. Vegetable, field and flower seeds : descriptive catalogue. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 15 One ounce of seed will pr Lettuce is of easy cultivation, but likes a good, rich soil. For early use, sow under glass in February and March and transplant in a well prepared bed as soon as the ground can be worked. Later sowings may be made in the open ground, at intervals of two weeks, for succession, as long as the weather â oduce about 3,000 plants. St. Louis Black-S
. Vegetable, field and flower seeds : descriptive catalogue. Nursery stock Missouri Saint Louis Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 15 One ounce of seed will pr Lettuce is of easy cultivation, but likes a good, rich soil. For early use, sow under glass in February and March and transplant in a well prepared bed as soon as the ground can be worked. Later sowings may be made in the open ground, at intervals of two weeks, for succession, as long as the weather â oduce about 3,000 plants. St. Louis Black-Seeded Forcing. This is the best head of Cabbage Lettuce to force under glass, also for early planting out-doors. It is grown by nearly every St. Louis market gardener, and should be grown by all who grow lettuce for the mar- ket. Plants medium size, having thick green leaves, and when well grown form very compact, solid heads. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; M lb., 65c; lb., $ Early White Cabbage, or Butter. Produces fine, greenish-white, large heads, of extra quality, remarkably tender and crisp; sure to head; of quick growth. It is one of the best for early planting, and also for summer use, as it is slow to seed. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; lb., 50; lb., $ St. tiouis Market. An excellent and very popular head variety, good for forcing and outdoor planting; large, white, solid head. This is one of the best and the lead- ing sort with the St. Louis gardeners. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; }i lb., 50c; lb., $ Black-Seeded Simpson. This vari- ety does not form a head, but is a compact mass of leaves; a light delicate green in color; it endures summer heat remarkably well; a general favorite with Western gar- deners. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; }i lb., 50c; lb., $ Grand Rapids. A loose-leaved curled variety of superior quality and beautiful appearance. A rapid grower, free from rot, and keeps cripp and tender without wilting when exposed for sale longer than any other forcing lettuce. It is also
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