CABBAGE LETTUCE 



elongated, more like the head of a Cos than that of a Cabbage 



Lettuce, almost always soft, and seldom well formed ; outer leaves 



very large, erect for some portion of their length, then turned 



backwards, crimped, very much undulated and puckered at the 



edges, and of a dark green 



colour tinged with brown on 



all the parts that are most 



exposed to the sun. The 



plant is about 16 in. in 



diameter, and nearly the 



same in height. This variety 



does not succeed well in the 



climate of Paris, but is in 



high repute in warm climates, 



and even in the south of 



France. 



Neapolitan Cabbage 

 Lettuce (White- seeded). 



,,. | j i Brown Batavian. or Marseilles, Cabbage Lettuce 



Young plant dark green; (i natural size), 



leaves shortly spathulate, 



wavy at the edges, toothed, and slightly crimped. Head of full- 

 grown plant large, depressed, sometimes almost flat, whitish green, 

 and slightly crimped ; outer leaves of a rather dark green, spreading 

 on the ground, finely crimped, very much curled and undulated 

 at the edges. The plant is often 12 to 14 in. in diameter. This 

 variety keeps the head better, perhaps, than any other kind of 

 Lettuce. It often happens that the flower-stem is unable to make 

 its way through the head, unless the latter is cut so as to give 

 it a passage. 



Blond Stonehead, or Blockhead, Lettuce (White-seeded}. 

 The leaves at first are a very light green, almost white, tinged 



yellow, sparingly crimped, 

 much waving at the edges 

 and slightly fringed or cut. 

 The head is very large, rather 

 flat and solid ; the outer leaves 

 are large, broad, spreading, 

 very finely crimped, and 

 waving at the edges, much 

 like those of Neapolitan 

 Lettuce, but much lighter in 

 colour. An excellent summer 

 Lettuce much grown by market-gardeners around Paris. 



Large Bossin Cabbage Lettuce (Black-seeded). Young plant 

 a light green, almost yellow, with some brown spots ; leaves 

 longish, toothed, and tinged with brown on the veins and edges. 



Neapolitan Cabbage Lettuce ( natural size). 



