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of the leaves, become tinged with coppery red. This is a very 

 good kind ; it is hardy, keeps the head well, and does not take 

 up too much space when growing. The plant does not exceed 

 from 8 to lO in. in diameter. 



Brown Genoa Cabbage Lettuce 

 [Laitue Palatine) {Black - seeded). — 

 Young plant green, tinged with brown ; 

 leaves rather short, rounded, spathulate, 

 entire at the margin, except towards 

 the base, where it is toothed ; veinings 

 red. Head of full-grown plant medium j^.-^ -^^xr-^ 



size or large, rounded, very solid without Brown Genoa Cabbage Lettuce 



being hard, and deeply tinged with a natural size), 



brown-red on the top ; outer leaves rather large, entire at the 

 edges, but crimped, folded, and twisted, tinged with red and with 

 dark brown blotches interspersed ; plant lO to 12 in. in diameter. 

 This variety is one of the hardiest and least troublesome to grow. 

 No other kind is superior to it for summer or autumn culture, 

 either in productiveness or the certainty of the crop. It heads 



very quickly, keeps the 

 head well, and withstands 

 the early frosts in the 

 latter end of autumn. 

 During the latter part of 

 summer and all through 

 the autumn it furnishes 

 more than half of the 

 Cabbage Lettuces which 

 are sent to the Central 

 Market at Paris. 



Giant Summer 

 Cabbage Lettuce 

 {Yellow-seeded'). — In the 

 young plant light green 

 leaves turning to yellow 

 under the action of the 

 sun; leaves long-stalked 

 and spiny at the edges, 

 slightly folded outwards. 

 At maturity the leaves 

 are large, crimped, and 

 yellow-white. The head 

 is tall, large, rising well 

 out of the leaves, tinged with red, and sometimes spotted brown 

 at the edge. A good summer Lettuce, keeping its head well, 

 and very productive. 



Giant Summer Cabbage Lettuce. 



