. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1930. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Lettuce, Big Boston LETTUCE Sow in shallow drills 1 ft. apart and thin out the plants inches apart in the row, and 8 inches for the heading varieties, soil should be rich and friable to promote rapid growth. 1 oz. to 300 feet of drill. 3 lbs. to an acre. to 4 The New York—(Wonderful or Los Angeles)—A good summer Head Lettuce, one of the slowest to run to seed;
. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1930. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Lettuce, Big Boston LETTUCE Sow in shallow drills 1 ft. apart and thin out the plants inches apart in the row, and 8 inches for the heading varieties, soil should be rich and friable to promote rapid growth. 1 oz. to 300 feet of drill. 3 lbs. to an acre. to 4 The New York—(Wonderful or Los Angeles)—A good summer Head Lettuce, one of the slowest to run to seed; of excellent flavor; very crisp and tender, heads of immense size and very solid, so solid, in fact, that when seed is wanted the heads must be slashed to permit the seed stalk to come through. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; % lb., 75c; 1 lb., $ Salamander—Large, solid heads, bright green in color ; leaves thick, smooth and tender, does not readily run to seed. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c; 1 lb., $ California Cream Butter—A very large "butter-head" variety, golden-yellow inside, crisp, tender and sweet. It is heat-proof and slow to run to seed; unexcelled as a summer and autumn sort. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; V4 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $ Wayahead—An extra early, large, solid-headed variety, adapted to cold-frame or garden culture. Outside leaves light green, inside and heart golden-yellow, crisp and sweet. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; J/4 lb., 65c; 1 lb., $ May King—Grows rapidly, forming large heads, very tender and sweet. The outer leaves are tinged YELLOW SEEDED. BIG BOSTON LETTUCE Currie's Selected Stock—This var- iety is considered by many market gardeners to be the finest head lettuce in existence. It forms large compact heads with few out- side leaves and stands a long time before bolting to seed. The color of the leaves is a light green, with a slight tinge of brown on mar- gins of outer leaves. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; y4 lb., 50c; 1 lb., $ UNRIVALL
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