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Heading Varieties (Cont.) 
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Butterhead type; medium size; medium dark green. Leaves crumpled with 
straight edges. A good fall and winter variety, 
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Butterhead type for garden and cold frame culture; popular in Cuba and 
South America. Plant dark green with crumpled straight edged leaves, com- 
pact; forms medium sized, firm, globular head which is buttery and sweet. 
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Crisp heading variety for home and market garden. Plant large with broad, 
crisp, wavy light green leaves tinged red on margins. Head large, well 
folded, white inside. Must not be confused with New York Imperial varieties 
which are commonly called “Iceberg” by the produce trade. 
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Resistant to Brown Blight and Downy Mildew. Plants large, dark green very 
thick leaves. Heads medium size, firm, and of excellent quality. For cooler 
weather only. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Like other cool weather varieties, both plants and heads are large, leaves 
broad and rounded, slightly crumpled, medium dark green. Heads well 
rounded, tightly folded, firm, with low seed stalks, excellent quality. 
Particularly adapted for use on the Pacific Coast. 
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Has very long well folded leaves and produces hard well formed heads under 
favorable conditions. Similar to imperial 152 but heads better in warm 
weather and is notably less susceptible to tip burn, 
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A large cool weather variety used for spring harvest along the Central 
California Coast and for winter harvest in Imperial Valley. Plants vigorous, 
dark green; outer leaves numerous, thick, coarsely crumpled. Heads large, 
and well covered, heavy. Excellent quality. Slightly larger and later than 
Imperial 615, 
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Resistant to Brown Blight. Like the other Imperial varieties, a head lettuce 
suitable for long distance shipment from the Pacific Coast. Plants medium 
green, spreading, forming very firm round heads. Very sure heading and can 
be used under a wide range of conditions though it is somewhat susceptible to 
tip burn. 
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Resistant to Brown Blight, Used in Imperial Valley for shipment during 
mid-winter, and elsewhere on the Pacific Coast for heading during cool 
weather. Like other winter heading types, it grows very large and coarse 
in warm weather and tip burns easily. Plants large, spreading, dark-green. 
Leaf quite smooth and fairly thick. Heads good size, well folded, and firm 
in cool weather. 
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Grown in the South and East as a market garden and shipping variety. Re- 
sistant to Brown Blight. Crisp heading plants of medium size. Leaves smooth, 
thick, medium light green. Heads round, well folded, firm with low seed stalk. 
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Small butterhead, suitable for very close planting, and forcing ; light green 
tinged slightly with red; head medium small, round, firm; interior rich 
golden-yellow, buttery. 
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