Matures in: 85 days

Description:
A favorite salad variety with wide, wavy leaves and cut, irregular edges. Inner leaves blanch to a creamy white. Can be eaten raw in salads, cooked like spinach, or used to flavor soups, stews, and sauces.

SOWING:
Plant seed outdoors as soon as soil can be worked, in rows 18 inches apart. Space seeds 1 inch apart. Cover with 1/4 inch of fine soil, well pressed down. Keep soil moist until seeds start to grow. May be planted as late as mid-June.

THINNING:
When plants are 3 to 4 inches tall, thin or transplant 10 to 12 inches apart.

GERMINATION:
Germinates in 7 to 14 days depending on soil and weather conditions.

REMARKS:
Rich in vitamins A and C.
Blanch by tying outer leaves together three weeks before harvest.