Specialty Lettuce
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A far cry from its wild, weedy ancestors, lettuce now appears in all shapes, textures, flavors and sizes, bringing healthy crunch to modern kitchens. The varieties we offer are beautiful, reliable and usually not available in stores. To enjoy its ephemeral sweetness and texture, make sure lettuce grows quickly: water it frequently and fertilize weekly with fish emulsion or manure tea. Direct-seed from the spring through the late summer. For baby greens, sow thickly and harvest with scissors or raise transplants, plugging seedlings into empty spaces in your garden as they become available.
Average seed life: 1 year
To broaden the range of texture and flavor in your garden and salads, don’t forget to plant some of these specialty Salad Greens:
Arugula, Asian Greens, Chervil, Claytonia, Cress, Dandelion Greens, Escarole, Frisee, Giant Red Mustard, Komatsuna, Lettuce, Mache, Mibuna, Minutina, Mizuna, Orach, Radicchio, Salad Blends, Sorrel, Spinach, Swiss Chard, and Tatsoi.
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#2600 Blushed Butter Oak Lettuce: 50-60 days
There we stood with the breeder, knee-deep in his amazing lettuce trial garden in Oregon. Golden shafts of setting sunlight glinted on the wavy-leaved, bronze-red shaded lettuce. Achieved by crossing a butterhead-type with an oakleaf lettuce, Blushed Butter Oak features an open, buttery-soft, broad, oak-shaped leaf tinged with a most unexpected, luminous brick red. We had tasted 12 varieties of lettuce or more, but after one ambrosial bite of Blushed Butter Oak, we knew we had found the “one”. We are honored to be among the first to offer seed for this unique lettuce. (OP.)
Packet of 500 Seeds / $3.25
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#2780 Blushed Butter Cos Lettuce: 50-60 days
Courtesy of our favorite Oregon breeder, our new member of the
"Blushed" family has upright, romaine-type leaves with a sweet, juicy flavor
and a buttery texture with a bit of crunch. An attractive cross between
butterhead and romaine varieties, it has wavy, savoyed, green leaves with a
ruby-red glow. (OP.)
Packet of 500 Seeds / $3.25
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#2800 Multy Lettuce
In a new class of its own, Dutch-bred Multy distinguishes itself by its identically formed and sized leaves which may be cut at one level height for easy harvest and washing. Fast growing and resistant to downy mildew and tip burn in summer’s heat, its finely serrated, frilled and shiny dark-green leaves are crisp yet flexible. Perfect for on-the-run easily harvested and prepared salads and sandwiches. (OP.)
Multy Green Lettuce: 50 days
Dark green.
Packet of 100 Seeds / $3.55
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#2805 Multy Red Lettuce: 50 days
New! Burgundy-red.
Packet of 100 Seeds / $3.55
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#2810 Multy Blonde Lettuce: 50 days
New! Yellowish-green.
Packet of 100 Seeds / $3.55
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#2820 Multy Jewel Lettuce Mixture: 50 days
New! An equal mixture of dark green, burgundy-red and yellowish-green shiny leaves.
Packet of 200 Seeds / $3.95
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