Vegetable and flower seeds catalogue : free for all . ered (like theSavoy cabbages),very crisp andtender and of e.\-cellent flavor. Bythese blisteredleaves it distin-guishes itselffrom any otherkind of lettucenow grown. Theshape of thehead resemblessomewhat the Hanson, b u tis more oblong. Price, per pound, postpaid, ; per % pound, 40 cts.; perounce, 15 cts.; per package, 5 cts. HITTINGERS FORCING. The very best forforcing for winter andearly spring use. Ourstock was supplied byone of the leading firmsof market gardeners inArlington, Mass. Thejunior member of ourfirm says that in a larges
Vegetable and flower seeds catalogue : free for all . ered (like theSavoy cabbages),very crisp andtender and of e.\-cellent flavor. Bythese blisteredleaves it distin-guishes itselffrom any otherkind of lettucenow grown. Theshape of thehead resemblessomewhat the Hanson, b u tis more oblong. Price, per pound, postpaid, ; per % pound, 40 cts.; perounce, 15 cts.; per package, 5 cts. HITTINGERS FORCING. The very best forforcing for winter andearly spring use. Ourstock was supplied byone of the leading firmsof market gardeners inArlington, Mass. Thejunior member of ourfirm says that in a largesection of a greenhousein Arhngton where hesaw it growing therewas not one head thatwas off in shape or color. Price, per pound, postpaid, ; per % pound, 55 cts.; perounce, 20 cts.; per package, 5 cts. THE HANSON. The Most Popular Lettuce Catalogued. The cut below shows the inside of this very popular lettuce. Itsheads grow to a remarkable size, and are sweet, tender and crisp,even to the outer leaves; this variety is free from any bitter taste. LOAF LETTUCE. SUGAR If you want afirst-class, allround familylettuce, try habit ofgrowth is suchthat while itbranches out(growing undergood cultivationto ten or twelveinches in diam-eter), it alsogrows thick andhigh, thus mak-ing a large plant («^/with plenty ofheart. Mediumgreen in color,with a fine browntinge. Of excel-lent quality, anddoes not quickly run to seed. We ^ ^ recommend it as being among the best of summer lettuces. Price,per pound, postpaid, $ i .08 ; per }l pound, 30 cts. ; per ounce, 12 cts. ;per package, 5 cts. MARBLEHEAD MAMMOTH CABBAGE. T/iis makes i/ie lars;e5t head of all the lettuce -uie have ever raised,measziri)ig eight inches in diameter across the solid head, or as largeas a good Drumhead cabbage. Moreover, the heads are as dis-tinctly defined, and nearly as closely wrapped together, as are foundin the average Drumhead cabbage. Leaves are lightish green incolor. It belongs among the second early
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