Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head.
1 The cos lettuce provides that delightful crunch every salad needs to be a winner.
2 The cos lettuce is an upright-growing type much esteemed in Europe, but less grown here.
3 And cos lettuce is always available in Greece.
4 This is one of the oldest of the Cos lettuces , and considered the hardiest of the class.
5 The plants form no heart, or head; and are never cultivated singly like the Cabbage or Cos lettuces .
6 Late in the season, it is mild and pleasant, and furnishes a tender salad when most of the Cos lettuces become bitter and strong-flavored.
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