. 29th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. IMPACTED HANSON.—For general use both of market gardeners and in the private garden, we are sure that no variety can sur- pass our improved, carefully selected strains of Hanson Lettuce. It has been so judiciously improved that the heads are so solid that often they do not send up a seed stalk unless cut open with a knife. Head's are very large, green outside and nearly white within, deli- ciously sweet, crisp aud
. 29th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. IMPACTED HANSON.—For general use both of market gardeners and in the private garden, we are sure that no variety can sur- pass our improved, carefully selected strains of Hanson Lettuce. It has been so judiciously improved that the heads are so solid that often they do not send up a seed stalk unless cut open with a knife. Head's are very large, green outside and nearly white within, deli- ciously sweet, crisp aud tender, and almost absolutely free from any rank or bitter taste. Resists the summer heat exceptionally well. It cannot be praised too highly. Per pkt. 5c. oz. 15c, M lb. 4i'c, lb. $ TOMHANNOCK.— Forms a large plant, 10 to 12 inches high. 1 he leaves grow upright, the upper part of the outer leaves turning outward gracefully, and are of a glossy, red- dish bronze, quite ornamental. The leaves are very tender aud crisp: it does not head. Grows quickly and remains for weeks of the finest quality; slow to run to seed. Pemkt. 5c, oz. 15c, % lb. 40c. BLACK SEEDED double the of the ordinary Curled Simpson; stands the summer well with- out becoming tough or running to seed quickly. Is by far the nv st popular va- riety for greenhouse forcing, making large, handsome heads in a very short time. Gardeners claim that our seed is worth far more than auv other. Per pkt. 5u, oz. 15c, y± lb. 40c, lb. $ GRAND many as fifty large greenhouses at Grand Rapids, Michigan, are devoted to forcing this lettuce iu winter; the growers have dis- tanced all competitors, and obtained the highest prices in the markets of all the cities to which they have shipped. Of superior quality and beautiful appear- ance the Grand Rapids Lettuce is a strong grower, free from rot, and keeps crisp and tender without wilting when exposed for sale, longer than any other forci
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