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Title: Illustrated seed and floral catalogue : 1900
Identifier: CAT31284499 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: C. W. Eichling (Firm); Eichling, C. W; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: New Orleans, La. : C. W. Eichling
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Laitue (Fr.) Kopf-Salat (Ger.) Lechuga (Sp.) Culture.—Lettuce should have rich mellow soil. Sow broadcast, and when the plants have four to six leaves, transplant into rows one foot apart each way. Keep the ground clean and in dry weather water frequently. During the hot summer months much trou- ble is experienced with the sowing of Lettuce seed, and the" instructions for sprouting as given in the General Remarks on Sowing- Seeds, must be strictly observed. Improved Large Passion. This is the s andard Lettuce for the Truckfarmer. It attains a large size and heads very hard, Outer leaves dark green, mottled very lightly with brown. Inside bright yellow. Exceedingly crisp and of fine flavor. The best variety for fall and winter. Sow irom September till February. Not recommended for summer. Oz. 15c; % lb. 50c; lb. $1.50, post- paid. Eichling's Early Market Let= tuce. An all-the-y ear-round Lettuce, especially valuable for mid-summer when no other va- riety will make a salable head. It grows to a large size, and forms very hard heads of a light green color, changing to a golden yellow towards the centre. It is :'The Lettuce" for the market gardener, for summer planting. Oz 15c; ^4 lb 50c. lb fL.50, post- Improved Large Passion. paid. Big Boston. This variety is identical in color> shape and general appearance with the famous Boston Market Lettuce, but is double the size. It is about one week later in maturing, but its solidity and greater size of head will make it a most valuable sort. A most desirable varietv either for forcing in cold frames or open-ground planting. The Big Boston is sure to be wanted by market gardeners and truckers, because it alwas produces large, solid, salable heads; it if very cri^o and tender. Packet 5c, oz 15c, J 1 50c, lb 51.50 postpaid. Trocadero. A new Cabbage Lettuce from France, recommended for winter planting and used to some extend for shipping. The qualitv of this Early Large headi?ig Lettuce is excellent, though not quite as hard)' as the N. O. Passion. Oz 15c, J lb 50c, lb $1.50, postpaid. Brown Dutch Cabbage. Is one of the hardiest varieties; it forms a very fine head, and with- stands the heat and cold. Oz 15c, ± lb 3cc, lb $1.00, postpaid.

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