All The Year Round Butterhead Lettuce
Price: $2.95
SKU: 3240201(Butterhead-type)
70 days — Also sold as 'All Year Round', the medium sized heads stay firm and solid even in hot weather. As the name implies, this variety can be sown in most locations from about March through August for a nearly "year-round" harvest periods. It does well in both hot and cooler locations.
This is another very old variety whose history has proven difficult to document. Searching our ever-growing archive of 70,000-plus seed catalogs, journals, bulletins and books, the oldest reference we could find was its introduction by James J. H. Gregory in 1876.[1] They did not explicitly claim to be its creator, nor did they mention its origin but W. W. Tracy, Jr. stated that it was, "...of foreign origin."[2] He also confirmed 1876 as being the year that it was first listed by American seedsmen. Each gram contains approximately 500 to 600 seeds. Each ounce contains approximately 15,000 seeds.
Sowing: Prepare the seedbed outdoors using a hard tined rake, smoothening out the soil. Lightly sow and just barely cover the seeds with soil. Keep soil moist until germination is achieved. You can also start seeds indoors by sowing into seed starting trays using fresh new seed starting potting mix into clean seed starting trays. Just barely cover the seeds and keep well watered until they sprout. Harden off and transplant into the garden after about 3 weeks.
- "Annual Circular and Retail Catalogue of Warranted Vegetable and Flower Seeds," James J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Massachusetts, January 1876.
- "American Varieties of Lettuce," W. W. Tracy, Jr., USDA, Bulletin No. 69, 1904.
Customer Reviews:
By Jose Gimenez (Paraguay) on September 1, 2023
I live in a tropical climate, like 10B, and I need a lettuce like this that can handle the temperatures. I love the taste and how it looks :) a MUST HAVE in my garden!
By James Haddan on August 22, 2020
We enjoyed this variety from May to July.
By Dale Huffman on August 3, 2015
We love this variety! Makes great salads! I have been harvesting since Late June. It's August now and it's been hot and dry for several weeks and the lettuce is still growing and still has a good flavor. It hasn't shown any signs of bolting yet. Be sure to thin the young plants, leaving the best looking plants to make heads. Use the thinnings for salads or killed lettuce.
By William Siegfried on June 15, 2015
This year I tried this instead of my traditional Black Seeded Simpson. It's now mid June Lettuce is still holding in this abnormal heat wave. Great taste ~ Very nice semi-head ~ I'm SOLD on this new favorite!! Bill
By Ruth Lestina on June 27, 2011
Very nice mild-flavoured lettuce with round, smooth leaves.
