. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 54 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. LETTUCE Lactuca sativa The column of Days represents the time required to develop marketable heads from the planting of seed, under average conditions, but since maturity varies with weather and growing conditions, the figures indicate relative rather than exact periods. The letters indicate black seeded varieties, and white seeded. The Imperial strains and varieties developed by the la
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 54 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. LETTUCE Lactuca sativa The column of Days represents the time required to develop marketable heads from the planting of seed, under average conditions, but since maturity varies with weather and growing conditions, the figures indicate relative rather than exact periods. The letters indicate black seeded varieties, and white seeded. The Imperial strains and varieties developed by the late I. C. Jagger, U. S. D. A., are resistant to brown blight, a destructive soil borne disease. Days Bfob, 60 A small, early variety of butter-head type, with thick, tender leaves, deep green outside blanched within to creamy yellow. BIG BOSTON (Trocadero), 75 A popular butter head variety. Head of medium size and compact, with creamy yellow heart. Leaves smooth, glossy; wavy at the edge, which is slightly tinged with reddish brown. California Cream Butter, 75 For market gardens. Head large, globular, solid, with golden yellow interior. Leaves large, thick, dark green, tinged and spotted with brown. Chicken Lettuce, 60 A hardy, non-heading, dark green variety, growing to 4 ft. high and produc- ing the largest amount of leaves of any lettuce, for poultry and rabbit feed. Crisp as Ice (Hartford Bronze Head), 74 A compact, medium sized head. Leaves thick and crumpled; deep green with dark brown cast, giving the plant a bronzed appearance. Dark Green Cos, 66 A medium large, self-closing sort; leaves very dark green, slightly crumpled. Eiffel Tower Cos, 65 An Asgrow introduction: a tall, compact variety with well folded leaves, more cylindrical than the more usual cos White Boston: similar to Big Boston but for color. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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