One ounce of seed to 
400 feet of row: 3 
pounds to the acre. 
LETTUCE SEED 
LEAF LETTUCE VARIETIES 
GRAND RAPIDS 
43 days. The*best loose-leaved 
sort for forcing under glass and an 
exeellent variety for outdoor plant- 
ing. 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON 
42 days. A popular curled or 
loose-leaved sort for early outdoor 
planting. Used extensively by mar- « 
ket 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, com- 
pact, light lustrous green; leaves 
broad, frilled, firm, crisp, sweet 
and of good quality. 
Great Lakes, 
Most Outstanding of All Home Garden Head Lettuces 
HEAD LETTUCE VARIETIES | 
GREAT LAKES—Best of All Headers 
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 USDA and Michigan Experiment Station and is one of 
the leading shipping varieties. It produces large solid heads; crisp and 
tender. Unquestionably the finest head lettuce for the home garden. It is 
such a sure header under almost any conditions, that no garden should be 
without it. 
NEW YORK, Los Angeles or WONDERFUL 
The Largest Header 
80 days. This popular head lettuce furnishes fine, crisp lettuce during 
the hot summer months. The largest variety grown, often producing heads 
weighing 2 to 3 pounds each, nearly as solid as a cabbage, and inside 
leaves blanched to beautiful creamy-white. Stands shipping well and re- 
mains in good condition longer than other sorts. 
Lettuce Bargain 
{ Pkt. Beefsteak 
i Pkt. Great Lakes 
Oak Leaf Lettuce 
OAK LEAF—with the Butter Flavor 
Smal! Thick Leaves 
I Pkt. Oak Leaf 
{ Pkt. Black Seeded Simpson 
All 4 Packets Only 50c Prepaid 
38 days. Oak Leaf is neither a head lettuce nor a 
true leaf lettuce since it forms a compact deep rosette 
of small thick leaves that provide the good features of 
both types. It is earlier than other varieties, and the 
tender, deep green leaves have the superb butter-type~ 
flavor. Plants are still in prime condition until 12 to 
BEEFSTEAK 
PRIZEHEAD. 45 days. One of the 
best varieties for the home garden. 
14 in. across and weigh up to one-half pound. Will Does not form tightly folded heads, 
not become bitter in hot weather. ba males a compact punee of 
eaves. he large, crimped leaves exami 
are highly colored brownish-red ; cos or ROMAINE LETTUCE 
SALAD BOWL crisp, Sweet, exceedingly tender ; Paris White. 65 days. The earliest and best 
and it stands a long time without of the Cos type lettuce. The plants are of erect 
1952 All-America going to seed. growth, forming elongated heads of crisp leaves. 
Selection It dces not need tying in order to blanch the 
SLOBOLT heart, but larger, firmer heads may be had by 
48 days. All the tying. The outer leaves are, medium green and 
It Stands Longest 
42 days. -A heat resistant variety 
of the excellent Black Seed Simp- 
son type that is especially desirable 
for warm weather culture because 
it ‘“‘bolts’’ to seed much _ slower 
than other varieties. Delightfully 
erisp outer leaves may be picked 
as plant progresses, thus plant re- 
mains dwarf. 
the inner leaves bleach to snowy white. Always 
sweet and tender and does not become bitter dur- 
ing hot weather. The young leaves may be eaten 
as leaf lettuce. 
ICEBERG—Crisphead Type 
An easily grown lettuce of the crisp- 
head type; no other variety surpasses it in qual- 
ity. The heads are of medium size, firm- and 
hard, exceedingly crisp, juicy, sweet and tender, 
with heart leaves blanched to almost white. 
BIG BOSTON—"Butter-Heading" Type 
75 days. <A sure-heading, long-standing variety of superb texture, color 
and flavor for forcing and home garden. Known as a ‘‘butter-heading”’ 
judgés recommended 
this new lettuce. It’s 
a loose-leaf variety 
with rich green leaves 
that make the prettiest 
salad. It stands sun 
better than Oakleaf 
and is a faster and 82 days. 
Salad Bowl 
CRESS (High in Iron) 
EXTRA CURLED (Pepper Grass). Grows 
Tapidly, being ready for use in 30 to 40 days 
larger grower. 
CORN SALAD 
(Hardy Winter Salad) 
Served like lettuce; also for garnishing meat 
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after seed is planted. Fine for salads, gar- 
nishing and as a green in sandwiches. Has 
an agreeable pungent taste. (Pkt. {5c) (oz. 
35ce) (14 Ib. $1.00) prepaid. 
PERENNIAL UPLAND CRESS. 60 days. 
Same flavor as Water Cress. Grows on high, 
dry land. An easily grown hardy perennial 
, that remains for several years without re- 
planting. (Pkt. 20c) (% oz. 50c) (oz. 90c) 
prepaid. 
PERENNIAL WATER CRESS. 50 days. A 
hardy plant which will thrive well only when 
the roots are submerged in water. Can be 
easily grown in springs or along the edges of 
shallow running streams. One of the most de- 
licious of all small salad plants. (Pkt. 25c) 
(% oz. 70c) (oz. $1.30) prepaid. 
Green Curled Endive 
ENDIVE 
GREEN CURLED. One of the most refreshing of 
_ all salads. May be grown any season of the year. 
Plants grow 17” across. The leaves are fringed and 
are a rich green in color; but blanch to creamy 
white in the center. 
80c) prepaid. 
WHITE CURLED. Quite similar to Green Curled, 
but more easily blanched to pure white in the cen- 
ter. (Pkt. 
BATAVIAN FULL HEART. Foliage broad and flat 
—deep green leaves with thick midrib, that is ex- 
ceedingly palatable when well blanched. Stands dry 
weather best. Unsurpassed for salad when blanched 
by an experienced gardener, but is more generally 
used cooked like Kale or Spinach or as flavoring for 
soups, stews, etc. (Pkt, 
prepaid. 
dishes, and can be-cooked like spinach. Sow 
thinly in “August or September to supply fresh 
leaves during the cool fall and winter months. 
One oz. will plant 40’ of row. (Pkt. (5c) 
(oz. 50c) (%4 lb. $1.50) prepaid. 
COLLARDS 
Non-Heading Cabbage 
GEORGIA. A form of loose-headed cabbage 
that succeeds in locations where other cab- 
bages cannot be grown to perfection. In the 
South it continues to grow all winter. 1 oz. 
makes 3000 plants. (Pkt. 0c) (oz. 25c) 
(%4 Ib. 65c) (Ib. $1.65) prepaid. 
One Ounce of Seed 
for 150 Feet of Row 
(Pkt. [5c) (oz. 30c) (%4 Ib. 
{5c) (oz. 30c) (14 lb. 80c) prepaid. 
15e) (oz. 30c) (%4 lb. 80c) 
variety because of smooth delicate leaves and the creamy-yellow heart. 
CHICKEN OR 
RABBIT LETTUCE 
Feed All Spring and Summer 
The best green feed for chickens 
and rabbits. In this variety you will 
find a feed that yields as much or 
more than other green feeds. It is 
economical to. grow, for when cut it 
resumes its growth rapidly and can 
be cut again and again; or the leaves 
can be pulled off each stem like the 
Jersey Kale. The yield is extremely 
heavy. Chicken or Rabbit Lettuce is 
too coarse for a table variety. Grows 
3 to 4 feet high and just loaded with 
large leaves. Large enough to com- 
mence feeding in 40 to 45 days. 
Prepaid 
LETTUCE PRICES 
Beefsteak (Prizehead)........ 
Big: Bostons. sccccnec vltis se of 
Black Seeded Simpson 
Chicken of Rabbit. 
Cos. Paris White.......... 
Early Curled Simpson....... 
Grand Rapids....... : 
Great Lakes (14 oz. 45c)..... 
Peaches hegre 3 
Y., L.A. or Wonderful 
Oak L 
Salad Bowl (14 oz. ABc).. 
Slobolf.......... 
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. Galeshurg: Michigan 13 
