Grandpa Admire's

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Grandpa Admire's
Type butterhead
Leaf color
Variety type family heirloom, open-pollinated
Country USA
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Grandpa Admire's. 2015-05-25.

B.C KO T

Butterhead lettuce with bronze-tinged leaves and large, loose heads. Very good heat tolerance, slower to bolt than most of the other lettuce varieties. Gray seed.

Seed source:

Seed Savers Exchange 12

Year grown: 2015

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)


History

  • A family heirloom from the USA, from Mrs. Chloe Lowry's family. It is named after her grandfather, George Admire, who was a Civil War veteran.
  • In 1977, 90-year-old Chloe Lowry gave this family heirloom to Seed Savers Exchange.



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2013 Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
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CountryUSA +
DescriptionButterhead lettuce with bronze-tinged leaves and large, loose heads. Very good heat tolerance, slower to bolt than most of the other lettuce varieties. Gray seed.
History* A family heirloom from the USA, from Mrs. Chloe Lowry's family. It is named after her grandfather, George Admire, who was a Civil War veteran.
  • In 1977, 90-year-old Chloe Lowry gave this family heirloom to Seed Savers Exchange.
Lettuce typebutterhead +
Member codeB.C KO T +
Seed sourceSeed Savers Exchange 12
Variety typefamily heirloom + and open-pollinated +
VendorBaker Creek Heirloom Seeds +
Year grown2015 +
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