Batavian Broad Leaved Green Curled (Page 13) 
DWARF BLUE CURLED—60 days 
Use—Home and market gardens for greens. 
Plant—12-15 inches tall with 30 inch spread. Compact, 
blue-green color. 
Kohlirabi 
WHITE VIENNA—55 days 
Use—Home and market gardens. 
Edible Stem—2-3 inches in diameter. Globular, tender, 
very light green with inside clear white. 
Leeks 
AMERICAN FLAG—150 days 
Use—Home gardens. 
Leaves—Large, medium green with edible portion 8-10 
inches long. Thick, white. 






Lettuce 
Loose Leaf 
BLACK SEEDED SIMPSON—45 days 
Use—Home gardens. 
Plant—FEarly, large, compact. Light green, moderately 
frilled. More tender than Grand Rapids. Quality— 
good. 

Cornell 456 

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GRAND RAPIDS—45 days 
Use—Home gardens, greenhouse forcing. 
Plant—Large, leaves finely frilled and curled on edges. 
Medium green. Quality—fair. 
PRIZEHEAD (non-heading)—47 days 
Use—Home gardens. 
Plant—Medium size, leaves filled. Light reddish brown. 
Quality—good. 
Heading Types 
BIG BOSTON—75 days 
Use—Home garden, commercial forcing. 
Heads—Medium size, compact. Wavy leaves, 
brown at edges. Quality—good. 
COSBERG—76 days 
Use—Home gardens. 
Heads—Small, good texture and flavor. Withstands heat, 
shows resistance to tipburn. Quality—good. 
tinged 


Grand Rapids 
CORNELL 456—85 days 
Use—Developed at Cornell University to replace other 
Iceberg types. : 
Heads—Develops fine heads under most conditions. Re- 
sistant to tipburn. Best variety, on both muck and 
upland soils, for spring and summer planting. May 
be used for fall crop but Imperial 44 is more resistant 
to cold. Quality—excellent. 
IMPERIAL 44—82 days 
Use—Main variety for commercial fall crop both on muck 
and upland. Also home gardens. 
Heads—Large, good appearance. Some resistance to tip- 
burn. Quality—excellent. 
NEW YORK No. 12—80 days 
Use—Home garden. 
Heads—Large, compact, somewhat flat. Light green. 
Quality—good. 


Cos or Romaine 
TRIANON COS—68 days 
Use—Late crop for home and market gardens. 
Head—Medium large, smooth, erect leaves, compact. 
Excellent flavor. Quality—good. 
