. Eighty-five super-standard strains season of 1927 . Green-Leaved Big Boston A very pure strain of the Unrivaled Type, sometimes called White Big Boston Days to maturity, 75. Green-Leaved Big Boston is an item of such great importance to us that we now have our seed grown privately in California. This crop was grown from our private stock seed, which we consider to be the finest selection of the Unrivaled Type of Big Boston. A member of our firm went to California for the specific purpose of making a thorough inspection of this crop at the time it was in its market stage. Every possible preca
. Eighty-five super-standard strains season of 1927 . Green-Leaved Big Boston A very pure strain of the Unrivaled Type, sometimes called White Big Boston Days to maturity, 75. Green-Leaved Big Boston is an item of such great importance to us that we now have our seed grown privately in California. This crop was grown from our private stock seed, which we consider to be the finest selection of the Unrivaled Type of Big Boston. A member of our firm went to California for the specific purpose of making a thorough inspection of this crop at the time it was in its market stage. Every possible precaution has been taken to insure its purity. We now offer this stock of Green- Leaved Big Boston as one of the most excellent strains available, regardless of price. The brilliant green appearance of this type of Big Boston causes it to bring a consistently higher market price than the standard Big Boston, which shows a red tinge to the leaf, especially in cool weather. Green- Leaved Big Boston is highly recommended for growing in coldframes, for the first field-planting in the spring, and for a subsequent planting in the late summer. There may be some who hesitate to pay $4 per pound for this variety. In answer to them we can only say it is very much more expensive to produce this kind of seed than ordinary Lettuce. At the very most it will cost about $5 per acre additional to grow this, the very finest strain of the Big Boston type that we know of. Under normal conditions the first two crates will pay for this advantage. Price, delivered: Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; Vilb. $; lb. $4; 5 lbs. or more, $ per lb. Big Boston SELECT STRAIN Days to maturity, 78. This stock of Big Boston is offered as the very finest available, and must in no sense be compared with the ordinary strains which can be purchased for considerably less money. Lettuce-growers who are looking for the very best in Big Boston need go no farther. This type has consistently shown its superiority in trials in
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