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Brown Dutch Lettuce Seeds Lactuca sativa
| Brown Dutch Lettuce Seeds ( Lactuca sativa ). Brown Dutch was the most frequently planted of the approximately seventeen lettuce varieties documented by Thomas Jefferson in the kitchen garden at Monticello. Seed was sowed twenty-seven time between 1809 and 1824, primarily in the fall for a winter harvest. Mentioned as early as 1731 by British botanist Stephen Switzer, Brown Dutch is a loose-headed variety with large, floppy, blistered outer leaves that are tinged reddish-brown. Brown Dutch is best sowed in very early spring, or in late summer... - Brown Dutch Lettuce Seeds ( Lactuca sativa ). |
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