. Dreer's garden book 1925. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flEl1lyAJlmi^M^;^ll!lfel^^;l^i^:li.]^MM^ 29 LETTUCE—Continued. The Midseason Bu t terheads For a continuous supply of high quality salads, any of the following sorts should be sown at the same time as the earliest sorts and again 2 weeks later. Big Boston. More extensively grown than any other variety in this class. Color is medium light green, with a slight tinge of brown on margins of outer leaves. Very desira
. Dreer's garden book 1925. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flEl1lyAJlmi^M^;^ll!lfel^^;l^i^:li.]^MM^ 29 LETTUCE—Continued. The Midseason Bu t terheads For a continuous supply of high quality salads, any of the following sorts should be sown at the same time as the earliest sorts and again 2 weeks later. Big Boston. More extensively grown than any other variety in this class. Color is medium light green, with a slight tinge of brown on margins of outer leaves. Very desirable for forcing and spring and fall outdoor planting. Pkt., 10 cts.; j oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; i lb., $ Sensation. Forms close, hard heads, even in an early stage of growth. Color yellow- ish-green; quality very fine. Pkt., 10 cts.; I oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50cts.; Jib,, $ California Cream Butter. Produces a large white head and withstands heat. The leaves are thick, dark green tinged with brown and spotted. The interior of head is rich golden-yellow and quality very fine. Pkt., 10 cts.; i oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; i lb., $ Early White Cabbage (White Butter Let- tuce). Requires but little protection. Heads are very firm and blanch nicely. Pkt., 10 cts.; §oz., 25cts.; oz., 40 cts.; Jib., $ Improved Deacon. A good summer cab- bage sort; very crisp, large and while of rather "forbidding" green color outside, holds a ''Heart of gold" of choicest quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; I oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; Jib., Salamander. Well known and reliable. A medium green, medium sized sort which does well under almost any weather conditions. High quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; § oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; { lb., Mammoth Salamander. Similar to above, but much larger, and leaves probably smoother. Pkt., 10 cts.; ^ oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; i lb., $ The Crisp or Cabbage- Heading Varieties These form strong midribs in the individual leaves, causi
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