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LETTUCE—(Continued) 
HEADING VARIETIES ‘ICEBERG TYPES” 
GREAT LAKES 80 Days PENNLAKE 75 Days 
(See Photo Page 28) 
A cross of Brittle Ice with Imperial 
615. With one of the same parents 
as Imperial 456 it has much the 
Same appearance and is also rec- 
ommended for midsummer plant- 
ings. 
IMPERIAL NO. 44 80 Days 
Excelled all other varieties of Ice- 
berg types in New York State 
trials. Recommended for early 
planting for it has given a greater 
percentage of marketable heads 
than other varieties. Heads well in 
warm weather and is notably less 
susceptible to tipburn than some 
of the Imperial group. 
Developed at Penn State College 
from a cross of Great Lakes and 
Imperial No. 847. Head compact, 
dark green. Less ribby than Great 
Lakes. Matures evenly. Solid and 
resistant to tip-burn. Excellent for 
first early in the spring and fall. 
PREMIER GREAT LAKES 72 Days 
This early, slow-bolting, Tip-Burn 
Resistant variety lacks much of 
the undesirable ribbiness usually 
prevalent in this class. Heads will 
measure up to 7 inches across, are 
solid and heavy, weighing two 
pounds. So uniform that nearly 
90% of the crop will be marketable 
at first cutting. It matures about 
a week ahead of Great Lakes and 
is recommended for upland. Splen- 
did for commercial and home 
gardeners. White seeded. 
COS or ROMAINE VARIETIES 
Cos or Romaine 70 Days 
Frequently called celery lettuce on 
account of its erect habit of growth. 
Plants are large, about 8 or 9 
inches tall and should be thinned 
to about 8 inches apart in the rows 
so that each one will have plenty 
of room. The outer leaves are 
medium light green, the interior 
whitish green. As a salad variety 
for the home garden, it has no 
superior. 
DARK GREEN COS 70 Days 
Produces a medium large plant, 
firm well folded heads with dark 
green leaves, slightly crumpled: 
Makes excellent salads and pre- 
ferred by canners of baby foods. 
Parris Island Cos (New) 70 Days 
This new mosaic resistant Cos let- 
tuce was developed by W.C. Barnes 
at Charleston, S.C. An_ excel- 
lent, slow bolting dark green strain, 
producing large uniform heads 
under adverse conditions. Will 
stand a week longer than dark 
green cos, very dependable and 
resistant to tip burn. We highly 
recommend this strain. 
In raising garden vegetables from Gunson seeds, I feel sure I had the best veg- 
etables, with the best flavor, also best germination, when I used your seeds. 
NORMAN W. HUNT, Washington Co., Vt. 
Some of the growers around here who used your Rochester Bronze onion seed 
this year, were highly pleased with it and will undoubtedly be sending their orders 
soon. 
CHRIS HANSON, Freeborn Co., Minn. 
