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 | Tennis Ball Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.)Tennis Ball Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Tennis Ball was among Thomas Jefferson's favorite lettuce varieties. He noted that "it does not require so much care and attention" as other types. The parent of our modern Boston race of lettuces so popular today, this black-seeded variety was first sold by American seedsmen late in the 18th century. Tennis Ball is distinctive for its delicate, pale-green leaves, which form a loose head. Jefferson-documented: This plant was documented by... - Tennis Ball Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.).
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 | Silesia Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.)Silesia Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.). Harvested from the Gardens at Monticello.In his Garden Book, Jefferson recorded the sowing of Silesia Lettuce seed on May 17, 1819. Also called White Silesian, Early Curled Silesian and Curled German Batavian, this white-seede... - Silesia Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.). | $4.95 More Information | ||
 | Spotted Aleppo Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.)Spotted Aleppo Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Long cultivated in Syria, Spotted Aleppo Lettuce is a romaine type sent from Aleppo, Syria, to Europe in the 18th century. By 1804, this old variety was being sold by Philadelphia seeds... - Spotted Aleppo Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.). | $4.95 More Information | ||
 | Brown Dutch Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.)Brown Dutch Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Brown Dutch Lettuce was the most frequently planted of the approximately seventeen lettuce varieties documented by Thomas Jefferson in the vegetable garden at Monticello. Seed was sowed 27 times between 1809 a... - Brown Dutch Lettuce Seeds (Lactuca sativa cv.). | $4.95 More Information | ||
 | Strawflower Seeds (Helichrysum bracteatum)Strawflower Seeds (Helichrysum bracteatum). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Strawflower, a half-hardy annual that withstands light frosts, was introduced from Australia to England in 1799, and has since been treasured for its everlasting flowers that are ideal for dr... - Strawflower Seeds (Helichrysum bracteatum). | $4.95 More Information | ||
 | Heliotrope Seeds (Heliotropium arborescens)Heliotrope Seeds (Heliotropium arborescens). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.In 1786, as he was serving as Minister to France, Thomas Jefferson sent a collection of seeds and plants home to friends, including the lovely purple-flowering Heliotrope: "To be sowed in spr... - Heliotrope Seeds (Heliotropium arborescens). | $4.95 More Information | ||
 | Sesame Seeds (Sesamum indicum)Sesame Seeds (Sesamum indicum). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.Thomas Jefferson planted Sesame, or "Benni", for many years at Monticello in order to press a salad oil from the seeds. He wrote in 1811, "I did not believe there existed so perfect a substit... - Sesame Seeds (Sesamum indicum). | $4.95 More Information |
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