‘New Red Fire’ is an Oak-Leaf Lettuce generally ready for harvest 55 days after sowing. Plants produce a tight, compact head, which is brilliantly red colored. Bolt resistant. Can be grown in hot and cool without bitterness. Start from seed […]
Lactuca sativa ( Mignonette Lettuce )
‘Mignonette’ is an heirloom variety which comes in two variations, one with green leaves, and one with bronze. This is a curled heading lettuce with crumpled leaves. The heads grow to 7 inches, with savoyed outer leaves. For best-shaped heads, […]
Lactuca sativa ( Loos Tennisball Lettuce )
‘Loos Tennisball’ is an heirloom variety. The heads measure generally 7 inches across and form loose balls, rather unlike a tennisball. Ideal for kitchen gardens because it can be planted close together. Start from seed 4 to 6 weeks before […]
Lactuca sativa ( Lolla Rossa Lettuce )
‘Lolla Rossa’ has frilly leaves with dark purple fringes. Start from seed 4 to 6 weeks before average last frost date. Sow seeds 1/4 inch deep in wide rows and thin to 8 to 12 inches apart. Thinned seedlings can […]
Lactuca sativa ( Little Gem Lettuce )
‘Little Gem’ is a fast-growing semicos. The best of its kind. Start from seed 4 to 6 weeks before average last frost date. Sow seeds 1/4 inch deep in wide rows and thin to 8 to 12 inches apart. Thinned […]
Lactuca sativa ( Ithaca Lettuce )
‘Ithaca’ is extra-reliable in fertile soil. Start from seed 4 to 6 weeks before average last frost date. Sow seeds 1/4 inch deep in wide rows and thin to 8 to 12 inches apart. Thinned seedlings can be replanted. Keep […]
Lactuca sativa ( Hubbard’s Market Lettuce )
‘Hubbard’s Market’, a white-seeded heirloom variety also known as ‘All-Year-Round’, ‘White Summer’, and ‘Top Notch’, is a butterhead or cabbaging lettuce with dark green, crinkled leaves whose edges are straight. This is an excellent variety to grow farther North. In […]
Lactuca sativa ( Hanson Lettuce )
‘Hanson’, also known as ‘Ewing’s Excelsior’, ‘Gardener’s Favorite’, and ‘King of the Market’, is an heirloom variety. It is white-seeded, with light green curly leaves that have fringed edges. This is a heading lettuce, extremely crisp and good for sandwiches. […]
Lactuca sativa ( Golden Tennisball Lettuce )
‘Golden Tennisball’, also known as ‘Gotte Jaune d’Or’, ‘White-Seeded Tennisball’, and ‘Golden Forcing’, is an heirloom type. It is an extremely small tennisball lettuce easily grown in flats. The heads never exceed 8 inches across, and are loose and twisted […]
Lactuca sativa ( Golden Forcing Lettuce )
‘Golden Forcing’, also known as ‘Gotte Jaune d’Or’, ‘White-Seeded Tennisball’, and ‘Golden Tennisball’, is an heirloom type. It is an extremely small tennisball lettuce easily grown in flats. The heads never exceed 8 inches across, and are loose and twisted […]