Stokes seeds : 1918 . eputationcarries it into a good many home-gardens. It succeeds especiallywell in either spring or autumn but is not recommended as asummer variety. It is a splendid shipper, sure header, reliableand hardy. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., y^lh. 45c., lb. $, postpaid. 442 Bigger Big Boston J -yALUABLE FOR EARLY SPRING OR LATE FALL PLANTING Anyone desiring a Lettuce of the Big Boston type which isslightly larger in its growth, but otherwise having the same; general characteristics, could do no better than plant BiggerBig Boston. The past seasons results of our market-gardentrade wit
Stokes seeds : 1918 . eputationcarries it into a good many home-gardens. It succeeds especiallywell in either spring or autumn but is not recommended as asummer variety. It is a splendid shipper, sure header, reliableand hardy. Pkt. 5c., oz. 15c., y^lh. 45c., lb. $, postpaid. 442 Bigger Big Boston J -yALUABLE FOR EARLY SPRING OR LATE FALL PLANTING Anyone desiring a Lettuce of the Big Boston type which isslightly larger in its growth, but otherwise having the same; general characteristics, could do no better than plant BiggerBig Boston. The past seasons results of our market-gardentrade with this variety, which was introduced by Walter three years ago, have been very gratifying. Bigger BigBoston will mature in about the same time as Big Boston, andhas very much the same general appearance except for the sizeof the head. It is especially advised for early spring or latesummer planting as it has a tendency to blast under midsummerheat. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., V^lb. 45 cts., lb. $, 444 May King After a number of years without this variety, we have decidedto reinstate it as one of the sorts which should be in every com-plete catalogue. We have made this decision very largelybecause of the popularity of May King as a greenhouse and out-door Lettuce. Its solid, round head makes it a splendid shippingvariety. It is hardy as well as very early and it is particuhirlyrecommended for spring or fall planting. The leaves are lightgreen, which will be slightly tinged with brown under certainclimatic conditions. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., Yilh. 45 cts., lb.$, postpaid. Green-Leaved BigBoston Lettuce 455 Salamander A Lettuce for which there are over fifty synonyms, among themost common being Dreers All Heart, Sensation and Black-Seeded Tennis-Ball. Its high merit and adaptability to all pur-poses is, no doubt, the reason for the verj^ general renamingthis variety has received. It is decidedly a butter variety, strictlycabbage-heading, large to medium
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