. Burpee's farm annual for 1900. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. LETTUCE,— Butter=Head Varieties. Of these—all of -which make fine, large, solid, well-blanched heads in the open ground, under suitable conditions of soil aud weather—the best and most generally satisfactory is the San F)-ancisco Market, or Deacon, closely followed if not fully equaled by the Californ ia Crea^i-Bi ttek, which is so largely grown in the South to ship during the winter to the Northern Markets. Bi-rpee's Silver Ball, Philad
. Burpee's farm annual for 1900. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. LETTUCE,— Butter=Head Varieties. Of these—all of -which make fine, large, solid, well-blanched heads in the open ground, under suitable conditions of soil aud weather—the best and most generally satisfactory is the San F)-ancisco Market, or Deacon, closely followed if not fully equaled by the Californ ia Crea^i-Bi ttek, which is so largely grown in the South to ship during the winter to the Northern Markets. Bi-rpee's Silver Ball, Philadelphia MTiite Cabbage, and Gold Nugget are smaller aud considerably earlier, while the Thick- Head Yellow aud Blonde Blockhead are very large late sorts; Burpee's Hard-Head makes fine, solid heads of medium size, tinged with bronze, and is excellent to withstand summer heat. Fine head lettuce can be grown by sowing the seed very thinly in drills twelve to eighteen inches apart in rich soil, thinning the plants when well started to stand eight to ten inches apart in the row; or the seed may be sown very thinly in the seed-bed, aud the young plants transplanted to the rows where they are to head. It is of the first importance, especially in hot, dry •weather, to keep the soil constantly loose and fine by frequeut workings. One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill, or three pounds one acre of land in drills 18 inches apart. Per oz. Ma- Per ft. Burpee's Silver Ball, w. s. Solid, silvery-white beads : rich flavor, $0 15 $0 40 $1 25 Philadelphia Early White Cabbage, w. s. Thick-leaved ; rich flavor, 10 30 1 00 Early Prize Head, w. s. Large, loose heads ; green, tinged with brown, 10 30 1 00 Gold Nugget, u\ s. Fine, golden-yellow, small heads ; rich flavor, . 15 40 1 25 The DEACON, or San Francisco Market, w. s. {See beJoiv), . . 15 40 1 25 New York, w. s. Large, solid heads ; very dark green in color, .... 15 40 1 25 Thick=Head Yellow, w. s. Grand, buttery heads ; large and thick
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