LETTUCE 

Lettuce
We specialize in heirloom vegetable, flower, and herb seeds. Look here for vegetables bred in a day when taste was the primary selecting criteria. This is the place to go if you want to grow the best tomatoes you ever tasted!
Australian Yellow [leaf] LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Australian Yellow [leaf] LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 54 days. Beautiful, light yellow-green leaves grow rapidly to form large crinkled leaves on plants, 12 to 16" in diameter. 'Australian Yellow' produces large yields in a short time. Bolt resistance is moderate. Tender texture with slightly sweet, good flavor. Highly recommended spring lettuce. ...
	Black-Seeded Simpson LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 49 days. [Introduced about 1850.] An old standard and one of the earliest loose-leaf types available. Good for early spring planting for the first lettuce of the season, but quality declines in heat or late plantings. Still a popular variety ...
	Black-Seeded Simpson LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Deer Tongue (Matchless) LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 54 days. This unusual, fine quality lettuce is formerly a popular garden variety, now rare. Brought back by request. Forms an upright, loose head of excellent sweet flavor and crisp texture. Has slightly savoyed, triangular, round-tipped leaves with a succulent mid-rib. Moderate bolt resistance ...
	Deer Tongue (Matchless) LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
Red Deer Tongue LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Red Deer Tongue LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 58 days. Fine 'Deer Tongue' quality with red-tinged leaves. Pkt ...
	Red Deer Tongue LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Oakleaf LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 45 days. [Introduced about 1771, at one point known as 'American Oak Leaved'.] Forms tight cluster of oakleaf- shaped leaves. Bolt-resistant and bitter-free longer than many other varieties. This old standard is often undervalued but is a proven performer and essential in the summer lettuce patch ...
	Oakleaf LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Red Sails LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 45 days. [Introduced 1985. AAS winner.] 'Red Sails' is an early, fancy, red leaf lettuce. Slow to develop bitterness when compared to ruby varieties but average compared to green varieties. Leaves are crinkled and of a maroon-red color that intensifies as the lettuce matures. Has 6 times more v ...
	Red Sails LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Simpson's Elite PVP LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 48 days. [Introduced in 1993 as an improved 'Black-Seeded Simpson'.] 'Simpson Elite' holds up to 30 days longer without bolting and with less tendency to develop bitterness at the end of the harvest season. Sadly, producer Seminis has been bought up by Monsanto, and so when our current supply of ...
	Slo-Bolt LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 48 days. [Introduced 1946.] 'Grand Rapids' type of lettuce with good heat tolerance. Excellent choice for southern gardens or greenhouse use where heat may halt lettuce production. Leaves are bright green and ruffled. Pkt ...
Thai Oakleaf 88 (Thai 88) LETTUCE .5g seed	Thai Oakleaf 88 (Thai 88) LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 39 days. [Introduced in 1988 by SESE from a Thaiíland lettuce breeding program.] 'Thai 88' lettuce has been selected to produce excellent quality lettuce under conditions of high heat. It resembles 'Oakleaf' lettuce, but is superior in several ways: the plant is larger, the leaves more upright, a ...
	Pablo Batavian LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 60 days Wine red lettuce with slight hints of deep green. Grows loose heads beautiful enough to use as an ornamental plant. The large round wavy leaves have toothed edges with sweet, mild flavor ...
	Sweet Valentine LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 55 days. This the sweetest flavored lettuce we offer. The heads hold long into the heat without bolting. The extremely deep red leaves are slightly smaller than other cos varieties. Pkt. This one, if left in a bed in fall, tries to come back in the spring. So if you leave it out, you may have som ...
Red Salad Bowl LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Red Salad Bowl LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 55 days. Big beautiful wine red plants, one of the slowest bolting varieties we've ever grown. Loose cut and come again leaves, very ornamental, great sweet flavour with a long harvest. Like salad bowl only red in color ...
	Red Salad Bowl LETTUCE 7g seed Check Latest Price ...
Buttercrunch LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Buttercrunch LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 55 days. [Introduced 1963. AAS winner developed by Cornell.] This versatile heat-tolerant lettuce has proven itself to be a reliable variety for garden, market, and greenhouse use. Dark green leaves and compact heads. Holds well under stress and has good bolt resistance. Pkt ...
	Buttercrunch LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Capitan LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 62 days. This Dutch greeníhouse lettuce is adapted equally well to greeníhouse or garden. 'Capitan' was judged the best Boston-type lettuce in the l983 Rodale Research Center variety trials. Excellent heat and cold tolerance plus resistance to lettuce mosaic virus. The 5 oz. loose heads have a li ...
	Ermosa LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 50 days. 'Ermosa' is a new heat-tolerant butterhead with good resistance to tip-burn and bolting. One of its outstanding features is its dark green color, an unusual quality for a butterhead. 'Ermosa' is a good choice for garden, greenhouse, or cold frame use. Pkt ...
	Schweitzer's Mescher Bibb LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 50 days. [Dates back to the 1700's. Introduced 1986 by SESE. This strain was brought to the U.S. from Austria in the early 1900's and has been maintained as a Schweitzer family heirloom.] Best grown in cool weather, 'Mescher Bibb' forms small tight crisp heads of green leaves ringed with red. A ...
	Susan's Red Bibb LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 60 days. Selected as the most attractive variety in our heirloom lettuce trials, 'Susan's Red Bibb' is a ruffled, bitter-free red bibb with regular, attractive shape, large tender leaves with rosy-red margins, and strong eye-appeal. Color is beautiful in salads. Pkt ...
	Tom Thumb LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 48 days. [Pre-1850.] Space-saving miniature butterhead of delicate texture. Apple-sized head can be used whole in individual salads. Leaves are medium-green and crumpled. Popular in some restaurants. Pkt ...
Yugoslavian Red Butterhead LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Yugoslavian Red Butterhead LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 58 days. [Heirloom from a peasant family in Marburg, Yugoslavia. Introduced in 1987 by SESE.] Red tinged leaves form heads 10" across. The interior leaves are quite pretty: creamy yellow-green dappled with red. Succulent with a buttery flavor. A decorative and tasty lettuce, ideal for garnish ...
Speckled Bibb LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Speckled Bibb LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 43 days. An excellent tasting lettuce for any season. It holds longer in the heat than Slobolt or Buttercrunch Bibb, yet still grows quickly in cool weather. The attractive light green leaves are spotted with 1/4" red dots. Crispy heads often self blanch in the center. This variety sells well i ...
	Salad Bowl LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 40 days. [Introduced in 1952. AAS winner.] Large, loose-leaf lettuce with long frilly leaves arranged in a rosette. Tolerant to heat and tip-burn. One head makes a salad. Pkt ...
	Salad Bowl LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Sierra PVP LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 54 days. An open-headed batavian crisphead lettuce with excellent resistance to bottom rot and tip-burn. Leaves are glossy green with reddish veins. It grows in open fashion at first, forming a compact head at maturity. Very tasty, crisp, and juicy. Holds well under high heat and is highly bol ...
	Summertime LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 75 days. [Introduced in 1989 by the Oregon and Washington A.E.S.] 'Summertime' was developed for high temperature growing conditions, especially in the Northwest and other areas where lettuce is grown during the summer. Heads are compact, low-growing, averaging 6" wide by 5" deep, weighing approx ...
	Tennis Ball LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 55 days. [Pre-1804. Grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello.] This reintroduced black-seeded lettuce produces medium-sized Boston-type heads with light green leaves, yellow-green at the base. Best grown as a spring lettuce. Pkt ...
	Anuenue LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 50 days. [Introduced 1987. Developed at the U. of Hawaii.] 'Anuenue' is the Hawaiian name for "rainbow" (pronounced "ah-nu-ee-nu-ee"). A valuable feature of this variety is the ability of the seed to germinate at higher soil temperatures (above 80oF). It resembles a crisphead lettuce with brigh ...
	Parris Island Cos LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 68 days. [Named after Parris Island, SC. Developed by the USDA and Clemson in 1952.] 'Parris Island Cos' has steadily gained in popularity since its introduction. It has resistance to tipburn, tolerance to mosaic, and is medium to slow bolting. Forms 10 to 12" heads of slightly savoyed leaves wi ...
	Parris Island Cos LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Corsair LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price 57 days. Shiny deep leaves on medium sized compact heads. Leaves are thick, crunchy, and juicy with full sweet flavor on bolt resistant plants that retain their quality late into the season. Pkt ...
	Romulus PVP LETTUCE .5g seed Check Latest Price Sweet, hearty, and refreshing, 'Romulus' was a standout for flavor and sweetness in our 1996 trials. Heads are medium green and upright like 'Parris Island'. Texture is crunchy yet smooth on the palate ...
Forellenschluss LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Forellenschluss LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 58 days. Literally translates to "Speckled Trout", this Austrian lettuce has gorgeous green leaves with maroon markings throughout. Leaves are very crispy with thick midribs. Grows quickly in cold weather but will bolt in heat. Holds its excellent flavor even after it starts to bolt. Pkt ...
	Jericho LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 60 days. [Israeli introduction] Bred for desert heat, Jericho thrives in our hot summers. The tall (24"), heavy, light green heads retain their sweetness even when other lettuces have gone bitter or gone to seed. Good tipburn resistance, a favorite among market growers ...
	Jericho LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
Drunken Woman LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic	Drunken Woman LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 55 days. Gorgeous bright green leaves with ruffled almost fringed edges in deep bronze. Crisp texture, very beautiful with sweet taste. Slow to bolt ...
	Winter Density LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 58 days. [From England.] 'Winter Density' has the combined characteristics of butterhead and romaine lettuce. The heads are compact, dense, upright and tall (8"). 'Winter Density' is a high quality salad lettuce with excellent cold and heat tolerance. Does well for us in greenhouse or garden. End ...
	Winter Density LETTUCE 7g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price ...
	Bronze Arrow LETTUCE .5g seed, USDA Certified Organic Check Latest Price 60 days. (California heirloom) Very attractive large oak leaf shaped leaves tipped with a reddish brown. High yields, cut and come again, slow to bolt, delicious flavour ...
CULTURE: Lettuce is a cool weather crop that thrives in the temperature range 60-65 deg. F (l6-l8 deg. C), and if thoroughly hardened, most varieties survive temperatures as low as 20 deg. F (-6 deg. C). Cold-adapted varieties survive much lower temperatures. Seed germinates best at about 75 deg. F (24 deg. C). Lettuce seed will germinate at a temperature as low as 40 deg. F (4 deg. C). Early spring plantings should be made as hardened transplants from seed started one month before setting outdoors. Late spring plantings should be direct seeded. Sow seed l/4" deep and thin to l0 to l6" apart depending on the variety. Loose-leaf varieties may be planted more closely but good air circulation should be maintained around the plants. Soil should be cool and moist during the late spring germination period. GERMINATION NOTES: If the temperature exceeds 80 deg. F (27 deg. C) lettuce will often fail to germinate. Lettuce can be planted during late summer or early fall while the days are still hot provided that the seeds are germinated in the refrigerator for 4 to 6 days. Another method is to soak seed in 10% bleach for 2 hours at 40 to 60 deg. F (4 to 16 deg. C) followed by 4 water rinses. This method enhances both the speed and amount of germination. BOLT RESISTANCE: Resistance to bolting is highest with loose-leaf lettuce, followed in order by romaine, butterhead, and bibb, and crisphead. Lettuce bolts more readily if exposed to temperatures below 50 deg. F during the one- to three-leaf stage (the first three weeks after germination). Thus, spring lettuce is best started indoors and transplanted out at least three weeks after sowing. Before the days become hot, mulch the plants to keep the root temperature cool. HARVEST AND FLAVOR NOTES: The glucose content of lettuce harvested in the morning may be 2-1/2 times greater than lettuce harvested in the early afternoon. For best quality and maximum sweetness harvest by 7 or 8 am. GREENHOUSE NOTES: Use heat-tolerant, loose leaf or bibb types. MATURITY DATES: Dates are from direct seeding. Subtract 15 to 20 days for dates from transplanting. SEED SAVERS: Isolate varieties by a minimum of 12' for home use. For pure seed isolate varieties a minimum of 25 to 50'. PACKET: 0.5 g unless stated (about 400 to 625 seeds, depending on variety) sows 30 to 90' direct seeded or 175' as transplants.