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Old March 6, 2011   #35
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Johnny's sells two varieties of lettuce that I think are just spectacular - Cherokee and Magenta - they combine the crispness and sweetness of cos types, but are more of a crisphead - we pick outer leaves from them all spring, and they are relatively slow bolting as well....Magenta is bright green with red shading, Cherokee is a stunning mostly deep red.

Thanks to my friend Tomaddict, I always grow 30+ types - the mix of leaf shapes and colors and growth habits is really interesting to see.
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