CABBAGE LETTUCE 



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slightly toothed on the margin, the lower ones crimped and twisted. 

 Head of full-grown plant rounded or slightly flattened, close, firm, 

 and surrounded by leaves with entire edges, all broadly crimped, 

 light green, dark on the upper surface and almost silvery on the 

 under-side ; outer leaves very 

 round, small, entire, and smooth. 

 All the leaves are stiff and of 

 a dense texture, somewhat re- 

 sembling Spinach leaves. The 

 plant is from about 7 to 9 in. 

 in diameter. This is a good 

 summer Lettuce, yielding a 

 heavy crop with small bulk, 

 and keeping the head very 

 well. 



Green Fat Cabbage Lettuce (-g- natural size). 



Large Normandy Lettuce {Yellow-seeded). — Young plant 

 dark green ; leaves long, spathulate, usually twisted, toothed 

 towards the base, and angular on the remainder of the margin, 

 almost more like the leaves of the Batavian Endive than Lettuce 

 leaves. Head of full-grown plant rounded or slightly elongated, 

 rather thick, very solid, slightly crimped, and pale green ; outer 

 leaves rounded, of a dense texture, very entire at the edges, of a 

 uniform dark green colour, and coarsely crimped here and there. 

 Some of the leaves spread on the ground and others stand erect 

 around the head. The diameter ranges from 10 to 12 in. This 

 variety is something like the Large Versailles Lettuce in appear- 

 ance, but its leaves are considerably darker in colour, and it is 

 unmistakably distinguished by the colour of the seed. 



Red-edged Trocadero, or Big Boston, Lettuce {White- 

 seeded). — Light green leaves on the young plant slightly undulating 



and with a red tinge on the 

 edge ; the outer leaves medium 

 size, rounded, waving, ash-green ; 

 those of the head are turned 

 inwards, and paler, and tinged 

 with purple-red. The head is 

 flat, irregular, very like that of 

 the Crisped Lettuce, very com- 

 pact, firm, red on the top, and 

 easy to recognise. Succeeds 

 everywhere and in any kind of 

 cultivation. 



Red-edged Trocadero Cabbage Lettuce, 



Unrivalled, or Improved Big Boston, Cabbage Lettuce ( White- 

 seeded). — An improvement on the foregoing. The head is very 

 large, very solid, and excellent in quality. The outer leaves are 

 not very large, and are light green and well crimped. Remarkable 



