🌱LETTUCE COS PARIS🌱 x 50+ seeds

Paris White Lettuce Seeds are a Romaine / Cos Type lettuce. With crisp leaves and a fine, sweet flavour that is second to none! Attractive, uniformly shaped heads average 25 cm tall with emerald green outer leaves sheltering an inviting, creamy white heart. Good resistance to bolting and tolerance to tip burn.

Parris Island Cos Lettuce OriginsThe variety was introduced to the U.S. market in 1952. It was named after Parris Island in South Carolina, United States. There is no link between this variety's name and Paris in France!

Lettuce was an important crop for Thomas Jefferson, who recorded planting it for nearly sixty years in his Garden Book. He first listed Cos Lettuce in 1794. Also known as Romaine, Cos lettuces produce long, erect heads that are largest at the top and taper towards the roots. Paris White Cos Lettuce is an 18th-century variety that was sold by Philadelphia seedsman Bernard McMahon as early as 1802.

Direct sow this white-seeded variety in early spring to allow it to mature before the heat of summer. Keep well-watered to ensure crisp leaves.