Blonde de Berlin

Butterhead. Tender, buttery, crisp. Highly uniform. Match to The Vegetable Garden, Vilmorin: "leaves roundish, entire at the edges, and with a tendency to become twisted in the shape of a paper bag; head of full grown plant round, soft, but very full; outer leaves broadly crimped, roundish, entire, and of a very pale or almost yellowish green." Plants small and measure 5.9-6.7" tall and 10.6-13.8" in diameter. Largest leaves measure 5.9-6.7" long and 6.3-8.7" wide. Early to mid season bolting tendency. This accession matches the description of Blonde de Berlin listed in The Vegetable Garden, 1885. SSE Accession # 112392