. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees. LETTUCE, CREAM BUTTER. I^ettuce. An indispensable vegetable—certainly the finest salad plant known. Easily grown, either in hot-bed or garden, und can be sown very early. Sonth of Mason and Dixon^ line, can be sown in open ground in fall, and needs only a slight protection of straw or loose litte
. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees. LETTUCE, CREAM BUTTER. I^ettuce. An indispensable vegetable—certainly the finest salad plant known. Easily grown, either in hot-bed or garden, und can be sown very early. Sonth of Mason and Dixon^ line, can be sown in open ground in fall, and needs only a slight protection of straw or loose litter to be perfectly hardy. Cream Butter—A crisp tender, richly flavored variety, forming large heads of a beautiful creamy color. Medium early, and stands summer heat remarkably well. This is one of the very best summer varieties of head Lettuce we have ever grown. Heads very solid, crisp, and of a beautiful and refreshing cream color. In quality it is very buttery and rich. Pkt., 10c; 20c; lb., $ New Hanson—Our Southern customers say this is the finest Lettuce they can grow. Plants large and uniform, per- fect heads, quality superlatively fine, and stands heat extraordinarily well. There is probably no better large heading sort than this. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c, lb., $ Buttercup—A beautiful golden sort, almost as ornamental as a Coleus. Large heads and fine quality: beautiful golden yellow. 10c; 30c. Ixeek, New Giapt Italiap. The Leek is a very hardy, easily-grown vegetable, of mild, agreeable flavor, and is much used for soups, stews, etc, as its flavor is more delicate than that of the Onion. This is a new and verv large variety, the best for general cultivation. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25.; lb., $ K'otjl Rabi. Extra Early Vienna—A curious vegetable, in appearance half way between a Turnip aturnip- liko swelling of the stem above ground, which, while young and tender, hasadeliciousCauliflower-like flavor, very appetizing and pleasan
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