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Ger. Grosser gelber Trommel-kopf-Lattich, Vil.; Grosser Trommel- 
kopf-L., Vil. 
Young plant pale yellowish green; leaves roundish or oval, some- 
times spatulate, dentate throughout, apex entire, borders finely ruf- 
fled, surface of outer leaves nearly smooth, of inner ones finely blis- 
tered, veins sunken, rather conspicuous. 
Mature plant twelve to fourteen inches in diameter, and of nearly 
equal height, rather compact, pale green, glossy; forms a distinct 
and rather compact head, of which the outer leavesare hoodshaped, 
curving backward at the borders, densely blistered; outer leaves of 
the plant rather sparsely blistered, scarcely puffed; stem smooth, 
corymbose, stem leaves numerous, smooth, ears prominent; seeds 
white. 
This variety grows rapidly, stands the heat well, but is late in 
forming the head, and the latter is not long retained. It is of 
excellent quality. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 304. 
Mentioned by Vilmorin in 1823, and in L’Hort. Fran., 1824. 
No. 41, Moeut, Vil., 85. 
Synonyms: Large Brown Cabbage (d.), Burr; Large Brown Cob- 
' lenz, b. s. (d.), Dam.; Large Gray Cabbage, Burr; Large Green, b. 
s., Vil., °85; Mammoth, Burr; Superfine New French, Thomp.; 
Fr. Laitue Bapaume, Vil.; L. Berg-op-Zoom, Vil.; L. de Hollande, 
Thomp.; L. grise maraichére, Vil.; Z. grosse brune Paresseuse, 
Vil., °85; L. grosse grise, Vil.; L. grosse hollandaise, Vil.; L. 
Méterelle (4 Bordeaux), Vil.; L. prodigieuse, Vil.; Grr. Brauner 
Faulenzer-Lattich, Vil.; Brauner Koblenzer, s. k. (d.), Dam. 
Young plant low and spreading, sometimes inclined to wheelform, 
dull, somewhat grayish green, with a few scattering chocolate col- 
ored dots; leaves roundish spatulate, or ovate spatulate, obscurely 
dentate in the upper half, apex retuse, outer leaves often slightly 
waved, little puffed or blistered, inner leaves much waved, densely 
puffed and blistered, veins slightly sunken. 
Mature plant about twelve inches in diameter, six inches high, 
very sparsely spotted with chocolate brown; outer leaves numerous, 
spreading, coarsely puffed and blistered; forms acompact, roundish, 
not very well defined head, about four inches in diameter, cream 
colored within, sometimes tinted with brown on the top. ‘The outer 
leaves of the head do not meet at the top; leaves surrounding it 
nearly perpendicular, curving outward at the apex; stem smooth, 
paniculate; seeds black. 
A Very hardy and productive variety, well adapted for summer 
culture. 
Figured correctly in Les pl. pot., p. 296. 
No. 42. MortatTenna, Vil.,’84. 
Synonyms. Mortatella Cabbage, Vil. ; Fr. Laitue Mortatella, 
Vil., 784. 
Young plant intense clear green, slightly wheelform; leaves oval, 
apex entire or retuse, outer leaves waved, or sometimes spoonform, 
surface nearly smooth, inner leaves puffed and blistered. 
Mature plant about nine inches in diameter, forming a rather 
