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Antares
One of our first original varieties based on a combination of ‘Salad Bowl’ and ‘Rouge d’ Hiver’. Bright red, extra frilled, fine cut oakleaf, with very upright leaves and vigorous growth. pricing and more
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Australian Yellow
NEW FOR 2009!! An unusually glossy-bright yellow-green leafed lettuce from down under, with a reputation for summer endurance. We like the shiny new color for the salad palette and the vigorous growth--but the name may be a challenge for sales...... pricing and more
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Blushed Icy Oak
Selected from 'Blushed Butter Oak' parentage for crisp leaves, almost iceberg-ish in texture, but with a lot more flavor. Bright pink blushed leaves are strongly tri-lobed with juicy pink midribs. pricing and more
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Cocarde
A big upright French looseleaf with long purple-red pointed leaves with oakish lobes. GTF has grown this variety for fresh market for nearly 20 years, and it seems we should offer an organic version to fellow farmers. pricing and more
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Cracoviensis
An heirloom predating 1885, with an open head of elongate, slightly savoyed, purple-red tipped leaves. A fast vigorous plant well suited to quick cut salad. Makes a large loose head before bolting. Referred to by Vilmorin (1885) as “red celtuce,” implying... pricing and more
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Fine Cut Oak
Nearly “frisée fine” leaves for cut-and-cut-again salad. Icy green to pink-blushed rosettes are remarkably cold hardy considering how delicate the leaves are. Our ‘Fine Cut Oak’ plants have gone thru 17ºF so far. pricing and more
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Hyper Red Rumple Waved
The most intensely pigmented and deeply savoyed lettuce we sell. Very dark purple-red leaf/semi-cos heads with gorgeous rumpled and puckered hearts. An eye-catching standout in trials from Maine to Philomath High for summer color and autumn cold hardiness... pricing and more
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Lollo di Vino
We first noticed this compact little “Lollo-type” leaf lettuce within the somewhat variable curls of our original ‘Merlot’ stock seed. The leaves are very dark purple, small and round with the characteristic... pricing and more
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Mascara
An heirloom standard that all new red oaks must go up against, and it’s hard to beat. High productivity and amazing resistance to stress and disease, and it retains its color well into summer. Dark red oakleaf with extra frills, good flavor, heat tolerant... pricing and more
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Merlot
Wow! A new level of pigmentation for your lettuce experience! Hugely purple and slightly fuzzy to wavy on the edges. A crisp and open headed leaf type with complete resistance to downy mildew races 1-16. Waxy, spotless, savoyed upright leaves are an ideal... pricing and more
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Merlox Red Oak
NEW INTRO 2009!! This is the first release of our newest tribe of lettuce innovation. “The Merlox variations” have all been created using ‘Merlot’ as a parent in combination with other (larger, more flavorful) lettuces. This first offering combines... pricing and more
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New Red Fire
A great commercial standard for red leaf, Grand Rapids-style. Very adaptable to soils and seasons, bright brick red, ruffled and savoyed, a good choice for filling cases of lettuce for market or wholesale. pricing and more
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Oaky Red Splash
A close cousin to 'Antares', also dating back to 1983, this oakleaf head is very upright with a bronze cast, splashed with irregular red patches. Midribs are often pink, especially when exposed to lig... pricing and more
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Oscarde
When GTF’s Joelene was told that Oscarde (her dead favorite darkest red oak) was set to be terminated from commerce, she took on her first personal quest to save a part of her genetic experience. She used the last of her seed to grow our planting stock, ... pricing and more
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Pinot
Extracted out of the same ‘Merlot’ variations as ‘Lollo di Vino’ but intermediate between them in hea... pricing and more
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Red Sails
RETURNS! All American Selection Winner of 1987, and the reddest most vigorous lettuce of it’s day. Interesting to see how the standard has changed in twenty-odd years, from this to Outredgeous to Merlot. We thank Elanor Obrien for our PVP-freed sto... pricing and more
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Redder Ruffled Oak
Vigorous grower in cold spring soils and frost resistant as well. Has a little ‘Lollo’ in its background, giving its oak leaves frilled edges and a somewhat blistered texture. pricing and more
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Redina
RETURNS! Welcome back after a season of being sold out--this is a very popular commercial standard for red leaf of the Grand Rapids type. Similar to Hyper Red, but not as dark. Good for full heads or salad mix if you want a medium red. Strong resis... pricing and more
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Samantha
A commercial favorite among fresh market growers, a beautiful brick red oakleaf with very crisp texture and compact habit. A shade different than Oscarde, but also on the threatened or missing-in-action list of varieties available from commercial sources.... pricing and more
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