Organic 'Mescher' Head Lettuce
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Organic 'Mescher' butterhead lettuce is an heirloom variety of Lactuca sativa valued for its compact heads, attractive garden presence, and consistent foliage quality. With its thick leaves, both crisp and tender, it offers a particularly pleasant texture that enriches garden harvests from spring to mid-summer. Its dark green hue, subtly nuanced with reddish tones, gives it a refined look, as beautiful in the garden bed as it is on the plate. This lettuce is distinguished by its good heat tolerance and its slow bolting, a valuable advantage for extending harvests without sacrificing flavor quality. Mild, fresh, and slightly sweet, it remains pleasant on the palate without developing significant bitterness, even as the season progresses. Easy to grow, it prefers loose, fertile, well-drained soil and a bright exposure that promotes the formation of tight heads. Its compact size allows for high planting density, ideal for small gardens as well as neat, closely-spaced rows. Reliable, flavorful, and generous, 'Mescher' is a butterhead lettuce of great interest for those seeking a productive, elegant, and easy-to-grow variety.
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