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rounded, very entire at the edges, but finely crimped and slightly 

 undulated ; the plant is 6 to 8 in. in diameter. An excellent 

 variety, one of the most commonly grown, as shown by the 

 great number of names which it bears. It is hardy and very 

 productive, being, as the 

 gardeners say, " all head." 

 It makes a fine, tender, 

 crisp salad, and grows 

 well in almost any soil, 

 so that it is found in 

 cultivation almost all over 

 the world. 



White -seeded All-the-Year-Round 

 Lettuce ( natural size). 



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 Marvel of Cazard Cabbage Lettuce. 



Marvel of Cazard Cabbage Lettuce (Black-seeded). Re- 

 sembles the preceding, but superior to it. The head is round, very 

 solid, not liable to split nor to grow out of shape, and always white 

 and tender, with outer leaves of light green, broad and well 

 crimped. A vigorous half-early variety. 



Black-seeded All-the-Year-Round Cabbage Lettuce (Blonde 

 de Berlin}. Young plant of a light green colour ; leaves rounded, 



Black-seeded All-the-Year-Round 

 Cabbage Lettuce. 



Golden-head Cabbage Lettuce. 



entire at the edges, and with a tendency to become twisted in the 

 shape of a paper bag. Head of full-grown plant round, soft, but 

 very Full ; outer leaves broadly crimped, rounded, entire, and very 



