Farquhar's catalogue : spring 1904 . 14 R. & J. FARQUHAR & SEED COPYRIGHT d. FARQUHAR tCO- LETTUCE. {JLattich Salat,) The Lettuce is the bestvegetable of the salad kindgrown in the open air. Itthrives best in a light, veryrich, moist soil, with a drysubstratum, but does well in acommon garden soil enrichedwith rotted manure. For firstcrop sow in gentle heat inFebruary, and transplant toten inches apart. For a sum-mer supply, sow thinly inshallow drills, eighteen inchesapart, and transplant, or thinout, leaving a foot between theplants. Sowings may be madefrom April
Farquhar's catalogue : spring 1904 . 14 R. & J. FARQUHAR & SEED COPYRIGHT d. FARQUHAR tCO- LETTUCE. {JLattich Salat,) The Lettuce is the bestvegetable of the salad kindgrown in the open air. Itthrives best in a light, veryrich, moist soil, with a drysubstratum, but does well in acommon garden soil enrichedwith rotted manure. For firstcrop sow in gentle heat inFebruary, and transplant toten inches apart. For a sum-mer supply, sow thinly inshallow drills, eighteen inchesapart, and transplant, or thinout, leaving a foot between theplants. Sowings may be madefrom April to the end ofAugust. One ounce of seedgives about four thousandplants. We make a specialty of thevarieties of Lettuce grown inthe vicinity of Boston, and theseed of these we offer is allhome-grown, and saved withthe utmost care. ^Bo: Boston Forcing Tennisball Lettuce. Pkt. Oz. lb. Lb. A oston Forcing Tennisball; White-Seeded. Forms fine, perfect heads very rapidly;crisp and very tender. Our seed is of the finest growth and from perfect headsHittingers Belmont Forcing. Larger
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