BUTTERCRUNCH

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(Lactuca sativa) Heirloom.  Crisp, light green, fan shaped leaves with small heart & sweet flavour.  Heat tolerant; bolt resistant - resists bolting longer than other varieties.  Introduced onto the market in 1963 by G. Raleigh.  50-75 days.  1600 seeds

HINT:  For the most flavour & crispness, harvest lettuce early in the morning.

(LettuceButterhead01469)

SKU LettuceButterhead01469
Shipping Weight 0.0010kg
Shipping Width 0.010m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.010m

Biggest butterhead ever!

By: on 2 October 2013
A very reliable lettuce,good germination,tolerates frost well,and heat. Lovely crisp sweet flavour,huge lettuce in good soil,and tolerates crowded conditions,and is slow to bolt.One lettuce filled up a shopping bag! Highly reccommend.
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