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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. 
476 Burpee’s Wayahead © 
77 days. Introduced by Burpee in 1907. 
Highly recommended as a spring and fall let- 
tuce 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. Sweet, crisp and tender. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 50¢; 14 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 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 
green over-all without any signs of a red tinge. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 35¢; 14 lb. 95¢ 
543 Deer Tongue— Unusual 
80 days. Leaves are oblong to triangular in 
shape with rounded tip, slightly blistered or 
savoyed, attractive green and of excellent 
quality, with a thick, succulent mid-rib. Fully 
grown plants are of compact, upright growth, 
12 in. across, 6 to 7 in. high. Withstands hot 
weather as plants are slow to go to seed. 
Pkt. 20¢; oz. 70¢; 1% lb. $2.10 
Cos Lettuce 
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290 Burpee’s Celtuce, 
times the vitamin C content of head-lettuce leaves. 
Paris White 
introduced by us in 1942, 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 but different and milder. Truly delicious. Young leaves have four 
480 White Boston © — Free from red tinge 
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 
fine texture. Outer leaves are of a uniform light green entirely free 
from brown markings or reddish tinge. Used extensively for home 
gardens and market plantings, large or small. Seed is white. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 40¢; 14 lb. $1.20 
3 Good Lettuces for the Home Garden 
Burpee’s Wayahead (Butterhead), 
and Burpee’s Greenhart (the new Loosehead) 
7056 — SPECIAL: One pkt. each of these 3 distinct and popular 
kinds of good eating lettuce, value 55¢ for only 
Burpee’s Iceberg (Crisp-head) 
45¢ | 
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 383 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. 40¢; 
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. 40¢; 14 Ib. 95¢ 
Burpee’s Celtuce 
Burpee Seeds Grow... 99 
Pkt. 15¢; 1% 0z. 60¢; oz. $1.10 
