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| Keywords: Everything for the garden (15770831343).jpg 38 <br> EVEJRYTeiHG FOIR TIE GA11EM - VeaDeftaMe <br> ©®dl <br> HENDERSON'S PERFECTED <br> Salamander Lettuce <br> A SPLENDID SUMMER VARIETY <br> Salamander is one of the few varieties that will head <br> well during hot weather If the instructions given in our <br> pamphlet on Lettuce Culture are followed success is <br> assured with Salamander It will grow equally well as an <br> earlier crop but is excelled by others for fall use It <br> forms a good sized compact head creamy- white in color <br> and has all the rich flavor of the butter Lettuce See cut <br> Price 10c pkt 25c oz 65c 1 4 ' lb 2 00 lb <br> Last spring I ordered your Salamander Lettuce and must say it <br> was most satisfactory notwithstanding the hot dry weather in June <br> WM C KIDDER Sea Girt N J <br> HENDERSON'S <br> MIGNONETTE LETTUCE <br> TENDER CRISP VERY SOLID ” A DELICIOUS FIRST EARLY <br> A little gem of a Lettuce perfect in quality with russet-green outer leaves <br> It is wonderfully solid and emphatically superior in this respect to any va- <br> riety grown The plant is so small that it may be planted very much closer <br> than any other sort and is practically all head It is extremely early and is <br> so hardy that it may be used to equal advantage for the latest crops It is <br> used very largely for sowing in early August for use during late fall and is <br> admirably adapted for all seasons except during extreme heat when others <br> grow better Sown in September and carried over winter in cold frames it gives <br> a valuable crop in April See cut Price 10c pkt 25c oz 80c ± lb 2 50 lb <br> / have tried a great many different kinds of Lettuce making a specialty of producing grand <br> Lettuces but your Mignonette Lettuce for crisp cool sweet taste is the best I ever raised <br> L L RHODES Siroudsburg Pa <br> WE ALSO OFFER THE FOLLOWING VARIETIES <br> i oz for 3 000 plants For Plants see page 182 <br> HEAD VARIETIES <br> All Seasons This popular variety is one of the best of the Butterhead Lettuces; <br> medium in size of attractive appearance having broad pale green leaves and a large <br> compactly formed head of delicious quality It may be grown in spring summer <br> or fall and is slow in bolting to seed Price 10c pkt 20c oz 50c Ji lb 1 50 lb <br> Black-seeded Butter Forms good-sized hard heads extensively used as an early out- <br> door variety as well as for frame culture Price 5c pkt 15c oz 45c J lb 1 50 lb <br> Boston Market or White-seeded Tennis Ball A popular early small compact-heading <br> variety Price 5c pkt 15c oz 45c M lb 1 50 lb <br> Deacon A large firm-heading variety for spring and early summer use; light <br> green outside creamy-yellow inside of fine buttery quality Price 5c <br> pkt 15c oz 45c 4 lb 1 50 lb <br> Golden Queen Henderson's A very desirable first early variety and second <br> to none for forcing Price 10c pkt 25c oz 80c i lb 2 50 lb <br> Hanson A handsome large loose-heading summer variety of fine quality <br> Price 5c pkt 15c oz 45c M lb 1 50 lb <br> Immensity Henderson's The largest head Lettuce grown; both plant and <br> head are enormous It is medium early and excellent for spring and early <br> summer crop Price 10c pkt 20c oz 55c l /i lb 1 75 lb <br> Mammoth Black-seeded Butter Similar to but larger than Black-seeded <br> Butter enormous heads tender sweet and crisp Price 10c pkt 20c <br> oz 55c H lb 1 75 lb <br> Tennis Ball Black-seeded Extremely early small solid heads Price 5c <br> pkt 15c oz 45c M lb 1 50 lb <br> CURLED OR CUTTING VARIETIES This type does not form compact heads <br> but large masses of curly crisp leaves which are practically ever-bearing <br> as they keep growing after picking; the best of these are <br> Black-seeded Simpson It stands the summer heat splendidlv and is practi- <br> cally everbearing Price 10c pkt 20c oz 55c \i lb 1 50 lb <br> Early Curled Simpson Forms a compact mass of yellowish-green curly <br> leaves; earlier than head Lettuces; largely grown in cold frames and the <br> open ground Price 5c pkt 15c oz 45c i lb 1 50 lb <br> Henderson's Succession Collection of Four <br> Superior Head Lettuces <br> EACH BEING OF THE FINEST QUALITY <br> From these may be grown the best Lettuce possible contin- <br> uously from early spring to late fall Sow at intervals as given <br> in our cultural pamphlet <br> Mignonette for Extra Early Described on this Page <br> Salamander for Second Early Described above <br> New York for Main Summer Crop Described on Page 37 <br> Big Boston for Fall Crop Described on Page 36 <br> Price- the Collection 1 packet each of the above 4 Superior <br> Head Lettuces for 30c <br> OUR PAMPHLET ON SALADS FREE IF ASKED FOR <br> Our business <br> founded by <br> Peter Henderson in 1847 <br> is now carried <br> on by his son <br> Charles Henderson <br> and his <br> grandsons <br> Peter and Howard M Henderson 43874830 149634 78295 Page 38 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874830 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; Peter Henderson Co Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874830 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874830 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15770831343 2015-08-25 03 01 38 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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