greens

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lettuces sold in mixed 3- packs/$2.25

or mixed 6-packs/$4.50

other greens $5.50 mixed 6-pack or $4/3″ pot

 

 

most greens can be cut several times when small for a mesclun salad mix

Spinach and Chard

_perpetual spinach (thin-stemmed leaf beet, green leaves, use like chard, grows all summer) op
_chard, bright lights (stems gold, orange, pink, and mixes, leaves dark green to bronze, tender and tasty, all summer)
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Lettuce

the lettuces are in pre-mixed 3 and 6 packs of varying types and colors - no single variety packs

most of the lettuces are from fedco and all are op

oakleaf
x_blushed butter oaks (buttery oakleaf/butterhead, blushed with bronze)
x_flashy green butter oak (crunchy, buttery oakleaf, with dark red speckles) og
_italienischer (green leaf, vigorous, crunchy, mild-flavored)

butterhead
_optima (tender butterhead, holds well in heat) og NEW!
_pirat (large butterhead tinged with bronze, beautiful and delicious! best for spring or fall) og

romaine
_blushed butter cos (crisp and buttery, combination romaine and butterhead, blushed with bronze) og
_mayan jaguar (crunchy, bright red splotches on green, ruffled romaine, early and mesclun)og
_marshall (deep red romaine) og
_forellenschluss, ritzy (a very buttery tender romaine with striking red splotches) *H og

looseleaf
_gentilina (robust, bolt-resistant, good for cutting and heading, curly leaves) H* fr og

batavian - also called summer crisp, crunchy texture, good flavor, heat tolerant
_anuenue (dark green batavian head, best for summer!) og
_pablo batavian (loose head with wavy leaves, tinged with bronze, good heat tolerance)og
_cardinale batavian (warm weather, red and green heads or baby leaves, delicious!) og
_concept batavian (frilly green head, baby leaves, heat tolerant) og

iceberg
_crispino (classic iceberg) og
_summertime (iceberg with excellent flavor, compact and dense)

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Other Greens

all op except as noted
_arugula, astro (milder flavor, dependable producer in heat or cold) og
x_frizzy endive tres fine maraichere olesh (frilly-leaved frisee head, mild sweet and delicious) H* fs og
_endive, full heart batavian (buttery pale inner leaves, use as salad green or cooked)
_escarole, cornetto di bordeaux (upright head, frilled green leaves with white ribs) si
_sorrel, red-veined (beautiful and tangy in salads and mesclun mixes) j
x_sorrel, french broad-leaved (lemon flavor, perfect for for soups and salads, excellent with fish, perennial) og
_puntarelle (italian salad green with thick crunchy stems) recipe
_radicchio, indigo (rich red heads, best in cool spring or fall, ready when heads form, outer leaves are bitter)
_baby pac choi shang hai green (mini heads with pale green stems) hm/fs og
_tokyo bekana (tender leafy loosehead chinese cabbage, light green frilled leaves with crunchy stems, good for kimchi, seems to be easier to protect from flea beetle infestations that plague other chinese cabbages) og
_watercress (grow in wet area, or in pots)

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