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(b) SECOND EARLY OR SUMMER CABBAGE LETTUCES. 

 i. Blond d'ete or Royale (syn. White-seeded All- 

 the-Year-Round) . An excellent variety, nearly all 

 " heart," small, but very prolific and early, and much 

 grown. 



2. Palatine (syn. Brown Genoa), a large-hearted, 

 quick-growing variety, the leaves of which are washed 

 with coppery red beneath. 



3. Grosse brune paresseuse (syn. Black-seeded Giant 

 Summer Lettuce or Mogul). A hardy and very 



FIG. 36. WHITE STONE CABBAGE LETTUCE (GROSSE BLONDE 

 PARESSEUSE). 



productive Lettuce, forming a high centre, tinged with 

 brown (fig. 44). 



4. Grosse blonde paresseuse (syn. White Stone or 

 Nonpareil Cabbage Lettuce). An excellent summer 

 Lettuce, with large tender long-standing heads (fig. 36). 



5. Blonde de Chavigny (syn. Chavigny White- 

 seeded Lettuce). A quick-hearting variety with 

 pleasing yellowish-tinted green leaves. 



6. Merveille des Quatre Saisons (syn. All the Year 

 Round). An excellent Cabbage Lettuce for all seasons 

 if a red-tinted variety is required. 



To the above may be added the Brown or Red 



