. ^USfcCSELp-FOLPi u< %Ji me TRIANON SELF-FOLDING COS LETTUCE, OR ROMAINE SALAD This is the Lettuce that is served at the best hotels and restaur- ants under the name of " Romaine ; It differs from ordinary Lettuce by the shape of the leaves, which are elongated, spoon-shaped and very crisp. It is grown in the same manner as Cabbage Lettuce, but does not make a solid head. Sow seed early in the spring in good soil, and when plants have three leaves thin out to stand about four inches apart in the row, and when plants are of a sufficient size the leaves should be drawn togeth
. ^USfcCSELp-FOLPi u< %Ji me TRIANON SELF-FOLDING COS LETTUCE, OR ROMAINE SALAD This is the Lettuce that is served at the best hotels and restaur- ants under the name of " Romaine ; It differs from ordinary Lettuce by the shape of the leaves, which are elongated, spoon-shaped and very crisp. It is grown in the same manner as Cabbage Lettuce, but does not make a solid head. Sow seed early in the spring in good soil, and when plants have three leaves thin out to stand about four inches apart in the row, and when plants are of a sufficient size the leaves should be drawn together and tied, in order to blanch the inner ones. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz.; 25 cts.; \ lb., 75 cts.; lb., $ YELLOW ICE CREAM WATERMELON This unique Watermelon is aptly de- scribed in a letter received fromMr. E. Stan- ley Brown, Horticulturist, East Moriches, N. Y., in which he writes: "After repeated trials, covering four years, I have no hesi- tancy in stating that Yellow Ice Cream is the 'par excellence' of all Watermelons. The vines are strong, inclined to overbear, and whether fully grown or undeveloped; there seems to be no difference in their high quality. The flesh is bright golden- yellow, skin green and shape elongated. We preferred it to any of several other va- rieties grown, and found that by laying them on the barn floor, away from the chilly blasts, they kept well into the win- ter. The patch was found by night prow- lers and this variety was nearly all taken, while most all others were left, showing that even in the dark the best could be se- lected. If I could have only one variety of Watermelon it would be Yellow Ice Cream," Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; \ lb., 60 cts.; lb., $ DREER'S "WONDER" BUSH LIMA BEAN (See Colored Plate opposite) This variety of Bust Lima Bean is very desirable on account cf earliness, productiveness and its fixed habit of growing in the dwa;' or bush form. The plants are of strong, upright growth, <.. are com
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