Lettuce, Crisphead Great Lakes Heirloom Botanical Interests Seeds

Botanical Name: Lactuca sativa

Days to Maturity: 6882 days

Family: Asteraceae

Native: Unknown; lettuce has been in cultivation for a long time.

Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual

Plant Dimensions: 6 diameter

Variety Information: Very compact, round heads with green outer leaves and a blanched center. Great Lakes 118 is heat tolerant, and bolt, scald, and tip burn resistant. An improved selection over the original, award-winning, Great Lakes, which was bred to be larger and firmer than the crisphead lettuces developed earlier in Europe, known as Batavia or summercrisp types.

Attributes: Good for Containers, Heat Tolerant

1 gram (~660 seeds)

Botanical InterestsGreat Lakes 118 Crisphead Lettuce Seeds

Heirloom

No other lettuce type provides the incredible, cool crunch of crisphead (also called iceberg). ‘Great Lakes 118’ is a 1960s improvement over the original ‘Great Lakes’; heat tolerant, and bolt resistant. Toss it in with your salad mixes or top your sandwiches to liven them up.