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THE “CRISP-HEAD 5 ’ LETTUCES 
HpHESE differ from others described so far in that 
**- their leaves are very heavy and rather coarse. Each 
leaf has a heavy midrib which is strongly curved toward 
the centre and is responsible for the tightly folded char- 
acter of the “crisp-head” lettuces. So tightly are they 
folded that frequently the inner leaves will rot and the 
seed stalks often penetrate the sides of the heads. 
Iceberg is the earliest. It perfects slim, conical-shaped 
heads of yellowish green color, with the centre leaves 
tinged red and curled along the edges. Iceberg is ready 
in sixty days and remains fit for two weeks. 
Improved Hanson is a few days later and of a distinct 
“silvery” shade of light green. New York or Wonder- 
ful (see illustration) is a large, deep green, very coarse 
sort maturing in sixty-five to seventy days. Crisp-as- 
Ice is a smaller sort of deep green color shaded with bronze 
and brown. It is particularly valuable for late fall be- 
cause of its frost resistance. 
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