LETTUCE 
One ounce of seed will sow 100 square feet or 
120 feet of drill. 
LEAF LETTUCE 
PKt., 10c; 4% 0z., 15c; oz, 20c$; 4% Ib., 
65c; Yo 1lb., $1.00; lb., $1.85; 5 lbs. $1.75 
per lb.; 10 lbs., $1.60 per lb.; 25 lbs., $1.50 
per lb. 
GRAND RAPIDS. An excellent forcing va- 
riety as well as one of the best for outdoor 
planting. Plant erect; leaves medium light 
green, very curled and fringed. Stands heat 
and dry weather well. 43 days. 
EARLY CURLED SILESIA. A favorite curled 
or loose-leaved sort for the home garden. 
EARLY PRIZE HEAD. A non-heading va- 
riety. Very early, quick growing, making 
a lot of good eating leaves of excellent 
flavor. Leaves are light green with very 
ragged brown edges. A most popular va- 
riety with home gardeners. 47 days. 
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON. Forms large, 
loose yellowish-green leaves, crumpled and 
frilled, exceedingly tender and crisp. Very 
popular home garden variety as it is very 
early. 46 days. 
OAK LEAF. 40 days. Forms a tight bunch 
or rosette of medium green leaves which 
are deeply lobed, with the end lobe elon- 
gated, giving the plant a spiky appearance. 
Tender, heat resistant, of excellent quality 
retaining its flavor late in summer after 
other varieties have turned bitter. Seed 
crop is short. 
Pkt., 15c; Y% oz., 20c; oz., 30c; %4 Ib., 
75c; VY Ib., $1.40; lb., $2.40; 5 lbs., $2.25 
per lb.; 10 lbs., $2.00 per lb.; 25 lbs., $1.90 
per lb. 
GREAT LAKES 
All-America Selections—Bronze Medal 
HEAD LETTUCE 
GREAT LAKES. 82 days. Bronze Medal, 
1944 All-America Selections. A decidedly 
crisp heading lettuce of the Imperial type. 
It is of excellent quality and exceedingly 
sweet and tender. A superior summer Let- 
tuce that stands heat and sun and is ex- 
ceptionally resistant to tip-burn injury. 
Very slow to shoot to seed. It does equally 
well in cool weather and will produce large 
solid heads. 
Pkt., 15c; % oz., 20c; Ye oz., 35c; 0z., 65c; 
Y%, lb., $2.00; Y% Ib., $3.75; lb., $6.00. 
IMPERIAL 44. Heads medium dark green, 
very large, solid and firm, slightly flattened 
and of good market type and quality. 82 
days. 
Pkt., 10c; Y% oz., 25c; oz., 40c; % Ib.. 
$1.00; YY lb., $1.50; 1b., $3.00. 
IMPERIAL 847. Heads are medium large, 
hard, fine and well covered by the inner 
leaves. Stands up well in summer weather, 
resisting tip burn. 84 days. 
Pkt., 10c; % 0z., 25c; oz., 45c¢; Y% Ilb., 
$1.25; 1% Ib., $2.25; Ib., $4.00. 
ABEL'S SEED HOUSE, READING, PA. 
ICEBERG. Large curly leaves of bright, light 
green with a very slight reddish tinge at 
the edges. The unusual solidity of the 
heads is insured by the large, white main 
ribs of the leaves, each of which curves 
strongly to the center, making it impossible 
for the leaves to open outward and expose 
the center which is constantly and thor- 
oughly blanched. 80 days. 
Idee FIGS Ye Gye, PANCR OFA, Shee BA, Ghd, 
70c; 1 Ib., $1.35; Ib., $2.50. 
WHITE BIG BOSTON. Similar to white seed- 
ed Big Boston, but with leaves slightly 
lighter green and free from a brown tint; 
. heart buttery yellow; of excellent quality. 
Highly desirable for nearby markets. 76 
Y% oz., 25c; oz., 40c; 
days. 
Pkt., 10c; YY, Ib., 
$1.00; 1 1b., $1.50; 1b., $3.00. 
BIG BOSTON. Fine for coldframes or out- 
doors. Heads large and solid. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 20c; oz., 35c; 4 Ib., 
70c; Ye 1b., $1.35; lb., $2.50. 
ALL THE YEAR ROUND. A variety for 
sowing in the fall for wintering over to 
have early head lettuce the first thing in 
the spring. Finest quality, solid heads 
with creamy yellow center. Sow the seed 
about August 15 to September 10. About 
the end of October set the plants to remain 
permanently in as warm and favorable 
situation as possible. Protect with straw 
during frosty weather. Heads begin to 
form in April. 
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70c; Y 1b., $1.35; Ib., $2.50. 
COS or ROMAINE 
SELF-FOLDING COS or ROMAINE. Sow 
early and tie up to blanch. lLong-leaved. 
crisp and tender. 
Pits) 0c; 07-4) SOc; 1/4) Ibe 70C3) ads, 
$1.50; lb., $2.25. 
LEEK 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG. The kind mostly 
grown for market. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 65c; %% Ib., $1.50. 
MUSKMELON 
One ounce of seed will sow 80 hills; 2 to 3 
pounds an acre. 
PEt) LOCs 9/5 102-48 20C3) 02.5062) 40 1D... (OCs 
WY |b., $1.25; 1lb., $2.25. 
BENDER’S SURPRISE. 95 days. Skin light 
greenish-yellow when ripe. Delicious, large 
salmon-fleshed melon. 
HALE‘S BEST. 80 days. 
Early variety, 
fruits 6” to 6%” long, 
flesh thick, fine 
grained, deep salmon-pink, and richly fla- 
vored. 
