leaf varieties except the new Salad 
Bowl. Produces large, crisp, curly leaves. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. 45¢; oz. 75¢. 
Vitamins Ab CG 
Pkt. will sow 15 ft. row 
Kale is used for greens or garnishing — ex- 
ceptionally high in food value and vitamin 
content. Quality is improved by frost. 
*293 DWARF SCOTCH CURLED: 55 days. 
A very hardy, green, low spreading variety, 
growing 16 to 20 inches tall. Leaves are 
finely curled. Pkt. 15¢; 02. 35¢; 14 lb. 90¢. 
*315 SALAD BOWL: 50 days. All-America 
Winner 1952. An outstanding new loose 
leaf lettuce that we believe will become ex- 
tremely popular with all home gardeners. 
It is well named, for a single plant, a perfect 
rosette of rich green waved and notched 
leaves, will fill a salad bowl. Leaves are 
short and closely set and hold their high 
quality, tenderness and fine texture over a 
long period. We are enthusiastic about the 
variety after growing it in our trials this 
year and recommend that you try it. Pkt. 
25¢; Y% oz. 50¢; oz. 80¢. 
Illustrated on inside front cover. 
314 PRIZEHEAD: 45 days. A loose-leaved 
variety of fine quality. Leaves are heavily 
tinged with red; very crisp, sweet and 
tender. A popular variety; bolts to seed 
earlier than other varieties. Pkt. 15c; 14 02. 
25¢; oz. 40¢. 
LEEK 
Leek is a kind of onion that does not form 
any bulb, but grows in a long thick stem, 
which is blanched by drawing earth around 
it. When blanched it makes an appetizing 
salad, or can be eaten like green onions. The 
seed is sown in the spring and is ready for use 
in the fall. Given a little protection with soil, 
it will last over winter. 
297 AMERICAN FLAG: 150 days. A popular 
gardeners’ variety with long, thick, well 
branched stems. Pkt. 20¢; 1 oz. 50¢; 02. 90¢. 
FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL VARIETIES AND LARGER QUANTITIES SEE PAGES 30 TO 34. 
