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Allium porrum 
LARGE LONDON FLAG HM 150 
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Giant Musselburg 
An old standard variety with stems that become very long, thick, and white. Early; 
popular with market gardeners wherever leek is grown. Mild flavor. Should be blanched 
with soil to lengthen edible portion. 
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Lactuca sativa 
BIBB (Butterhead ) HM 54. 
A very early variety of fine quality, used for forcing and home garden. It is distinctly 
different, forming a small rosette head for serving individual salads. Has become widely 
popular in recent years for garden and commercial forcing. Black seed. 
PLANT—Small central rosette, 3% inches wide and about 3 inches deep. Firm and 
crisp. Inside is golden yellow; outer leaves are dark green, oval, smooth, 
thick, tender and succulent. 
BIG BOSTON (Butterhead ) HM 75 
Trocadero 
An old standard variety of the ‘“‘butterhead’”’ type known the world over. Can be 
grown for hotbed and cold frame forcing, or as an outdoor variety. One of the surest 
heading of the butterhead types for spring or fall crop. White seed. See also White 
Boston. 
HEADS—Medium sized, globular, light green. Firm and compact, well formed, crisp 
and tender, with buttery light goiden yellow heart. Outer leaves are smooth, 
glossy, medium light green, with slight tinge of reddish brown on the mar- 
gins, more marked in cool weather. 
