Cardinale Batavian Lettuce

50-60 days. Resembling a beautiful cabbage rose, this french crisp Lettuce has thick, crunchy red leaves with wavy, bronze-tinted edges. Heat-tolerant, it rarely bolts and is perfect when sown with Lolla Rossa and scissor-harvested young for a striking, red, curly baby leaf salad. Should you have the strength to wrest this beauty from the soil, try Cardinale in our BLT and P Salad: crumbled bacon; torn Cardinale Lettuce; freshly chopped Tomatoes and boiled, chilled and julienned Russian Banana Fingerling Potatoes. Dress with a simple vinaigrette and enjoy the delicious melody of this crispy-crunchy salad equally loved by children! (OP.)

One packet of about 350 seeds
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#2700
$4.85
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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: 3 years.

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, Endive, 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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