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