. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. 73 but must be sown early in the season, I/Otherwise it will shoot to seed Per oz , r25 cts.; X lb., 75 cts.; lb., $ Early Cabbage, or White Butter.— This is a very popular variety for either forcing, or sowing in the open ground early in the season; it forms a beautiful solid head which is very crisp and tender, but as soon as the season becomes warm it shoots to seed; it should therefore only be planted for first crop in th
. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. BUIST'S GARDEN GUIDE. 73 but must be sown early in the season, I/Otherwise it will shoot to seed Per oz , r25 cts.; X lb., 75 cts.; lb., $ Early Cabbage, or White Butter.— This is a very popular variety for either forcing, or sowing in the open ground early in the season; it forms a beautiful solid head which is very crisp and tender, but as soon as the season becomes warm it shoots to seed; it should therefore only be planted for first crop in the open ground, but can be sown broadcast in September, and transplanted into cold frames for heading during Winter. It is really the standard variety, and will always give great satis- faction. Per oz., 15 cts.; % lb., 30 cts.; lb., $ Early Dutch Speckled Butter I,ettuce. ^(Sarly Dutch. Butter.—A celebrated and entirely distinct variety, very popular in the Philadelphia market, producing crisp, white solid heads, almost equal to a cab- bage, the outer leaves are speckled with a brownish tinge. It is an elegant forcing variety, or for growing in cold frames, and stands the heat and cold to a remarkable degree; regard it as one of the very best ^and most profitable varieties to grow. Per tSoz., 20 cts.; X lb., 40 cts ; lb., $ The Arlington Tennis Ball.—This is a very celebrated strain of the Boston Mar- ket, introduced by an extensive market gardener of Arlington, Mass. It is un- doubtedly a very valuable forcing variety, or for cold-frame culture, producing good- sized heads of a creamy-white color, and as solid as a head of cabbage. It cannot be recommended too highly. Per oz., 20 A^cts.; X lb-> 50 cts-; lb-> I1-50. 'Early Boston Market, or White TelllliS Ball.—A very popular and early variety, forming a fine solid head, which is both crisp and tender. Very desirable for forcing, and a profitable variety for ymarket gardeners. Per oz., 15 cts.; X lb ,
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