Vegetable Seeds
PLANT: 7-8” blue-green harvestable shanks with long strap-leaf tops. TOLERANCE: Cold TYPE: OP USE: Fresh market, over winters with protection.
Large American Flag DAYS TO HARVEST: 100 FRUIT: Stalks are thick, tender and smooth skin; Size: 3”, non-bulbing USE: Fall harvest home garden or fresh market
DAYS TO HARVEST: 40 KEY FEATURE: Early yields FRUIT: Shape: very loose and open rosettes; Color: yellow green leaves. Fast to bolt. TYPE: Loose leaf USE: Home garden
Buttercrunch DAYS TO HARVEST: 49 FRUIT: Shape: small loose head surrounded by spreading rays of leaves; Color: deep green leaves with creamy white center heads. TYPE: Boston, Bibb, Butterhead USE: Home garden or fresh market
NEW Cimarron Red Cos KEY FEATURE: 60 PLANT: Dark plum red with broad leaf green leaves. TYPE: Romaine, Cos USE: Fresh roadside and gourmet markets
NEW Freckles Freckles Romaine (certified organic)
USDA ORGANIC
LETTUCE
Lactuca sativa 70°, L, 7 days CROP TIME: PACK: 5 weeks
In our worldwide search for excellence, we uncovered some exceptional lettuce varieties for our Tasty Brand and Gourmet Brand vegetable series. Here’s a brief description of each class:
LEAF: Loose open leaves. Fastest to harvest. Leaves are thin and flavorful.
BUTTERHEAD/BOSTON or BIBB: Forms a loose head of thick textured leaves with a rounded margin. Very sweet flavor.
CRISP HEAD: Traditional head lettuce or iceberg types so popular in supermarkets simply because they ship well.
ROMAINE or COS: Form long upright heads of sweet, crisp leaves. For many people, romaine is the gourmet lettuce.
NEW Speckles
DAYS TO HARVEST: 48 KEY FEATURE: Mennonite variety brought from Germany PLANT: Multicolor green heads speckled with deep red.
TYPE: Bibb USE: Baby and full head harvest
Black Seeded Simpson Black Seeded Simpson (certified organic)
USDA ORGANIC
MORE LETTUCE FAVORITES DESCRIPTION
Lettuce Bibb Amaze Red
Lettuce Bibb Harmony Green Lettuce Head FallGreen Lettuce Head Ithica Green
Lettuce Head Summertime Green Lettuce Leaf Beleah Rose Red Lettuce Leaf Danyelle Red Lettuce Leaf New Red Fire Red Lettuce Leaf Red Sails Red Lettuce Leaf Slobolt Green Lettuce Leaf Two Star Green
Lettuce Romaine Cimmaron Green
DISEASE CODES B Brown Rib
HARVEST KEY FEATURE FRUIT COLOR FRUIT SHAPE PLANT HABIT TOLERANCE TYPE USE 60 68 70 72 75 52 51 45 55 48 51 60
yellow interior good bolting crispy
no tip burn tip burn tender
good storage frilly leaf large
pick,still grows frilly leaf
Lettuce Romaine Super Jericho Green 60 Lettuce Romaine Towers Green
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early matured crisp
early large D Downey Mildew 4 F Tip Burn tolerant
dark green green green green green red red red
maroon green
dark green red/green green
dark green
42 Vegetable Seeds A Broad Bean Wilt Virus C Downey Mildew 3 E Lettuce Mosaic Virus G Downey Mildew 1-5
frilly frilly frilly frilly frilly
wavy
deep lob frilly
wavy
curled curly curly frilly
smooth
slow bolting slow bolting
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DAYS TO
garden garden garden garden garden garden
red salad garden garden
greenhouse garden
romaine special dishes romaine garden romaine garden
DAYS TO HARVEST: 50 KEY FEATURE: Austrian heirloom PLANT: Multicolor green with red speckles. Crisp and tasty. Plants reach 8” – 10” wide. Holds well in the heat. TYPE: Romaine heirloom USE: Home garden fresh salad and lettuce wraps
NEW Iceberg Green DAYS TO HARVEST: 57 KEY FEATURE: High percentage of perfectly formed and marketable heads. PLANT: Medium size, glossy green and firm TYPE: Crisp Head USE: Fresh market
GARDEN LEADER
GOURMET BRAND SERIES Gourmet Green Bibb Gourmet Green Head Gourmet Green Romaine
DAYS TO HARVEST: KEY FEATURE: Our selections originate with the finest lettuce breeding companies in Europe. FRUIT: PLANT: Each is fast-producing, flavorful and high- yielding. USE: The favorite lettuce varieties of gourmets and chefs worldwide.
Great Lakes 659 DAYS TO HARVEST: 82 KEY FEATURE: Good disease and weather tolerance surrounding the Great Lakes growing region FRUIT: Shape: broad, glossy green leaves surround a
lighter green center, tightly packed 4” – 6” heads. TYPE: Crisp head USE: home garden, fresh market
Green Deer tongue
DAYS TO HARVEST: 50 PLANT: Leaf lettuce with buttery flavored, triangular leaves, slow bolting TYPE: Heirloom, Traces back to the pioneer days USE: Home Garden
NEW Green Oak Leaf DAYS TO HARVEST: 47 KEY FEATURE: Very slow bolting PLANT: 6” – 8” loose head of deeply lobed, light green leaves. TYPE: Leaf USE: Home garden fresh salad and baby greens
Lolla Rossa DAYS TO HARVEST: 60 KEY FEATURE: Italian PLANT: Crimson colored edges on green leaf that is deeply curled TYPE: Leaf USE: Salads and baby greens
New Red Fire DAYS TO HARVEST: 60 FRUIT: Heavy open heads of red ruffled leaves with red bases PLANT: Very slow bolting yields a long harvest season. TYPE: Leaf USE: Salads and baby greens
Red Oak Leaf DAYS TO HARVEST: 62 PLANT: Deep red through out. Loose heads of 12” with a sweet flavor. TYPE: Leaf USE: Salads and baby greens
NEW Red Romaine KEY FEATURE: 60 PLANT: Dark red with broad leaves. TYPE: Romaine, Cos USE: Fresh roadside and gourmet markets, lettuce wraps
Red Salad Bowl DAYS TO HARVEST: 50 KEY FEATURE: First introduced in 1955. PLANT: Decorative, deeply lobed, bronze leaves surround into a large cluster. COMPARISON: Green Salad Bowl in all aspects except color TYPE: Leaf USE: Fresh salad and baby greens
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