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Iowa Seed Company, 28... Des Moines, Iowa.
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[Image: Improved Hanson Lettuce]

Improved Hanson.-For general use both of market gardeners and in the private garden, we are sure that no variety can surpass our improved, carefully selected strain of Hanson Lettuce. It has been so judiciously improved that the heads are so solid that often they do not send up a seed stalk unless cut open with a knife. Heads are very large, green outside and nearly white within, deliciously sweet, crisp and tender, and almost absolutely free from any rank or bitter taste. Resists the summer heat exceptionally well. It cannot be praised too highly. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.

Denver Market.-An early variety of Head Lettuce, either for forcing or open ground. It forms large, solid heads, of a good light green color, and is very slow to go to seed. The leaves are beautifully marked and blistered (like the Savoy cabbages), and very crisp, tender and of excellent flavor. By these blistered leaves it distinguishes itself from any other kind of lettuce now grown. The shape of the head resembles somewhat the "Hanson," but is more oblong. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c.

California Cream Butter.-A variety of cabbage lettuce, with round, solid head, as shown in the illustration; outside the heads are of medium green, slightly marked with small brown spots; within, the leaves are of a very rich cream yellow color, most refreshing in appearance, and particularly rich and buttery to the taste. The heads are of good size, compact, very hard and solid. It is medium early, and one of the very best summer varieties of head lettuce we have ever seen. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c.

Mignonette.-A small bronze-green sort with heart of creamy-white. It is handsome and of choice quality family use. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c.

Morse.-Might well be called an improved Black Seeded Simpson. Is very desirable for growing under glass or out doors. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 35c.

Rudolph's Favorite.-A very attractive Cabbage Lettuce; large size, crisp and delicate in flavor and very desirable for summer use, as well as for forcing. Forms a fine, large solid head, leaves of a beautiful yellow color[.] Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c.

[Image: New Mignonette Lettuce.]

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Lettuce.
One ounce will sow 120 feet of drill.
Probably no vegetable is more universally used than Lettuce, and to be thoroughly appreciated it must be brought to the table fresh and unwilted. As it requires but little room and is of the earliest culture, there are but few families that cannot have it direct from the bed. The quality of lettuce depends largely upon a rapid and vigorous growth. Sow in hot-bed in March and in open ground as early as it can be worked, thinly in drills one foot apart. For a succession sow every three weeks during the season. The soil should be rich and mellow. Thin out plants as they grow, so that the plants left to head will stand 10 to 12 inches apart.

[Image: Denver Market Lettuce]
[Image: California Cream Butter Lettuce]

Salamander.-An excellent spring, summer and fall variety, forming good-sized heads, that stand drought and heat longer without injury than any other sort; matures very early. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 45c, lb. $1.40.

Early Curled Simpson.-An improved variety of the Curled Silesia, with large, loose heads and excellent flavor. Per pkt, 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

Leek.
Leeks are quite appetizing when sliced and served as a salad, or they can be cooked and served like onions. The plants are very hardy and the flavor improved with freezing. Sow seeds thinly in drills early in the spring; thin out or transplant so as to stand six inches apart in the row. Keep well hoed and free from weeds during the summer, and early in the fall draw earth up about the stems in the same manner as you would to blanch celery.

Large Rouen.-Largest and most uniform of all. It so far supasses other sorts that we consider it useless to list them. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c.

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[Image: Iceberg Lettuce.]

Iceberg.-No handsome or more solid cabbage lettuce in cultivation-in fact, it is strikingly beautiful. The large, curly leaves that cover the outside of the solid heads are of a bright, light green, with a very slight reddish tinge at the edges. The center is thoroughly blanched. Whether in the early spring or the hottest days of summer, the quality is simply perfect. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c.

Prize Head.-Very tender leaves of dark reddish brown color, variegated with dark green. Heads large and of good flavor. We sell more of this than any other brown leaved variety; always satisfactory. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. $1.00.

Black Seeded Simpson.-Nearly double the size of the ordinary Curled Simpson; stands the summer well without becoming tough or running to seed quickly. Is by far the most popular variety for greenhouse forcing, making large, handsome heads in a very short time. Gardeners claim that our seed is worth far more than any other. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.

Grand Rapids.-A forcing variety of superior quality and beautiful appearance, a strong grower free from rot, and keeps crisp and tender without wilting when exposed for sale, longer than any other forcing lettuce. It is also a desirable variety for sowing in the open ground. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c.

Mixed Varieties.-Seed of about 20 early, medium and late sorts mixed together, thus giving lettuce for the table during the entire season, and giving an opportunity to examine all the leading varieties with but little expense. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 35c, lb. $1.10.

I have found your seeds just as you represent them. The packets well filled and seeds of good quality. -Grace Sligers, Menlo, Iowa.

[Image: Large Rouen Leek]