. 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. An indispensable vegetable—certainly the iluest salad plant known. Easily grown, either in hot-bed or garden, and can be sown very early. South of Mason and Dixon s line, can be sown in open ground in tall, and needs only a slight protection of straw or loose litter to be perfectly hardy,
. 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. An indispensable vegetable—certainly the iluest salad plant known. Easily grown, either in hot-bed or garden, and can be sown very early. South of Mason and Dixon s line, can be sown in open ground in tall, and needs only a slight protection of straw or loose litter to be perfectly hardy, lilds' Half Century—We all know how much careful selection vear after year has to do with the quality of our vegetables, but there are few things that can claim a half-century's descent from only the choicest and best specimens of one type. This Lettuce can do so, however, and we are not 'surprised, therefore, at its superior qualities. Its leaves fold together, forming a long, loose head, remarkable for tenderness and delicious flavor. It may seem a good deal to sav. but it is, nevertheless, a fact, that for tenderness, brittleness and delicious qual- ity, this Lettuce, grown in the open ground, surpasses any other sort grown under glass. Not h i n g can approach it in quality. It is so brittle and tender that its leaves break to pieces in handling, if care is not used. It is a quick grower, and attains its full size in forty to fifty da vs. and remains in fine condition for a very long time. Pkt, loc.: oz., 25c.; lb., $ CUE AH Tomhannock—Just for; one that will summer without seed. It makes ; more across, and Lettuce we have all been looking and the hot, dry weather of mid- wing bitter, tough and running to autiful bunch a foot high, and even rhtfully crisp and tender. Light green, well bronzed. Pkt, 10c.; oz., , lb., $ '", , . ... *Colden Heart—A very handsome, large-growing variety of rich golden yellow color. Good quality, grows quic
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