SIBERIAN LONG STANDING 
(Days to Maturity, 60) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. 
Plant: Very hardy. Similar to Curled Si- 
berian but has ability to withstand hot weather. 
CURLED SIBERIAN 
(Days to Maturity, 60) 
Uses: Home, market gardens and freezing. 
Plant: Vigorous and hardy. Low and spread- 
ing, with large thick leaves. 
DWARF BLUE CURLED 
SCOTCH or NORFOLK KALE 
(Days to Maturity, 53) 
Uses: Home, market gardens and freezing. 
Particularly desirable variety, as it is resistant 
to cold weather. 
Plant: Spreading and uniform. Leaves have 
a distinct bluish-green cast, extremely curly. 
Lettuce 
CULTURE: Sow early in the spring. May be 
sown in hotbeds and transplanted. One ounce will 
plant a row 100 feet long; 3 pounds per acre. 
Heading Varieties 
ICEBERG (White Seeded) 
(Days to Maturity, 82) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. A more 
teuder and better variety than New York. 
Heads: Medium large, compact, _ hard, 
crumpled light green, interior white. Outside 
leaves curled and waxy, with fringed edges, mar- 
gin tinged with reddish brown. 
Lettuce, Big Boston 
BIG BOSTON (White Seeded) 
(Days to Maturity, 75) 
Uses: Market and home gardens. 
Heads: Medium size, light green. Butterhead 
type, firm, compact, light yellow heart. Leaves 
smooth, glossy and light green. 
IMPERIAL No. 44 
(Days to Maturity, 80) 
Uses: Fine for market and home gardens. 
Heads: Makes firm heads of good size and ex- 
cellent quality. Heads better in warm weather. 
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Lettuce, New York 
NEW YORK (White Seeded) 
(Days to Maturity, 78) 
Uses: Outstanding shipper. Also known as 
Los Angeles. 
Heads: Round, dark green, interior creamy 
white, crisp and tender. Outside leaves large, 
dark green, curled, with crinkled edges. 
GREAT LAKES (White Seeded) 
ANEW VARIETY FOR 1954 
(Days to Maturity, 82) 
All-America winner developed by the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture in conjunction with 
Michigan State College. A sure heading variety 
with considerable resistance to tip burn. 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Good 
shipper. 
Heads: Large, firm, with very dark green outer 
leaves well folded with tendency to heavy mid-rib. 
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