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| Keywords: Everything for the garden (16203444220).jpg HENDERSONS <br> BIG <br> BOSTON <br> The Best Head Lettuce on <br> Earth More Extensively <br> Grown Than Any <br> Other Lettuce <br> IT IS PRAISED BY ALL USERS <br> I am not in the habit of writing testimonials <br> but heretofore I have never been able to raise crops <br> of realy good Lettuce At last I have struck what <br> I want in your Big Boston <br> HENRY CASSON Jr Madison Wis <br> I find that your Big Boston is the most delicious <br> Lettuce I have ever used <br> JOHN J McNEVIN Elmira N Y <br> From Big Boston Lettuce seed got from you I <br> have raised so my friends say the very best they <br> ever ate <br> HENRY 0 HASKELL Skaneateles N Y <br> I wish to stale that I got some very fine Big <br> Boston Lettuce seed from you last season and <br> succeeded very well with them <br> MARTIN A LYONS Homeplace La <br> Thanks to your seeds of dependable merit I've <br> enjoyed the praises on all sides for my Lettuce <br> especially the Big Boston making it hard for me <br> – not to become vain <br> Mrs F K IRVINE Lemont III <br> My father C H Slade of Belmont always <br> claimed you had the best Big Boston Lettuce seed <br> obtainable <br> L H SLADE Whitman Mass <br> My Lettuce is perfectly grand both the Big <br> Boston and New York I think the latter the <br> finest I ever saw The leaves are so thick and <br> tender The order is in every way perfect <br> WM F MYERS 518 Concord St Cary Pa <br> We deliver free in U S l by c Parc u d <br> ” - – ” ' or Freight <br> Henderson's Big Boston LettUCe <br> A Grand Large Cabbage Lettuce <br> Big Compact Tender and Crisp Creamy- White Heads <br> This grand variety introduced into cultivation by us several years ago has proved to <br> be most valuable steadily gaining in popularity until it is now more extensively grown <br> than any other kind of Lettuce either for the private table or for sale North South <br> East or West; whether grown in the open ground for early summer and fall use in <br> frames for spring or forced cool in greenhouses for winter use It invariably gives both <br> grower and user the utmost satisfaction producing under ordinarily favorable con- <br> ditions splendid large creamy-white heads packed with thoroughly blanched leaves <br> crisp tender and sweet delighting both the palate and the eye This grand <br> variety makes a handsome plant with but few outside leaves and stands long before <br> bolting to seed Big Boston is one of the best large-heading Lettuces and while it <br> succeeds at all seasons except during the very hottest months it is peculiarly adapted for <br> late fall culture Large areas of it may be seen in the vicinity of New York as late as <br> Nov 15th; a slight covering of salt marsh hay amply protecting the plants from hard <br> frosts which when cut for market are as fresh bright and untinged as at any season <br> Thousands of acres of it are grown during the winter in Florida and other Southern <br> States for shipping to Northern markets ; in every state it is wonderfully popular; in fact <br> we know of no other variety that gives such general satisfaction under such varying <br> conditions See cut Price 10c pkt 25c oz 70c lb 2 00 lb <br> Pos Express Vegetable and Flower Seeds by he pk '- « – I Also Lawn Grass Seeds <br> at our option - - – ' and quarter lb ' - - - – – - – <br> - § - 43874828 149634 78295 Page 36 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874828 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 43874828 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874828 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 N02/16203444220 2015-08-25 03 02 09 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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