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This variety has much merit as a hardy. Bath Green 

 , . Cos. Jfc/n*. 



winter, green sort, and is nearly related to the 



Brown Cos. It is, however, less brown on the outer leaves ; 

 and, while that has white seeds, the seeds of this variety are 

 black. Hence there are found, upon the catalogues of seeds- 

 men, Black-seeded Bath, or Brown Cos, and White-seeded 

 Bath, or Brown Cos ; the latter seeming to be the hardiest, 

 while the former appears to be the best. 



This is one of the oldest of the Cos Lettuces, Brown Cos. 

 and considered the hardiest of the class. The 

 head is of large size, pointed, not compact, and requires to 

 be tied in order to obtain it in its greatest perfection ; the 

 leaves are of a copper-green color, stiff and firm, toothed and 

 blistered ; the seeds are white. 



The Brown Cos blanches white and tender, and is ex- 

 ceedingly crisp and well flavored ; but the dark, brownish 

 color of the exterior leaves is deemed an objection, and it is 

 often displaced by really inferior varieties. In weight and 

 measurement, it differs little from the Green Paris Cos. 

 Extensively cultrvated and much esteemed in England. 



Head of the form of an inverted cone ; green , Gray Paris 



Cos Vil 

 with a grayish tone about the top ; compact, 



and forming well without tying. The exterior leaves are 

 numerous, deep green, erect, firm, and prominently blistered. 

 The full diameter of the plant is nearly twelve inches, and 

 its weight twenty ounces. The seeds are white. 



The Gray Paris Cos is brittle, and of tender texture, but 

 is considered inferior to the other Paris Cos sorts, and is 

 but little cultivated. 



Head inversely conical, compact ; leaves Green Paris 

 deep green, erect, firm, hooded or cowl-formed KENSINGTON 



j , | , , . Cos. SUTTON'S 



towards the ends, and serrated on the margin : SUFKKB GKEEN 



Cos. WKLLINQ- 



the ribs and nerves are large and prominent. TON - J^ A K Y OB. FINK 



