CABBAGE LETTUCE 369 



Wheeler's Tom Thumb Lettuce (Black-seeded). Light green, 

 with almost round leaves, slightly crimped and finely toothed near 

 the base. It resembles the Algiers Lettuce, and still more closely 

 the Early White Spring Lettuce, but it has smaller outer leaves. 

 Its small size enables it to be planted very close, and it is well 

 adapted for frames. 



Red-edged Victoria Cabbage Lettuce ( White-seeded}. Leaves 

 of young plant rounded, folded in the lower part, and flat or 

 slightly hollowed out like a spoon in the rest of the blade, light 

 green in colour, faintly tinged with yellow on the parts exposed to 

 the sun. Full-grown plant compact, 8 or 9 in. in diameter ; outer 

 leaves rounded, nearly flat, resting on the ground ; those surround- 

 ing the head slightly crimped, and pale, yellowish green, tinged 

 with red at the edges ; head very solid, and compact, looking as if 



Wheeler's Tom Thumb Lettuce. Red-edged Victoria Cabbage Lettuce. 



twisted, and of a yellowish light green and tinged with red on the 

 top. This is the most productive of all the spring Lettuces. It is 

 also slower in forming the head than any other kind, and may be 

 regarded as the connecting-link between the spring and the summer 

 varieties. The head is very tender and, at the same time, very 

 firm. It is one of the best kinds either for the private kitchen- 

 garden or for market-gardening purposes, and a very good variety 

 for forcing. 



The following varieties are only occasionally met with in 

 cultivation : 



Laitue Bigotte. Head medium-sized or large, round, very 

 light-coloured green, deeply tinged with red. A fine, early, and 

 productive kind. 



Laitue Cocasse a Graine Noire. Leaves of a light glaucous 

 green, crimped ; those around the head folded back ; head very 

 firm and solid. The white-seeded form of this kind exhibits hardly 

 any difference from it. 



Coquille Cabbage Lettuce. A small variety, with a tall head. 

 Leaves stiff, crimped, folded in two, and turned back at the ends. 

 The appearance of the plant is almost intermediate between that of 

 a Cabbage and a Cos Lettuce. It is a pretty early kind, but not 

 very productive. 



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