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Organic Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce Seed
Price $3.45
Organic Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce Seed dates from around the 1840s and is considered an heirloom variety of loose-leaf lettuce. The odd name comes from its triangularly shaped leaves that possess fairly straight edges. Tolerant of many climates, including hotter climes, this lettuce is becoming more and more popular with backyard gardeners. The midrib is thin, the texture is crisp and the taste is pleasantly sharp. The baby leaves are the perfect addition to a summer salad and are especially high in Vitamin C. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Arianna Lettuce Seed
Price $2.92
Our Organic Arianna Batavian Lettuce Seed is an attractive French variety that grows remarkably well under stressful conditions, matures early and is resistant to bolting and tip-burn. Producing loosely-formed, rose-shaped, open heads, Arianna lettuce grows tall with ruffled, crunchy, mint-green leaves. Harvest as baby leaves or fully mature to enjoy the delightful texture and mildly nutty flavor. Arianna is a favorite of many fine European chefs! Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Bibb Lettuce Seed
Price $2.74
Organic Bibb Lettuce Seed produces a heading variety that forms a loose head. It is tasty, with a distinctive flavor that's popular with home gardeners. Like other lettuces, Bibb lettuce is a cool weather crop. Time your spring crop to mature prior to the onset of hot and humid weather. Summer's heat can result in splitting bolting, or rotting of heads. We recommend an indoor start or starting in a cold frame mini-greenhouse for an early crop for your salad bowl. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Seed
Price $2.70
Organic Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce Seed has been an old favorite in home gardens for more than 100 years, both because of its flavor and because of its early harvest date. You'll be harvesting full sized leaves in a little over a month, and greens can be harvested in just three weeks. The brilliantly-colored ice green leaves are large, loosely packed and curly with a crisp, sweet, tender taste. The inner leaves blanch almost white, making this a nice variety to add interest to salads. Black Seeded Simpson is more heat tolerant than many varieties and also withstands drought and light frost. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Buttercrunch Lettuce Seed
Price $2.64
Organic Buttercrunch Lettuce Seed produces lettuce that is a crisp and crunchy treat with a mildly-sweet taste and a buttery flavor that is never bitter. This popular lettuce forms thick, green outer leaves that give way to a sweet, creamy colored, compact head and heart. Like other lettuces, Buttercrunch lettuce is a cool weather crop, but, Buttercrunch holds up better in hot weather than most other lettuces and resists bolting. Time your spring crop to mature prior to the onset of hot and humid weather. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Chrystal Lettuce Seed
Price $2.92
The Organic Chrystal Batavian Lettuce Seed produces a summer crisp, or Batavian, type of lettuce that is extremely popular in Europe and quickly gaining wide recognition here in the U.S. Small, glossy heads, surrounded by many loose, broad outer leaves are a medium-dark green tinged with hints of burgundy and are resistant to sunburn. Both the outer leaves and head-wrapped leaves are equally appetizing. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Continuity Lettuce Seed
Price $2.80
Our Organic Continuity Lettuce Seed is an old-time French heirloom variety that has been commercially available since 1885. Once referred to as the “Marvel of the Four Seasons” this Butterhead lettuce is one of the most widely grown lettuce varieties in the world and is a staple in the winter gardens of Europe. Large light green heads, measuring 12 to 16-inches across, are encased by brilliantly colored, bronzy-red and green, ruffled and corrugated leaves that are amazingly thin, yet crunchy. The flavor has been described as divine. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Danyelle Lettuce Seed
Price $2.81
Organic Danyelle Lettuce Seed produces is an oak-leaf lettuce variety and very easy to grow. The leaves of the heads do not close tightly but form an open rosette. The leaves can be harvested for salads, without picking the whole head. Danyelle is an heirloom with a deep wine-red color and therefore is extremely popular for its colorful addition to the salad bowl. This variety’s young leaves are as tasty and striking as the mature head. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Flame Lettuce Seed
Price $2.86
Organic Flame Lettuce Seed produces a loose-leaf variety with distinctly, crimson red leaves that resemble the color of flames. A fairly new arrival on the garden scene, introduced to the world in 1988, it is only offered by a very few merchants today. The leaves are not only for show; they also have a great mild flavor and are very high in Vitamin A. The leaves can be harvested as soon as they are large enough for your salad bowl. The bright red color will encourage even the pickiest eater to partake. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Freckles Lettuce Seed
Price $2.78
Organic Freckles Lettuce Seed is an heirloom variety of romaine lettuce has green leaves splashed with maroon that darkens as the leaves mature. Freckles hales from Austria where it makes its appearance in gourmet and Caesar salads. This tasty romaine is heat tolerant, which is unusual for a romaine. Famous across Europe for its fine flavor and beautiful looks, it is an excellent choice for baby leaves and for use when fully mature. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Jericho Lettuce Seed
Price $2.86
Our Organic Jericho Lettuce Seed is also commonly known as Super Jericho and is a romaine hybrid bred in Israel to endure the hottest summer temperatures in the most arid parts of the world. Retaining its sweet flavor and crisp texture, Jericho has performed remarkably well in both hot weather and cool weather trials. The broad, wavy, lightly scalloped leaves have a silky texture and pleasant flavor, regardless of the growing conditions. With some tolerance to both powdery and downy mildew, Jericho is also resistant to lettuce mosaic virus, tip-burn and heat stress. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Lolita Lettuce Seed
Price $2.82
Our Organic Lolita Lettuce Seed is a dark Lolla Rossa type of lettuce that produces very frilly, intensely burgundy leaves. The compact, 5 to 7-inch circular mound is slower growing than other Lolla Rossa types, but is also much slower to bolt. This colorful lettuce makes an exceptional, low growing accent for your flower or foliage garden and will add brilliant color and texture to your salad mixes. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Lolla Rossa Darkness Lettuce Seed
Price $4.08
Organic Lolla Rossa Darkness Lettuce Seed produces a deeply curled variety of loose leaf lettuce with heavily frilled green leaves that have intense magenta-red edges. Not only striking in the salad bowl, the curls help to separate flat lettuce leaves from one another, add volume and have a mild flavor. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Merveille de Four Seasons Lettuce Seed
Price $2.61
Organic Merveille de Four Seasons Lettuce Seed is an old French heirloom lettuce that was originally introduced commercially in 1885. This variety is a butter head type of lettuce that produces 8 to 12 inch heads. The leaves are a creamy yellow to light green color and are tipped with a beautiful reddish-bronze color on the outer leaves. For beauty, Marvel of the Four Seasons is one of the most striking and gorgeous lettuces available. It features an excellent flavor, grows well in all types of climates and can be sown in both spring and autumn providing an extended growing season and more fresh produce for your family. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Michelle Lettuce Seed
Price $2.98
Our Organic Michelle Lettuce Seed is a crisp, upright growing Batavian variety that hails from France. The leaves grow upright, somewhat resembling a loose cabbage-rosette with red-highlighted leaves in the cooler temperatures of the spring and fall, but being a beautiful, intense green during the heat of the summer. Often described as scrumptious, the crunchy leaves have a pleasant flavor with no hint of bitterness. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Royal Oak Leaf Lettuce Seed
Price $2.75
Organic Royal Oak Leaf Lettuce Seed is an old time favorite in gardens across the country. It is one of the easiest varieties of lettuce to grow, is amazingly heat tolerant and is never bitter. This variety adds class to mixed salads and the inner leaves keep producing as the outer leaves are picked.. If you get your garden in a little late, Oak Leaf lettuce may be one of the best varieties for you. The plant is attractive with fairly tight rosettes of medium green leaves with the distinctive oak leaf shape. Oak Leaf will grow in light shade and is also adaptable to container gardening. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Paris Island Cos Lettuce Seed
Price $2.74
Organic Paris Island Cos Lettuce Seed was introduced in the U.S. in 1949, Paris Island Cos, or Romaine, variety lettuce is a vigorous variety that has light green outer leaves with a creamy yellow heart. Paris Island is the classic Romaine for Caesar salads. It is resistant to tip burn, tolerant to mosaic and is medium to slow bolting. The slightly ruffled leaves have a memorably sweet flavor and crunchy texture. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Red Deer Tongue Lettuce Seed
Price $2.76
Dating back to the early 1740s, Organic Red Deer Tongue Lettuce Seed produces red-blushed, tongue shaped leaves that are moderately pointed with thin rigid midribs. More flavorful than the green variety, they mix well with other greens for an attractive look and tasty results. This lettuce has excellent texture and beautifully formed rosettes that are distinctively unique. Both heat tolerant and resistant to cold, this variety grows well in many different climates and is considered an excellent choice for home gardens. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet. Sold Out for 2012
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Organic Red Sails Lettuce Seed
Price $2.71
Our Organic Red Sails Lettuce Seed is an All-America Selections (AAS) winner, is fast growing, slow to bolt and heat-tolerant. A superb addition to salads and a pretty garnish, Red Sails grows up to 12-inches across on open, frilly heads. The ruffled and heavily fringed leaves emerge light green with crimson edges, maturing to darker green with the red color becoming closer to merlot and sometimes encompassing the entire leaf. Holding its color, crispness and nice mild taste throughout the season, Red Sails is also resistant to tip-burn. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Rouge D'Hiver Lettuce Seed
Price $3.05
Organic Rouge D'Hiver Lettuce Seed produces an extremely beautiful French heirloom from the 1800s. This Romaine variety has large, flat, broad leaves that are sweet with a buttery texture. The color varies from green to bronze to deep red, with the deeper reds occurring when the nights turn cool. Ideal for baby leaf, harvested when young and tender, the full-sized heads are also quite stunning and flavorful. This variety does particularly well in the fall and is tolerant of light frost. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Rubin Lettuce Seed
Price $3.45
Organic Rubin Lettuce Seed produces a semi-dwarf Romaine variety of lettuce. The inner leaves are a cool lime-green, while the outer leaves deepen to dark cranberry. The loose leaf, upright heads are typically 10-12-inches. A stunning addition to the garden and salads, the frilled leaves add volume and texture, while being crisp, juicy and flavorful. Highly adaptable, stagger planting to provide fresh salad fixings for the full season. Frost tolerant it is great for market growers and very hardy. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Green Salad Bowl Lettuce Seed
Price $3.11
Organic Green Salad Bowl Lettuce Seed produces the best loose-leaf, roadside lettuce we know of. Hardy, even once picked, it retains its prime condition for a long time and was an All-American Selections winner in 1952. Each plant grows a decorative rosette of wavy, notched leaves and is always tender, sweet and delicious. Salad Bowl never gets bitter, even in the summer heat. It is easy to grow, heat resistant, slow to bolt and is beautiful in the salad bowl, hence its name. Deeply lobed lime green leaves blend especially well with Red Salad Bowl. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Red Salad Bowl Lettuce Seed
Price $3.11
Organic Red Salad Bowl Lettuce Seed produces a classic red oak leaf variety, producing big, beautiful wine-red plants. The perfect complement to Green Salad Bowl, Red’s green sibling, it is one of the most ornamental lettuces in backyard gardens with its striking burgundy outer leaves giving way to bronze inner leaves. The red color deepens with maturity, and large, upright heads withstand the heat well without bolting. With loose cut and come-again leaves, it has a great sweet flavor with a long harvest. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Silvia Lettuce Seed
Price $2.98
Our Organic Silvia Lettuce Seed is a romaine lettuce that grows more upright and with looser leaves than most romaine varieties. True red romaines are not easy to find, but this one fits the bill nicely, the leaves turning almost completely deep wine-red as it matures. The extra-large leaves are described as “crisp” and “hearty”, while the tender sweet heart is ideal for the best Caesar salads. Tolerant of cool weather, Silvia will overwinter in temperate climates and has survived in many colder climates in cold frames. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Speckles Lettuce Seed
Price $3.05
Our Organic Speckles Lettuce Seed is a Mennonite heirloom that immigrated with the Amish from Holland and Germany about 2 centuries ago. With a strong history of good performance and exceptional flavor, the unusual color pattern is an added bonus. The lime green butterhead leaves are playfully speckled with crimson-red splashes, forming a tight, bibb-like head with a heart of blanched yellowy-green. The slightly crumpled speckled leaves have a creamy texture and are thick and juicy. Quick to mature, Speckles rarely becomes bitter and is compact enough to grow in small gardens or containers. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Tango Lettuce Seed
Price $3.17
Organic Tango Lettuce Seed produces a loose-leaf variety of lettuce that appears to look somewhat similar to curly endive. Perhaps the frilliest green leaf available, this variety will add volume and texture to your mix. Tango Lettuce produces lengthy leaves with darker green coloring, especially around the outer edges which become slightly less crinkled in appearance as the lettuce matures. Because of the frilly look, this lettuce is an excellent choice for use in many different salads, as a garnish for cheese and meat trays, and for festive looking sandwiches. The stalk and leaves are firm but tender, crisp-textured and tangy flavored. This variety prefers cooler temps or protect with a shade cloth when it turns really hot to prevent early bolting. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Valerie Lettuce Seed
Price $2.95
Our Organic Valerie Lettuce Seed is a Lolla Rossa variety with intensely colored, burgundy-red and green, ruffled leaves with frizzy edges. A vigorous grower that is slow to bolt, Valerie lettuce is extremely heat tolerant and widely adaptable to various climates. Harvest early as a baby-leaf, or harvest at any level of maturity; the color and flavor will be consistently appetizing. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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Organic Vivian Lettuce Seed
Price $2.90
Organic Vivian Lettuce Seed produces a medium- to dark-green romaine lettuce with a texture closer to that of a butterhead. Vigorous growth produces generous 16" by 6" heads. Easily recognizable and striking, Vivian is a favorite of backyard gardeners and market producers. Early leaves are tender and flavorful; though allowing Vivian to mature takes nothing away. Large leaves are the perfect bed for tuna or chicken salad scoops. Approximately 1500 seeds per packet.
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