. Currie's garden annual : spring 1931 56th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CURRIE BROTHERS CO. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. Lettuce, Big Boston LETTUCE Sow in shallow drills 1 ft. apart and thin out the plants to 4 inches apart in the row, and 8 inches for the heading varieties. The soil should be rich and friable to promote rapid growth. 1 oz. to 300 feet of drill. 3 lbs. to an acre. New York—(Wonderful or Los Angeles)—A good summer Head
. Currie's garden annual : spring 1931 56th year. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. CURRIE BROTHERS CO. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. Lettuce, Big Boston LETTUCE Sow in shallow drills 1 ft. apart and thin out the plants to 4 inches apart in the row, and 8 inches for the heading varieties. The soil should be rich and friable to promote rapid growth. 1 oz. to 300 feet of drill. 3 lbs. to an acre. New York—(Wonderful or Los Angeles)—A good summer Head Lettuce, one of the slowest to run to seed; of excellent flavor; very crisp and tender, heads of immense size and very solid, so solid, in fact, that when seed is wanted the heads must be slashed to permit the seed stalk to come through. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; % lb., 85c; 1 lb., $ Salamander—Large, solid heads, bright green in color; leaves thick, smooth and tender, does not readily run to seed. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Vn lb., 40c; 1 lb., $ California Cream Butter—A very large "butter-head" variety, golden-yellow inside, crisp, tender and sweet. It is heat-proof and slow to run to seed; unexcelled as a summer and autumn sort. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 50c; 1 lb., $ Wayahead—An extra early, large, solid-headed variety, adapted to cold-frame or garden culture. Outside leaves light green, inside and heart golden-yellow, crisp and sweet. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % lb., 65c; I lb., $ Maiy King—Grows rapidly, forming large heads, very tender and sweet. The outer leaves are tinged brown, heart rich yellow. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c: % lb., 60c; 1 lb., $ Iceberg-—Forms a compact head with large main ribs which curve inwards, protecting the center, so that it is always thoroughly blanched, remaining crisp and tender at all times. Pkt., 10c; oz., Kc; % lb., 65c; 1 lb., $ Immensity—An enormous Solid-Headed Lettuce, one of the slowest to run to s
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