. Choice Iowa seeds : second edition of the 27th annual catalogue and garden guide. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. LETTUCE Ger. Lattich. One ounce will sow 120 feel of drill. Probably no vegetable is more universally used than Lettuce, and to be fully appreci- ated it must be brought to the table fresh and unwilted. As it requires but little room, and is of the easiest culture, there are but few families that cannot have it direct from the bed. The quality of Lettuce de- pend
. Choice Iowa seeds : second edition of the 27th annual catalogue and garden guide. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. LETTUCE Ger. Lattich. One ounce will sow 120 feel of drill. Probably no vegetable is more universally used than Lettuce, and to be fully appreci- ated it must be brought to the table fresh and unwilted. As it requires but little room, and is of the easiest culture, there are but few families that cannot have it direct from the bed. The quality of Lettuce de- pends largely upon a rapid and vigorous growth. Sow in hot-bed iu March and in open ground as early as it can be worked, thinly in drills one foot apart. For a suc- cession sow every three weeks during the & season. The soil should be rich and mellow. Thin out plants as they grow, so that the plants left to head will stand 10 to 12 inches apart in the rows. PRIZE HEAD.—Very tenuerieavesof dark reddish brown color, variegated with dark green. Heads large and of good flavor. Pkt. 5c, oz. lC'c, U lb. 35c, lb. $ NEW ICEBERG LETTUCE. DENVER MARKET.—An early variety of Head Lettuce, either for forcing or opea ground, It forms large, solid heads, of a good light green color, and is very slow to go to seed. The leaves are beautifully marked and blistered (like the Savoy Cabbages), and very crisp and tender and of excellent flavor. Br these blistered leaves it distinguishes itself from any other kind of Lettuce now grown. The shape of the head resembles somewhat the "Hanson," but is more oblong. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, lb. 50c. GRAND RAPIDS.—As many as fifty large greenhouses at Grand Rapids, Michigan, are devoted to forcing this lettuce in winter; the growers have distanced all competitors, and obtained the highest prices in the markets of all the cities to which they have shipped. Of superior quality and beautiful appearance the Grand Rapids Lettuce is a strong gro
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