Archive image from page 36 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 SEED GROWERS 33 •fc«i; /V Lettuce, Imperial No. 847 Imperial No. 615, w. s. 82 days. Resistant to brown bliglit. 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 tipburns easily. Plant large, spreading, grayish green. Leaf quite smooth and fairly thick. Heads good size, well folded, and firm in cool weathe
Archive image from page 36 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 SEED GROWERS 33 •fc«i; /V Lettuce, Imperial No. 847 Imperial No. 615, w. s. 82 days. Resistant to brown bliglit. 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 tipburns easily. Plant large, spreading, grayish green. Leaf quite smooth and fairly thick. Heads good size, well folded, and firm in cool weather. Most important shipping variety on Pacific Coast. Imperial No. 847, b. s. 83 days. Resistant to brown blight. Crisp heading plants of medium size. Leaves smooth, thick, medium light green. Heads round, well folded, firm with low seed stalk. May King, w. s. 61 days. An early butterhead lettuce; standard for greenhouse forcing and does splendidly out of doors in early spring. Plants small, allowing very close planting, light green tinged slightly with brown; head medium small, round, firm; interior rich golden yellow, buttery, of splendid quality. Mignonette, b. s. 66 days. Splendid for the home garden; the most popular lettuce in Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines, Plant medium small; com- pact; medium brown with dark greenish tinge; leaves frilled; head globular; firm; heart well blanched, almost white; of excellent quality. NEW YORK, Wonderful, or Los Angeles, w. s. 81 days Plant large, dark green, crisp heading, with large outer leaves which are notched and slightly curled on the edges and large, tightly folded cabbage-like head which is well blanched, crisp and sweet. Now largely supplanted by the Imperial strains. New York No. 12, w. s. 80 days An early sure heading strain adapted to warmer weather than the original type. Forms somewhat flat, exposed heads with rather light green, thin leaves. New York No. 515, w. s. 81 days Similar in habit and head formation to New Yo
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