Heirloom Lettuce - Annapolis Seeds - Grown in Nova Scotia

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(Lactuca sativa) - A veggie garden essential. Lettuce is fast and easy to grow, and one of the most productive crops for small spaces. Most of our lettuce varieties are loose leaf types, ideal for 'cut and come again' style harvests. We have some really good heading varieties too!

Growing: Lettuce loves cool weather and plenty of moisture. Here in Nova Scotia I like to stagger my lettuce plantings throughout the Spring, starting as early as March (indoors) for the earliest harvests, up until hot Summer weather arrives in June. Lettuce tends to bolt in hot weather, but you can extend the season further into the Summer by planting your later sowings in partial shade and giving them plenty of water. Lettuce loves growing in the Fall too! Start sowing fall crops after the summer heat has cooled off a bit, starting around the end of August.

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Chadwick's Rodan Lettuce - Annapolis Seeds

Chadwick's Rodan Lettuce

Price: $2.00

A rare loose-leaf lettuce, with green leaves blushed with red. Developed in the mid 20th century by Alan Chadwick, one of the fathers of the modern organic movement. Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Green Oakleaf Lettuce

Price: $2.00

Beautiful, flavourful, light green oak-shaped lettuce. Stays sweet longer into the summer than most varieties. Low-growing open rosettes, perfect for cut and come again harvests. Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Lettuce Mix - Annapolis Seeds - Nova Scotia Canada

Lettuce Mix

Price: $2.00

A colourful mix of all our favourite lettuces! Sow thickly for baby leaves, or space them out for cutting heads. Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Fine Cut Oak Lettuce

Price: $2.00

Sweet, crispy green oakleaf, with beautifully ruffled leaves. Forms nice heads, and is also great for loose leaves. Stays sweet and tender into hot weather. - Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Cocarde Lettuce

Price: $2.00

A beautiful and delicious French heirloom oakleaf that deserves to be better known! Large heads of dark-green leaves, tinged on the edges with deep bronze. Great for full heads, or as a cut-and-come-again lettuce. - Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Celtuce

Price: $2.00

aka; Celery Lettuce. This awesome and unique veggie is common in parts of Asia, but rarely grown in North America. Botanically, it’s a lettuce (Lactuca sativa), and while the leaves are decent what you’re really after is the dense crispy stalk. We picked ours after they began to bolt, but before they fully flowered. The skins are bitter, but peeled they’re juicy and mildly sweet. Amazing raw in salads, or sautéed in stir-fries. Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Cracoviensis Lettuce

Price: $2.00

Very fast growing, red and green blushed savoyed looseleaf. Early to mature and also early to bolt, some report it as having edible stalks like Celtuce (I plan to test this myself next year!). A good choice for fall sowing and overwintering, they size up quickly before winter arrives. Heirloom from Poland, listed by Vilmorin in 1880s Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce - Annapolis Seeds

Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce

Price: $2.00

Open heads of light-green, wavy leaves. One of the fastest growing varieties, sizing up earlier than most other lettuces. This popular heirloom was bred by Henderson Seed Company in 1875. Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Italian Red Parella Lettuce - Annapolis Seeds

Italian Red Parella Lettuce

Price: $3.00

A farm favourite. In an unscientific taste test we agreed this was our tastiest lettuce! A sweet and crispy butterhead-type with beautiful red-blushed leaves. Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Annapolis Seeds

Xena Lettuce

Price: $3.00

A heavy dark green leaf lettuce for salad mix or heads. Thick crisp leaves that hold well after harvest. Approx. 300 seeds (0.5 g)

-Grown by Twisted Brook