360 SALAD PLANTS. 



seasons, except, perhaps, in extreme cold, and, though some- 

 times slightly bitter, is crisp, tender, and of good quality. 



With the exception of its paler color, it resembles the 

 Neapolitan. It is one of the best of all varieties for sum- 

 mer cultivation. 



Victoria or An excellent early and hardy variety. The 



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dered. Vil. head is of medium size, tinted or washed with 



red at the top, round and regular in form, and comparatively 

 solid ; leaves large, yellowish-green, wrinkled, and blistered. 

 If grown in summer, the plants measure eight or nine inches 

 in diameter, and weigh four ounces. In cool weather, the 

 plants attain a diameter of twelve inches, and weigh from 

 ten to twelve ounces. Seeds white. 



The Victoria Lettuce is larger than the Tennis-ball, heads 

 freely, and is crisp and well flavored. When sown in sum- 

 mer, it soon runs to flower ; but in cool weather, the heads 

 are well retained. 



White Gotte. A small, low-growing, yellowish-green Cab- 

 ed.) vu. bage Lettuce, with a comparatively loose head. 



The plants rarely measure more than six inches in their full 



diameter, or weigh above four ounces. 



It is one of the earliest of all the Lettuces, crisp, of good 



flavor, and well adapted for forcing or for frame culture. 



Besides the distinction in the color of the seeds, it differs 



from the White-seeded White Gotte in its smaller and more 



loosely formed heads. 



"Whito Gotte. This variety has a small, lon, firm, and 



(White- 

 seeded.) ViL close head, and is uniformly of a yellowish- 



WHITE TENNIS- *ij 



BALU green color. I lie outer leaves are small, light 

 greenish-yellow, waved on the borders, and prominently blis- 

 tered. The plant is of small dimensions, and rarely meas- 



